Chapter 23: Adelaide.

"No way."

Rhys chuckles and cocks an eyebrow up at me while he slurps the last of his vile-tasting smoothie.

I am currently buried in a plate of spaghetti and meatballs, and it's a smaller portion than what I had in mind, but Rhys's words are enough to fill my belly ten times over.

I shake my head again and swallow the food that's in my mouth. When I speak I make sure there's enough disbelief in my tone.

"There's no way Cain and Lyros were ever in that kind of relationship."

Rhys just chuckles and shakes his head. I feel very naive when he looks at me but he's smiling so I don't register most of the emotion.

"Do you think I would lie to you about something like that?"

I shake my head reluctantly, but there's also some doubt in my heart.

"When I asked Leah about this she told me nothing like that was going on between them."

"You suspected Lyros was bedding Cain already?"

I blush at the accusatory tone in his words but I shake my head all the same.

"I was foolish to think that. Lyros al