A Thousand Perfect Lies – Monica Murphy

“Maybe you feel connected to me because I’m brand-new here and I don’t know your history,” I suggest, proud of how calm I sound. “Maybe.” His voice is full of doubt. “Want to walk back to the dorm with me?” “Um.” I glance over my shoulder, my gaze snagging on the Harrington estate. “I was just at Sophia’s. I kind of want to go back.” I need some distance to figure out why he’s acting this way. All cute and drunk and … into me.

“You two are becoming close.” He doesn’t phrase it as a question. “I like her. She’s one of the only people at Wickham who’s nice to me.” I sound defensive, but maybe I have a right to be. Until this little drunken escapade, Connor has been mostly standoffish and rude. Are there moments when the connection he feels—that I feel, too—flares up into something warm and welcome?

Sure. But I wouldn’t say that’s been the predominant vibe here. No, that would be more easily categorized as hostile. “She’s a decent sort,” Connor admits. “Want me to walk you back?” “No. That might end up looking a little suspicious, don’t you think?” “You’re right. Not like leaving their house, spending a not-insignificant amount of time outside in the cold—without a proper jacket, I might add— then going back to their house instead of returning to campus.

That’s not suspicious at all.” He grins again, and I sort of want to melt at when those adorable dimples pop. “How about you go your way and I’ll go mine?” “Deal.” I watch him go until he disappears into the darkening night sky. A sigh gusts out of me. I shouldn’t pay any attention to the connection between us, but I do.

He makes me feel all fluttery inside with only a look, and while hardened Billie shouldn’t let that affect her, soft and flighty Belinda can. Meaning … I’m doing it for the plot.

Monica Murphy is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Both traditionally and independently published, she writes mostly new adult and contemporary romance. She’s also written as USA Today bestselling author Karen Erickson. A native Californian, she lives in the middle of nowhere with her husband, children, one dog and four cats. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge-watching something.

Or travelling. 1kitap1.com/en ALSO BY MONICA MURPHY THE PLAYERS Playing Hard to Get Playing By The Rules Playing to Win LANCASTER PREP Things I Wanted To Say A Million Kisses in Your Lifetime Promises We Meant to Keep I’ll Always Be With You You Said I was Your Favorite LANCASTER PREP NEXT GENERATION All My Kisses For You Keep Me in Your Heart You Were Never Not Mine SINGLE TITLES Pretty Dead Girls Daring the Bad Boy Saving It 1kitap1.com/en 1kitap1.com/en This book is for the self-protective, independent ones who learned to trust themselves first before they could rely on someone else.

1kitap1.com/en A Thousand Perfect Lies is a twisty murder mystery with lots of family drama and romance. However, the story includes elements that might not be suitable for all readers, including parental alcoholism and abandonment, underage drinking, recreational drug use, consensual physical intimacy, bullying, and murder. Readers who may be sensitive to these elements, please take note before confirming your enrollment at Wickham Academy. 1kitap1.com/en “H CHAPTER ONE ey, babe. Gimme another beer.” One of the cheesy tourists from Tennessee has a leer on his somewhat handsome face that makes me want to roll my eyes, but I contain myself.

He came into the bar with his friends to watch college football on a Saturday afternoon, and they’re loud. Obnoxious. They can’t stop checking me out, either. Why are they all like this—flirtatious to the point of unbearable? I need every dollar I can get, so I flash him a smile. “Coming right up.” I head toward the bar, where Doug, the owner of this fine establishment, has already placed a fresh bottle for my customer on the counter.

I offer him a grateful smile, and he lifts a whiskered brown chin in acknowledgment. I set the bottle on my tray before I head over to the table where the three pretty-faced college boys sit.

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