The liars exchanged glances, trying their best not to look at Roxanna directly.
To be honest, they were all waiting for Zeir to speak first, while Zeir himself honestly wanted to be the last one to talk.
"Luan… you just said earlier that you knew I was a different person," Roxanna said, turning to Luan. "But just now, you said you didn't notice anything."
"That—"
Luan stopped mid-sentence when he heard Roxanna's thoughts.
[I really hate liars. My ex-husband lied to me all the time, but maybe most husbands really are liars.]
Luan cursed silently in his head and gave up on lying right away. There was no way he wanted to be compared to her ex-husband.
"Yes. I did know," Luan admitted. He glanced at the others, clearly asking for help, but they all turned their heads away, leaving him alone to deal with it.
"I did say you're not the Roxanna I remember," Luan continued after taking a deep breath. "But… does that really matter? You're different, sure. But what's the problem?"
