I cheat. Not literally though. But hiding something from the cousins feels like I'm cheating. I should have told them when they asked me why I was quiet, but fear got the better of me and I couldn't open my mouth to say that Tristan and I have a son.
We had discussed the privacy of our relationship and we all agreed that no one, aside from mom, will know about our relationship—not even Tristan. But of course we will tell everyone soon once we're comfortable and ready enough.
I'm walking down the dark hallway toward Atlasʼ room when all of a sudden a hand grabs me by my wrist, pins me on the wall, and captures my lips. Thinking it's one of the cousins, I respond to his kisses but I immediately push the man away. I have grown familiar with the cousinsʼ way of kissing me to not realise that
