Marry Screw Kill by Liv Morris

Author:Liv Morris [Morris, Liv]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-04-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Harlow

James pulls his car up to the valet station at the country club. I apply one more layer of lipstick at his request. Once I meet his approval, I plaster on a fake smile to perform the task at hand: keeping him from suspecting I’m leaving him tomorrow. I glance down at the tennis bracelet on my wrist and bite back a laugh. Diamonds really are a girl’s best friend.

Today, I will smile and nod in approval like I always do; be his perfect little fiancée deferring to her better half. The valet opens my door and I swing my legs out. Taking James’ extended hand, I rise from my seat.

The show’s on … but I have a surprise.

“Oh, James …” I speak his name like he owns my next breath in hopes it will soften my next words, “when I saw Emma yesterday, I invited her to brunch. I forgot all about it until now.”

“What?” James stops and pulls my hand with a short tug. I glance up and see him gritting his teeth through a smile as fake as mine. “You plan on her sitting at our table?”

“Well, that would be the plan since I invited her. I wanted her to meet Sin.” The lie tumbles from my tongue.

“That’s a good idea. I guess it can’t hurt. She might give him a good time while he’s here.” James laughs at his slight of Emma.

I have to admit, the mention of Sin and Emma together, even if it never happens, gives me a heart-tugging sadness. I wish I could take back my words, but they seem to have appeased James.

“Emma is my best friend. I want you to get to know her better.”

“I think I know her type very well,” he says. I am under no illusion that James played the field before me. If I’m being honest with myself, I wonder if he still might. That perfume on his shirt last night comes to my mind. I have seen nurses batting their lashes at him; even the wives of some of the other doctors on staff seem interested in him … or what’s in his pants.

Today, my lying rivals the best con man alive, and I’ve never been able to lie to anyone before with any success. My mother used to tell me she never had to worry that I was hiding anything from her. Today, however, I’m working on desperation, and there will be many more lies slipping from my tongue before I leave James tomorrow. Rationalizing my deceit comes easy. Each lie will get me farther away from him.

James and I are standing under the outside portico when I notice Sin leaving the parking lot. Sin parked his borrowed car instead of using the valet, something James would never do. I still can’t believe he let Sin drive “his baby.” I am forbidden to even get behind the wheel.

I missed seeing Sin this morning. He left the house before I got out of bed. He

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