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.

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

you drinking with? Have him answer the phone.”

anxiously around the

He said to the empty air, “My wife wants to talk

he said again, “Just answer it. If

suspicious.”

a brother

Amber, “He said he doesn’t know you too well and feels too

your words at face value? You have half an hour. If you aren’t in front of me by then, I’ll break everything I can find at home! You know as

Travis‘ frustration resurfaced.

to go back, but he had

furniture inside belonged to the tenant. If he let Amber destroy everything, he would be the one paying for the damages, and it would

they would pretty much be broke

temples and, before he

would ever return to the bedroom she shared with Travis

were

not remember how she’d gotten there at all.

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 some cheap decorations.