Jax smiled. "I don't remember exactly when, but from the very start, from the moment we met, I had my suspicions about you."
One of his hands was still threaded through hers, the other settled at her waist, and her hand rested light on his shoulder. The music had ended ages ago.
The floor had cleared around them, every other couple melting back into the crowd and leaving the main stage to the two of them alone. And still neither of them had budged so much as an inch, locked in that closing pose like neither one could stomach being the first to let go.
"Not gonna lie," Jax said, and there was real appreciation in it. "You played the part beautifully. You had every single soul around you convinced of being the real one. Even Lavinia's own sister never noticed a thing. Fooled completely, start to finish, by your acting."
