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What? I’m weird about money?

“What does that mean, I’m weird about money?”

“You have this thing aboutabout money I didn’t want to tell you I had all this debt because I didn’t want you to think I was asking you to help me pay it off I can take care of the bills myself That’s why I didn’t tell you Because I was the idiot as duped, by a , and, when he did a runner with a blonde bimbo, I was left with all the bills to repay”

Her ex left her with debts to pay? That asshole

“And you thought I would be upset with you? That’s why you didn’t tell ht I’d think you wanted me to pay them?”

Would I have thought that way? He wanted to instantly deny it, but he wasn’t sure he could

“When we first s were new, and you didn’t talk about your finances Then as ti it up And you’ve made a few comments about old digger”

“I’d have to have gold for you to be after it,” he told her Although in comparison to where she lived, his place was a damn palace And while he wasn’t rich like Alex, he was comfortable

“Then as the weeks went by, I didn’t want to tell you because I didn’t want you to look atEddie had told me I trusted him And now I’m in this mess My fault My problem to solve, not yours I didn’t want you to seeI kneasn’t going to be able to get anywhere with this debt hanging over me, so I finally decided to take a second job”

She looked up at hireen eyes Eyes that pleaded with hi She felt ashah none of the fault was hers But it still didn’t excuse lying If she could lie about this

“I better go” He needed to leave He needed time to think about all of this

“What? No, you can’t just walk out Sloan—” She reached out to grab his arm, and he stiffened

She dropped her hand with a sob He griht cru But he’d been lied to before and he’d gotten burned Badly

Lying wasn’t soive Ever

Except this is Kinley She o