Seductive Lies (Secret Lives Series) (50 page)

“
J
a
sp
e
r.”
J
on
at
h
a
n
s
e
t
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
down
i
n
t
he
m
i
dd
l
e
of
h
e
r
b
e
droo
m
. A
y
o
u
ng
b
lac
k
i
e g
i
rl
fo
ll
ow
e
d,
fr
a
n
tical
l
y
c
r
y
i
n
g
t
h
a
t
h
e
r
mi
s
t
r
e
ss
w
a
s
d
ea
d.
N
o,
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
w
a
sn’t
d
ea
d,
he
t
hough
t
.
She
h
a
d
w
a
k
e
n
e
d
a
nd
she
w
a
sn’t
h
a
pp
y
.
“
J
a
sp
e
r,
shut
t
he
door
a
nd
k
ee
p
e
v
e
r
y
o
ne
el
se
ou
t
.”

“
O
h,
M
i
s
t
r
e
ss
E
s
t
h
e
r
won’t
li
ke
t
h
a
t
non
e
,”
R
e
b
e
k
a
h’s
m
ai
d
u
tte
r
e
d.
“
N
o
s
i
r.” Jon
at
h
a
n
s
hot
h
e
r
a
l
ook
t
h
a
t
s
ile
n
ce
d
t
he
g
i
r
l
.
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
p
u
sh
e
d
b
ac
k
from
Jon
at
h
a
n,

s
t
u
m
b
l
i
ng.
R
eac
h
i
ng
ou
t
,
he
ca
ught
h
e
r
a
r
m
.
“
Be
ca
r
e
fu
l
,”
he
s
ai
d
i
n
a
h
a
r
sh
vo
ice
,
h
i
s p
atie
n
c
e
l
os
t
.

“
Lea
v
e
,”
she
a
n
s
w
e
r
e
d
h
i
s
b
e
h
a
v
i
or.
“
You
h
a
ve
done
y
o
u
r
du
t
y
.
”

“
D
u
t
y
?
” Jon
at
h
a
n’s
vo
ic
e
ros
e
.
“
Du
t
y
? You
cal
l
l
ook
i
ng
for
y
o
u
i
n
t
he
m
i
dst
of
a
t
orr
e
n
ti
a
l
s
t
orm
du
t
y
?
W
h
e
re
w
a
s
y
o
u
r
h
ea
d,
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
?
”

“
Y
ou
wou
l
d
not
und
e
r
s
ta
nd,”
she
s
ai
d.
H
e
r
e
y
e
s f
la
m
e
d
a
t
h
i
m
, but
h
e
r
h
a
nd
r
eac
h
e
d down
for
h
e
r
m
i
d
r
i
ff; h
e
r
h
a
nd
t
r
e
m
b
le
d.

I
m
m
e
d
i
a
te
l
y
,
he
s
w
e
pt
h
e
r
b
ac
k
i
n
t
o
h
i
s
a
r
m
s
a
nd
ca
rr
ie
d
h
e
r
t
o
t
he
s
i
de
of
h
e
r
b
e
d. He
m
o
t
i
on
e
d
for
t
he
m
ai
d
t
o
s
te
p
fo
r
w
a
rd.
“
G
e
t
h
e
r
d
r
y
cl
o
t
h
e
s! She
i
s
t
o
be
put
t
o
b
e
d.”

“
S
u
l
l
y
,
”
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
s
ai
d.
“
It
i
s
f
i
n
e
.
I
n
ee
d
on
l
y
t
o
g
e
t
out
of
t
h
e
se
w
e
t
cl
o
t
h
e
s.”

Su
l
l
y
nodd
e
d,
but
f
ea
r
s
hone
i
n
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
t
Jon
at
h
a
n.
S
he
s
k
i
r
te
d
t
o
t
he
w
a
rdrobe
a
nd w
it
hdr
e
w
a
n
i
gh
t
gown.
T
urn
i
ng,
s
he
w
aite
d
for
Jon
at
h
a
n
t
o
lea
v
e
,
but
he
m
a
de
no
m
ov
e
m
e
n
t
.

“
If
y
o
u
do
n
’t
g
e
t
h
e
r out
of
t
h
e
se
w
e
t
cl
o
t
h
e
s,
I
w
ill
.”

T
he
y
o
ung
m
ai
d
l
ook
e
d
a
t
R
e
b
e
k
a
h
i
nqu
i
r
i
ng
l
y
,
r
el
u
cta
nt
t
o
b
e
g
i
n
undr
e
s
s
i
ng
h
e
r
m
i
s
t
r
e
ss
i
n
front
of
a
ma
n.

“
It
i
s
f
i
n
e
,
Su
l
l
y
,
” R
e
b
e
k
a
h
s
ai
d
a
s
she
s
l
ung
off
h
e
r
cl
o
a
k.
“
O
bv
i
ous
l
y
,
Dr.
Corb
et
t f
eel
s
i
t
i
s
h
i
s
du
t
y
.
”

“
I
do.”
J
on
at
h
a
n
w
al
k
e
d
t
o
t
he
door.
“
I
w
il
l
be
r
i
ght
ou
t
s
i
d
e
.
T
h
i
s
i
s
not
ov
e
r, R
e
b
e
k
a
h.”

He
s
lam
m
e
d
t
he
door
b
e
h
i
nd
h
i
m
,
sh
a
k
i
ng
t
he
w
all
.
He
found
J
a
sp
e
r
i
n
t
he
h
al
l
w
it
h a
s
e
t
of
dry
cl
o
t
h
e
s
for
h
i
m
.
“
M
i
s
t
r
e
ss
E
s
t
h
e
r
le
ft
t
h
e
se
for
y
o
u
.
You
ca
n
c
h
a
nge
i
n
t
he room
d
o
wn
t
he
c
orr
i
dor.
I’
l
l
ta
ke
y
o
ur
boo
t
s
t
o
d
r
y
.
It
w
a
s
so
m
e
of
M
i
s
t
r
e
ss
E
s
t
h
e
r’s husb
a
nd’s.
M
a
s
te
r
I
a
n’s
w
ou
l
d
be
t
oo
s
m
a
l
l
.
She
s
e
nt
w
ord
t
o
t
he
o
t
h
e
rs
t
h
a
t
R
e
b
e
k
a
h’s b
ee
n
found.
I’
l
l
s
t
a
y
h
e
re
a
nd
m
a
k
e
sure
no
one
e
n
te
rs.”