Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 31

Travis did not want to argue with her. He replied softly, “I’m still working at the company. Is there something you need?”

“Travis Hardy, what kind of motherfucking bullshit are you talking about!” Amber cursed loudly. “I already asked your other colleagues, and they said you left an hour ago!”

Travis panicked. He hadn’t expected Amber to have set a trap for him to fall into.

“Tell me the truth, where are you now?” Amber demanded. “Are you in some cheap bitch’s bed?”

“I’m not,” he quickly denied. “What nonsense are you thinking? I was just tired from work so I went out for a drink with my friend.”

“Why did you lie about working overtime then?” Amber persisted.

After juggling his marriage to Larissa and his affair with Amber for so long, Travis had long mastered the skills of coming up with excuses on the spot.

“I just didn’t want you to misunderstand! Your emotions have been so unstable lately. If you get too worked up and drive yourself crazy, I’ll be the one to suffer!” he said softly.

knew how he used to deceive Larissa. She wasn’t going to fall for

drinking with? Have him answer

around the

struck him. He said to the empty air, “My wife

few seconds, he said again, “Just answer it. If you don’t,

suspicious.”

a brother out,

one–man show went on for a while before he told Amber, “He said he doesn’t know you too well and feels too embarrassed to answer the phone.”

at face value? You have half an hour. If you aren’t in front of me by then, I’ll

Travis‘ frustration resurfaced.

want to go back, but he had to.

was rented under his name, and most of the furniture inside belonged to the tenant. If he let Amber destroy everything, he would be the one paying for

situation, they would pretty much be broke when he was done

temples and, before he left,

didn’t think she would ever return to the bedroom she

were

could not remember how she’d gotten there at

wandered around the house and found that her and Travis‘ personal belongings were gone. All that was left were large pieces of furniture too heavy to be moved and