Gabrielle didn’t consider herself a paranoid person. She trusted Matthew—of course, she did. But that didn’t mean she wasn’t going to notice when he started acting strange.
And right now, he was absolutely hiding something.
It started with little things. Secretive glances at his phone. Whispered conversations with Julian when he thought she wasn’t paying attention. Disappearing for hours with vague excuses.
The worst part? He was way too good at covering it up. Every time she tried to question him, he would just smirk, brush a kiss against her forehead, and say something infuriating like, “Darling, you wound me. Why would I ever keep secrets from you?”
And then he’d change the subject—distracting her with kisses or teasing remarks until she forgot what she had even been asking in the f
