He was joking. He had to be joking.
Why would he like her? He liked Raya. He even confessed it to her.
"What...what are you saying? She stuttered out, her eyes still wide, " How can you like me when you like somebody else?"
He let go of her and shut his eyes in frustration. How was he going to explain this to her? He was going to have to spill his plan to make her understand.
Something he had never done before, she was making him do it.
"I don't like anybody else, Blake. I like only you. For heaven's sake, you make me talk too much." He held his nose bridge and turned to face the lake to calm himself down.
She could only stare at his back as her mind was filled with unanswered question.
He didn't like Raya. He liked her instead. So why did he say he did?
What kind of game was he pl
