Protecting Her Lie

~Dorian~

Jude walked in, the sound of his steps, slicing clean through the tension like a scalpel.

"What’s going on here?"he asked, his tone calm—too calm.

Hazel jerked away from me so fast the air between us shattered. I exhaled sharply, feeling the loss like someone had just punched a fist through my ribs. And then I watched—forced myself to watch—as Jude’s hand settled at the small of her waist