“It’s not absurd,” he cut her off sharply. “It’s necessary.”
The steel in his tone made her spine stiffen. “You keep talking about necessity, but I’ve done nothing wrong.”
He leaned forward, elbows on the table, gaze burning through her composure. “Nothing wrong? You’re meeting with my father in private restaurants. In public! Do you have any idea what would happen if the press gets a rumour. Tell me, Lana—” his voice dropped to a dangerous whisper “—what exactly am I supposed to think?”
Her breath caught. She could feel the walls closing in, her mind racing for an escape. She couldn’t tell him the truth — that she wasn’t Lana, that it was her twin sister who’d been seen with his father.
If she did, the fallout would be catastrophic as she would give him the upper hand to manipulate th
