Love's Deception

Chapter 32 - Deception

Let's talk about deception. What is deception? Deception is the act of deceiving someone. But what does deceiving mean? It means to cause someone to believe something that is not true, often to gain some sort of personal advantage.

So, don't we all deceive someone at one point or another? But what about if it's a lover? Have you ever deceived them? If your partner does deceive you, do you give them another chance, or say goodbye? The choice is yours.

But if you're the one who deceived your partner, then it's different. What if you deceived them in order to help them? Are you still worthy of their love? No matter how much you want it, think about it. Are you still worthy of their love? If you think you are, how far will you go to prove it to them?

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Everything happened so fast. Before we left, I had to change into my Dyer Hotel work clothes because I'm still Zoe Collins. Once I did that, the other agents and I got suited up. They all have their gear on, and so do Cam and Paige. They all got their guns and put on their FBI jackets with vests. All I had to put on was my gun holster around my waist, that luckily my blazer covered up, and a thigh holster that is covered by my skirt. I'm the only one who is going to be on the scene interacting with the leader.

Billings, Cam, Paige, the other agents, and I all got into black cars and made our way to the Dyer Hotel. I didn't talk the entire car ride, I was just too nervous. Way too nervous about anything.

Once we got there, I emerged from the car while everyone else stayed behind. I took one last look at everyone before making my way into the Dyer Hotel. I flash my employee badge to the front desk and go into the elevator.

When I arrive on the office floor, I look around. Everything looks just as it always does. A bunch of people busy at work. I continue to scan the room and see Lily waving slightly to me from the conference room. I walk over to her and see Lily working there with Jace.

I hesitantly smile and feel all my guilt come back. Walking into the room I clear my throat, "Can I speak with Lily for a minute?"

Jace nods and Lily gets out of her seat to follow me to my office. I close the door behind us and then stand in front of her with my arms crossed.

"What's up?" Lily asks.

"In about one minute, the FBI will be coming to evacuate people, I need you to help get people out as quietly and as quickly as you can."

Lily's jaw drops slightly, "What's going on?"

"It all ends today. Everything ends today, the assignment, Zoe Collins, everything. Can I count on you to help?"

Lily nods her head a little in fear. At that moment, I hear the elevator doors ding and open and I observe as agents make their way into the office floor. Paige and Cam are among those agents. They direct each people out and Lily does a good job to help keep them calm.

Paige and Cam guide the people and the agents very quickly and then suddenly they're gone. Just as quickly as they arrived, they're gone. Jace opens the conference room door and makes eye contact with me. I avoid his eye contact, I can't look at him. There's so much guilt. So instead, I walk into his office and make sure he follows. Any minute now.

Jace picks up my cues and follows me into his office and we're standing there facing each other in pure silence. He continues to watch me as if he's expecting me to say something or do something to talk about what just happened. I don't. Suddenly, the elevator door dings again and I hear the click of heels on the marble floor.

I turn around and out of Jace's office window, I see Natalia walk closer to us. She finally enters his office wearing a beautiful dress, some winter gloves, since it's still chilly out, and looking as flawless as ever.