Chapter Forty — Who's the Liar?

Emerald

It wasn't until I said the words out loud that I realised that I messed up.

I had successfully allowed the annoying brat to get under my skin and I said something that I shouldn't have said. The look on Brian's face was proof enough that I was in deep shit and I felt panic start to crawl up my skin when I saw him clenching his fists around his cutlery.

"Marlene's pregnant? How? When? Who's the father?" James, who seemed to be in complete shock, questioned frantically.

I also noticed from the look on Giovanni's face that he was also not aware of Marlene's pregnancy, which means that not only did I upset Marlene, I also exposed a secret between Marlene and Brian that nobody else was supposed to know.

I'm screwed.

"I'm not pregnant, James! I have no idea what Emerald's talking about," Marlene denied sharply with a rather calm look on her face.