But that was only ever 'like'.
"It's probably because you didn't love me enough. You just confused interest with a passing whim, didn't you? Ryan Linton, do you have any idea how a simple greeting, a single glance from you, was enough to keep me going until now?"
"Why would you abandon me now, just when I can't live without you?"
She wiped furiously at the corners of her eyes and shrieked hysterically, "Yes, I know I'm the one who's been shamelessly clinging to you, the one who wouldn't let you go! But why did you ever respond to me? I never asked you to! Why would you play with my heart like this?"
'Was it because she lied to him?'
'What did she lie about? Her identity? Reporting that incident last time?'
'Okay, lying about her identity was wrong, but she didn't think it was *that* big of a deal!'
'And the report… She showed him the evidence, told him it was Kiera Keane, but he still wanted to take her abroad, right?'
