Page 140 of Tell Me All Your Lies

“I know that tone. Something is up, and I’m about to head out on a boat soon.”

“I don’t want to hold you up.”

“Who are you, and what have you done with my friend Cara?”

“Okay, okay, fine.”

I adjust my positioning on the counter.

“I fell in love.”

Grayson chokes at my words.

“Very funny,” I say.

“Okay, wait a second. You fell in love? How? With who?”

“Grant. Grant Sinclair.”

“Him?”

“Yes.” I sigh.

“Okay, outside of the fact that Harper is going to ask me a million questions about how this happened, I have to ask you this one first.”

“What?”

“If you fell in love, why do you sound so melancholy about it?”

“I’m not. What we’re working on is almost over, and then we’re going to talk about what happens next. He told me that he was planning on moving to Charleston before this happened between us.”

“Wait, Charleston? Are you for real?”

“Yeah, he was going to split his time but doesn’t need to for us to be together, and so I can keep my company based out of LA.”

Grayson is silent on the other line.

“What? Just say it. You have a boat to get to.”

“Cara, you know I love you,” he starts.

“And?”

“And you’re the smartest person I know. Don’t tell Liam that,” he jokes.

“Okay, but what’s your point?”

“You really aren’t thinking about this clearly.”

I sit upright. Does he think this is a problem?

“How so?”

“You’re the boss of your company, which is centered around you. Your parents already split their time between Florida and California. Why couldn’t you split your time between LA and Charleston? Hell, I bet you’re barely anywhere for that long anyway.”

I breathe out a long sigh of relief.

“Thank you.”

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