Page 160 of The Liar's Reckoning

But there’s also a thrumming sense of unfinished business—a reminder of the video I now possess.

Proof.

Leverage.

I could ruin his life worse than he ruined mine.

But to what end? Revenge? A year ago, I might have jumped at the chance, but now…

Now it’s all too depressing. I don’t want this version of him. On a completely psychological level, I no longer find him attractive.He’s a coward, and worse than that—he’s cruel. At best, he’s a thoughtless prick operating solely in his own interest, and that’s not the man I fell in love with.

The manIloved was a lie.

The next door I try is locked. I pound on it. “Lilah? Lilah!”

Scuffling and hushing ensues.

A very disheveled Lilah opens the door, mouth kiss-swollen and eyes glazed. Behind her, a curvy brunette is adjusting her spaghetti straps with her back to me.

“I’m leaving,” I tell her.

“You ever hear of texting?”

I nod my chin at her conquest. “Would you have noticed?”

“You can’t leave. Daddy’ll think we’re fighting.”

“Then I guess you’re coming with me.”

The pained look on her face tugs at me. The other woman whips around, dark eyes flashing. “Who are you?” she asks.

“Lilah’s date.”

“Li—I swear to God?—”

“Hey—it’s nothing like that,” Lilah says dismissively. “Come with us.”

“I can’t just leave,” she says.

“Why not? We’ll just say we’ve had enough of the stuffy old assholes and want to go get a drink. We’re friends, right?”

The brunette appears to weigh this. “I’m not into threesomes.”

“I said it’s nothing like that, and if you’ll come with, you’ll see. Please?” Lilah walks over to her, and they share a long look that quickly devolves into a hot, heavy kiss that’s got evenmydick twitching.

Damn.

“Please,” Lilah begs in broken breaths.

They’re literally groping each other. What did I walk in on?

“Come on,” I say. “Both of you. I’ll get a car. Meet me out front.”

They’re merging mouths again, and I repeat myself.

“Okay,” Lilah says. “God.” And then she’s back to kissing her friend.

“If you don’t show, I’m leaving without you.”

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