Lies & Love
BPOV
"You lying cheating bastard! How dare you use me? What am I, a free lay? Did you lie the entire time? Was everything a lie? How on earth can you lie to me for almost a year?!" I was furious. No one has ever treated me that way. I just wanted to kick the crap out of the man I loved. The man I thought that loved me. I loved the man I thought he was. But he turns out to be an ass!
"The only lie I told you was about the divorce, I am still married, but she has never been the one"
His answer surprised me, I wanted him to tell me that a was just a fling, that the only thing he wanted was sex, a girlfriend on the side. That would make me angry and I would be able to walk away.. Now all I did was wonder if he thought that I was the one.
I had so many questions but I didn't know if I wanted to know the answer. Tell me why. Why me? Why her? Why this?
"What's going on in that mind of yours?" His voice filled with concern. I just stared at him for what seemed like forever and then he broke the silence. "Do you have to be somewhere? I'll tell you everything, but it'll be a long story"
"How will I know that it's not just you telling me lies, yet again?" He faked an entire relationship, how could I believe him? Edward opened his mouth, surprising me with his words "You'll know, you'll just know."
I couldn't do more than nod and say "I know"
"Tanya and I have been married for nine years, and we have the most beautiful little girl. Kate is eight and she's everything to me. Her mother and I started dating when I was still in college, we found out she was pregnant 6 months later. My mother made me do the right thing, I married Tanya before the baby was born." I just sat there and tried to let it all sink in, I could feel the tears starting to well up in my eyes. "Kate was born on may 16th, I loved her more than life itself from the minute she was born, still do." He took my hand and looked me in the eye "I love Tanya, she's the mother of my daughter, but I've never been in love with her. We have a child, that's why we're together." That I could understand, you'd do anything for your kid, at least that's what they say.
Never in my life did I imagine that the guy I had been dating for the past year turned out to be a cheater. He never really cheated on me, but with me.. I don't know what's worse. "But why me?" I choked out..
He hesitated, that's not a good sign. "You want the truth?"
"No, just give me another lie, you're good at that"
He looked hurt and whispered "I deserved that, but you have to know that I am truly sorry. I never meant for you to get hurt."
Great, now he has me feeling guilty for being sarcastic. "I always want the truth. Someone once said that is better to be hurt by the truth, than comforted with a lie. I think that's true."
"I don't know why, I just know" He squeezed my hand an repeated "I just know."
"That moment I first laid eyes on you, I just knew, you were meant to be mine." His eyes were filled with fear, hope and, above all, love.