Pass Protection (Fair Catch Series, Book Five) by Christine Kersey

Author:Christine Kersey [Kersey, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sapphire Creek Press
Published: 2018-01-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Greg looked angry. Olivia didn’t know him well, but even she could see that his body had tensed, his lips had flattened, and his jaw had clenched. What was going on? Did he know who had sent the text? Did he know more than he was letting on?

“What?” she asked, desperate to have him fill in the blanks. “Tell me. Please.”

This Greg, angry Greg, was so different from the man she’d gotten to know over the last few days. Was this who he really was? Was the Greg she’d been falling for the illusion?

The idea saddened her. Then again, she had a hard time seeing herself marrying him if he was really an angry person. Maybe there was another reason behind his change in attitude.

“There’s something you should know.” His voice was soft but intense.

“What?” When he stared at her in silence, she added, “Does it have to do with my mother?”

He barked a laugh and shook his head. “No.”

“What then?”

Audibly exhaling through his nose, he stared at her a moment longer before looking toward the lake spread out below them.

Whatever it was, he was obviously reluctant to tell her. That could only mean it was bad. Really, really bad. Maybe she didn’t want to know. But she had to know. Had to understand what the heck was going on. Had to remember.

“What?” Her tone was sharp. “Would you just tell me? I can’t stand this!”

His head swiveled in her direction and he glared at her. “You were cheating on me.”

Recoiling at the poisonous words, Olivia felt her heart drop into her stomach. She wasn’t a cheater. She’d always considered herself to be loyal. Fiercely loyal. She was disgusted by the idea that she would cheat on her husband, on him. From all appearances he was a good man. Why would she have risked throwing away her relationship with him?

Now she understood why he was angry.

Still, she found it hard to believe. Was he making it up? Telling her this lie for some unknown reason?

By the look on his face, he believed what he was saying. But it couldn’t be true.

Then she remembered how she’d disbelieved his declaration that her mother had a drug problem. Then he’d proven it to her. At least his proof seemed to be legit.

“Prove it,” she said.

A muscle worked in his jaw and his lips pursed. “I can’t.”

There! So it wasn’t true at all. Triumph burst through her.

Then Greg held up her phone. “But this is the same person who’s been texting you.” He shook the phone. “This is who you’ve been cheating on me with.”

Hating the idea that she really had cheated on him, a new thought occurred to her. “What do you mean this person’s been texting me? There’s only one message. The message I just got. Where are the other messages?”

A look of defeat swept over Greg’s face and he set the phone on the cushion between them. “I deleted them.”

Why would he do that? Then she knew. He wanted to keep the information from her.

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