Said I didn't Love Him But I Lied

Chapter 51 You Can't Tell A Lie

After the two children fell asleep, Everleigh tucked them in and left the bedroom.

There was an unread text message on her phone from Stainley.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

After reading the message, Everleigh looked hesitant. After a while, she replied, "Okay, thank you."

The person on the receiving end seemed to be waiting by his phone. In the next second, he replied, "You're welcome. It's on the way anyway. You should go to bed. Good night." "Good night."

Stainley had always taken good care of her. Although she tried to convince herself that his concern was because they were acquaintances, or perhaps a mutual friendship like Christopher and her, her intuition told her that it was more than that. After staring at her phone for a long time, she sent a message to Christopher, "Last time you said that your friend had a car to sell, please get me his contact."

...

The next morning, the sky was dark. Summers in Ocpeace City were always filled with thunderstorms.

As soon as Everleigh stepped out of the building, she saw Stainley's car.

"You didn't have breakfast, right?" Asked Stainley. He reached behind him, brought out a bag from the backseat, and handed it to her. "I got you some breakfast."

"Thank you." Everleigh took it from him, then looked inside the bag and saw a sandwich and coffee. She smiled and said, "I'm already troubling you by asking for transport to work, but I did not even think to bring breakfast for you. Instead, you brought breakfast for me. I'm so sorry for the trouble."

"There's nothing to be sorry about. You're on the way anyway. I bought the food somewhere near your place too."

Everleigh nodded thoughtfully, opened the sandwich, and chatted with Stainley while eating.

be at Jackson Hospital for a while.

no need. I'm getting a car soon

and the look in his eyes was blank. "You've gotten a

casually, "Christopher has a friend who has a car that is as good as new. The mileage is pretty low, and he's willing to sell it. The price is within my budget, so I've decided to buy it from him." "I see,"

was a little weird. After a long silence, Stainley said, "Everleigh, to be clear, fetching you to and from work is really convenient.

at him in surprise. "Why do

him and said, "Stainley, you don't think I'm looking for an excuse to avoid you, do you?" "Aren't you?" His face was still warm,

a teasing tone, "You think I'd buy a car just to avoid you? Where would I get the money? Stainley, I think you overestimated me." "Since you want to

to go to school too, right? The summer vacation is almost over. When school starts, it would

was a silence in the car for a while, and then they stopped at a red light. While gripping the steering wheel, Stainley lowered his head and kept quiet for a while. Suddenly he said, "Everleigh, what if I said that

and

met, I knew you avoid eye contact when you're lying." Everleigh held her

down and turned green. He

stared at Stainley's fair, clean hands that were on the wheel. She'd never met someone more

I won't ask anymore. Just

Everleigh agreed immediately. "I've troubled you

we've been classmates for so many years. You don't have

Christopher, Everleigh forced herself

she could

were Stainley and Christopher the

much to help him clean his messes up. Stainley was a really good man. He was one of the few men who still respected her, cared for her, and protected her,

she felt like she owed him. She did not

Stainley headed for the wards while Everleigh went to the operating room where

she arrived, the production assistant, Zack, came up to her and