ON MY MIND

CHAPTER 111 Lila My whole body went rigid. “You don't have to answer that question, Lila,” Lucien said, with his voice loud enough for me to hear. But somehow, my brain tuned him out, barely able to comprehend anything that he was saying.. I wasn't just going to go ahead and reveal any secret that I spent years upon years keeping. Even Lucien just got to find out the truth not long ago. A bunch of strangers weren't going to get the chance to criticize my life. My eyes narrowed at the lady, trying to see if I could recognize her. I couldn't. “What are you talking about?” I asked her, trying to hold myself back from panicking. I was doing a bad job at that. She frowned. “Maybe other journalists are scared to ask you, but we've all been dying to ask you. It was almost like you disappeared off the surface of the earth for five years. And then you suddenly showed up again, establishing your own company. I have to admit, Miss Vitale, it's quite strange. If we were in another world,