Izzy held her breath as she quietly walked back to her hotel room from Seth Santiago's suite, praying silently that she wouldn’t run into Carl. She was sure that if her best friend saw her, he wouldn’t stop questioning her. Just thinking about what lie she would tell him made her head throb, and she wasn’t even sure if he would believe her.
‘You sounded as if you and Carl are in a relationship, and you’re acting like a dirty mistress who’s cheating on him and afraid to get caught.’
Seth’s words echoed in her mind, and she bit her lip hard, shaking her head in frustration.
No matter how hard she tried to convince herself that what Seth had said wasn’t true, she couldn’t deny that it was exactly how she felt.
Izzy pushed the troubling thoughts aside, focusing instead on walking faster. S
