Taken With the Enemy
““You're mistaken. I highly doubt I'm the only Brenna Mathews in the world.""While that might be true, it's the nine-digit number listed under your name that sets you apart.""So what?” I shrugged, feigning indifference. “Okay. I'm a doctor in the civilian world. You got me. You Googled my name, you paid your twenty dollars to whatever website and obtained my public records. What's the point?""Why lie?"I scoffed. “This coming from you? When you've done nothing but? Cute.""Do not insinuate that I'...ve lied to you about anything. I've gone out of my way not do so—""Said the man whose name I don't even know.""Stop.""What?” I chirped. “Don't like hearing the truth?""Look, I know I've withheld a lot of information from you, but what I have shared has been completely true."I had heard a similar comment a couple of years ago from a guy I had been dating. He failed to mention his wife and two kids. But he never actually lied; I'd just never asked the proper question. So, obviously, the whole ‘misunderstanding’ had been my fault.Seething inside, I glared at him in disdain.MoreLess
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