Page 81 of His to Love
I shook my head and the backs of my eyes began burning.
“Did you lie to me?” I asked, tripping over the simple words.
My knees trembled when Tyson’s lips twisted and he heaved a deep breath.
“Blue…come inside. Please.” His eyes focused on me, his voice softened. I wanted to fall into the arms that were now hanging loose at his sides.
I shook my head and then held out the file. “Tell me, Tyson. Because ten years ago, I believed crap when I apparently shouldn’t have, but now I’m asking you to tell me the truth.”
“It’s not what you think,” he said immediately and snatched the file from my hand.
He didn’t open it though, just stayed focused on me. His chest moved quicker than normal as he breathed, but his posture stayed relaxed. I couldn’t fathom how he could look at me like that, like there was nothing wrong, placating me with his softened voice when I felt wound so tight I could snap.
“You’re not with the FBI?” I tilted my head to the side and saw him flinch. “You’re not trying to get revenge for your dad’s death?”
Another flinch.
The tears burning the backs of my eyes moved to the front and he became blurry in front of me. Tyson’s lips pursed and he reached for me, but I jerked my shoulder back.
“Come inside and talk to me. I told you I needed to talk to you tonight. There are things you don’t understand.”
I shook my head. “You haven’t answered my questions. Any of them.” Ever…I realized. He was so quick to change the subject, barely giving me any of the information I sought about what he’d done after college.
“God. You didn’t even go to law school, did you? All this time…” Unable to finish, I let my voice trail off. “Was any of it true?”
He took a step out of his house until he was on the front porch with me. Behind me, I heard the sound of a door opening and slamming shut. Tyson’s gaze snapped to look over my shoulder but I refused to take my eyes off him.
“Did you use me to get close to my family?”
He blinked and looked back at me. A muscle moved by his nose. I got nothing but silence.
Anger began rolling through me, pouring out of me before I could stop myself.
“Did you use me, Tyson?” I shouted, leaning in.
“That was what I came here for, yes,” he whispered. “But—”
“Fuck you,” I hissed. Tears rolled down my cheeks.
“You don’t understand the full story.”
I stepped back, swiping tears off my cheeks, and watched him step closer to me.
I shook my head and held out my hand. “Don’t come closer.”
“I’ll give you tonight,” he said, “because I know you’re upset, but you have to know, Blue…you have to know that what we have between us is real. You know the man I am, and that man wouldn’t do what you’re assuming right now. Give me a chance to explain it to you when you’ve calmed down.”
I didn’t believe him. I couldn’t, as much as I wanted to.
“The man I thought you were turned out to be a liar who has tricked me for the last month,” I stated, taking another step back.
From my purse, my phone began to ring.
I ignored it.
“That’s not who I am and you know it. You’ll know it when you search deep.”
My phone continued ringing.
