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"Oh, didn’t you know?" Helen sh her eyes looked vindictive "Elizabeth is an actress that works for Candy Grams, a company where you can hire people to do whatever you want theo for this position to fool you into thinking she liked you, just so she could e and doing is an act"

"Elizabeth?" He looked at me, his eyes shocked "Is this true?"

"Yeah, she even asked for hed before I could speak "She negotiated for no?" He frowned "Before we met at the bar?"

"I can explain," I said weakly

"And you’d seen my photo already?" He frowned "So at the bar, you kneho I was?"

"Kinda…I, I didn’t know if…" My voice trailed off I didn’t knohat to say I’d well and truly fucked e, your hurt, your story about your dad All of it was an act"

"No, of course not" I jurabbed his arm "Please, Scott Let’s talk about this"

"You truly fucked hed bitterly "And you tried to make me feel bad"

"It’s not like that I slept with you because I like you And I was going to tell you the truth I really was"

"You’re no better than a prostitute," he said, looking disgusted

"I’d say an escort" Helen said as she looked at me with a superior look "She’s basically an escort"

"I’m not a prostitute or an escort I slept with you because I liked you I like you, Scott"

"So why didn’t you tellon, if you like ot confused I thought she was your girlfriend and you were cheating on her withto me, yet you didn’t trust ht voice

I nodded and took a deep breath My chest felt tight and I could feel that tears were about to fall "You have to understand, Scott I wanted to trust you I just had a hard ti with her I saw you telling her that all thaton then, just like you told me"