Page 56 of Broken Lies
I don’t head homeuntil the sun is starting to set, hoping that Riley has had dinner and locked herself away in her room for the evening.
The fact that I’m having to avoid my own damn apartment only fouls my mood even more.
As I pull into the parking garage, I find Ronan standing there, leaning against his Mercedes, looking his usual murderous self. “You have got to be fucking kidding me.”
“Care to explain why I just spent two hours on the phone with Oscar Walsh?” he demands the moment I step out of my car.
I slam the door shut and turn my back on him.
“Kieran!”
“What? What the hell could I possibly have done this time?”
“You went out to dinner with Riley.”
I throw my hands in the air. “You told me to sell the lie.”
“Afterwe got the legal part handled, and we had control of the fallout. Not for you to poke the bear.”
“I didn’t poke him. I just...let him see the stick.”
Ronan glowers at me. “You planned this.”
“Cameron was always going to tell him. We needed Oscar to believe this is real, and at least this way, he gets time to stew. And once the marriage is finalized, there’s not a damn thing he can do to stop it.”
Ronan’s jaw ticks. He doesn’t like being left out of the loop, but he also knows I’m not wrong.
“Next time, you run it by me first.”
“Sure thing,boss.”
Ronan rolls his eyes before reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket and pulling out a brown manila envelope. “Here.”
I open it up and glance inside. “What’s this?”
“Fake passports, as well as your contracts.”
“Why would I need fake passports?”
“Because you and Riley are flying to Vegas tomorrow.”
“Vegas? How classy.”
“We need to move this along, Kieran. Oscar’s already sniffing around, and Rion won’t be far behind. If we want this to hold, we need to do it fast.”
Nodding slowly, I try to ignore the pit in my stomach.
I knew this day would come eventually, but I figured I had a few more weeks at the least.
“The plane leaves at noon, so you’ve got until then to figure out how to play the doting husband.”
“Piece of cake.”
Ronan opens up his car door but pauses before climbing inside.
“And Kieran?” He glances over his shoulder.
“Yeah?”
