Page 101 of Loving the Liar

“It was you too,” she sighs and shakes her head. “What did you do to her?”

“She’s all fine. Did you get your spot back?” I insist.

“I did,” she says unsteadily. “I don’t know for how long since the team hates me, but I did.”

I feel a smile spreading on my face, but she looks at me with complete terror in her eyes.

“Stop interfering with my life.”

“Never. You deserved that spot.”

The door to Reeves’s office opens, and I take a long step back, letting go of her.

“Miss Baker,” his voice snaps angrily. “Here to hand in your essay early, maybe?”

She shakes her head, pulling her blonde hair behind her ears. “I was just leaving.”

I’m forced to stand still when she does so, and all I can do is watch her leave with a dire need to run after her.

Because Megan has eyes everywhere. And Reeves is always too happy to help my dear fiancée.

The second the door closes, Reeves smirks at me. “That looks painful.” A curt nod toward me lets me know he’s talking about my mouth. “Your future wife is violently possessive of you, isn’t she?” When I don’t answer, he insists. “What was it? Did she learn you slept with Ella outside of the temple?”

“So you’re the one who told her,” I say simply.

“A nice student of mine saw you in my classroom. She was so desperate to get in my good books, she informed me right away. And I was rather desperate to get back at you for threatening me during initiations. I lost my prize for the night because of you.”

We stay a couple of feet apart, neither of us moving or raising our voices, yet the conversation feels like a duel.

“All I did was remind you that if the Circle learns about you sleeping with students, you’ll become more trouble than you’re worth to them.”

“That was a threat so I would forfeit Ella for the night. You got what you wanted, and now so did I. We’re even.”

He shrugs like this is nothing. Like the result wasn’t a jealous, controlling woman screaming at me, threatening me, throwing her phone in my face, and hurting my family.

Like the result wasn’t threats toward the woman I love.

“I could still tell them,” I warn, my voice lowering.

“I don’t think so. Megan and I have been sharing information since you can’t be trusted. We wouldn’t want Ella to know your little secrets.” He smirks. “It would be terribly unfortunate.”

Swallowing back frustration, I acknowledge his words with a nod, and that’s all he needs. I’ve lost my advantage over him, but I shouldn’t care. The most important thing is Ella staying clueless. I can’t have her where I want her if she has a choice in it.

Chapter Twenty-Five

Ella

Shameless - Camilla Cabello

Ilook down at the text I received this afternoon. It’s been a million times, but the closer it gets to 8 p.m., the more I look at it.

Unknown: Aphrodite, you are required to attend the annual Shadows business weekend at the temple. You will be picked up on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. and brought home on Sunday night. You may not refuse. Zeus

It’s the first time I’ve been called upon as an Aphrodite since being initiated a couple of weeks ago. And the days I spent trying to ignore that I am part of the Silent Circle are now officially over. A lot of things went through my mind while I was waiting at home.

How many Aphrodites were asked to come?

Who will I have to serve?

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