LIES AND PRIDE
The temperature dropped tenfold once we were back outside, the lack of human presence and the open-air made me shiver as we walked briskly to our room. Aiden paused, as he swiped his keycard, half opening the door before he turned to look at me, like it almost clicked, and his mischievous eyes twinkled. “Where's your key card?" he asked. "In my pocket," I said nonchalantly. The one thing I was good at was speaking without showing my true emotions, it was years of lying to my parents about where I was at Uni that gave me naturally great lying skills. But it almost seemed like Aiden could see past me. "Oh really? And you still voluntarily wanted to hang out with me and my friends?" "I had a nap so I was wide awake," I said. I wasn't sure if he believed me or not, but he opened the door
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