Twisted Lies

“Like you’re the most beautiful, most remarkable thing they’ve ever seen.”

The words lit every molecule in my body and dissolved them into a pool of exquisite, unbearable warmth.

We weren’t talking

Having feelings is nothing to be ashamed of.” A tiny smile cracked the ice in Alex’s expression. “You’ll get used to it.”

“Perhaps you have more business acumen than you give yourself credit for.”

Plus, I wasn’t tempted to have sex with him, which was a big plus.

the sight of you stumbling around my living room like a drunken baby elephant.”

“Not the usual greeting I receive from women, but an improvement to your prior yodeling.”

Oh, who was I kidding? I would be lucky if she didn’t show up at my door wielding a machete and a plan to scour every neighborhood in D.C. until we found them.

“You are, without doubt, the most insufferable countdown timer that’s ever existed.”

“I am not wilting. I am merely…hibernating.”

I was tempted. So fucking tempted. That was the problem.