Chapter SEVENTEEN ELLIE

Stupid dumb lying liar.

Lies of omission were still lies.

I hated feeling like this.

Angry and uncertain. And just plain hurt.

Gary cheated on me, but I never cared. In fact, I was grateful when he had other women. It meant he’d leave me alone.

Not that he ever bothered me much for sex.

Sure, my ego had taken a beating, but I simply assumed it was due to our age difference or preferences in the bedroom. Whatever it was, I never missed sex with Gary.

But I would with Andres.

Goddamn him. Please don’t lie to me.

Andres promised we wouldn’t have that. He said no lies, no cheating. But this sure felt like a breach of promise to me.

Strange women calling my house to speak with my husband twice in a matter of hours?

Yeah. That was a big fucking no-no, too.

Andres stood there, looking deliciously rumpled from his day at work, and I wanted to dump the bowl of salad I’d just put together right over his big, dumb head.