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The Pretend Boyfriend novel Chapter 103

Summary for Chapter 103: The Pretend Boyfriend

What Happens in Chapter 103 – From the Book The Pretend Boyfriend

Dive into Chapter 103, a pivotal chapter in The Pretend Boyfriend, written by Artemis Hunt. This section features emotional turning points, key character decisions, and the kind of storytelling that defines great Internet fiction.

"You were afraid he might have been hurt?" Karen says in a gentle tone.

"Y-yes. But then I had another suspicion, especially since I had been arrested for breaking and entering only days before. I acted on my instincts and drove to Delilah Faulkner's apartment. I saw Brian's Jeep parked in the visitor parking lot."

"Did you take a photo?"

"I wasn't in the presence of mind to do that. It was only after I went home that I began to think of what I should do. Especially when Brian showed up and wouldn't tell me where he had been."

"What did you decide to do?"

Sam's stomach floats, and she tries to quell it by holding her breath, but it doesn't work. "I asked a private investigator to procure a recording device for me."

"You mean a bug?"

"Yes."

The crowd is hanging on to every word.

Sam says, "It was in the shape of a button. It's an extremely effective and sensitive device. My PI ... he was ex-CIA or something. He got it for me for a huge sum of money. I sewed it into the hem of Brian's leather jacket. It was what he usually wore."

"And you have recordings of Brian's conversations with Ms. Faulkner?"

"Objection!" Norma Hennessey is purple in the face. "Ms. Faulkner is not on trial here, your Honor!"

"But Mr. Morton is," Karen shoots back, "and these conversations are vital to the case and in proving my client's innocence!"

"Proceed, Ms. Fox."

Karen makes a big to-do about setting up an iPad and two speakers on a table in front of the Judge's desk. The jury and crowd are restless, murmuring to each other.

She presses 'Play'.

Sam, with the help of Karen, has condensed the pertinent recorded conversations.

Delilah's voice is obvious. Sam cringes. No matter how many times she listens to this, she can never get that creepy feeling out of her spine.

"You're late."

"Sorry. I got held up."

"Fucking that perky Ms. Muffet again?"

"I got held up at the gym. I work there, you know." Brian's tone is short.

A pause.

"Take off your clothes, Brian."

Silence. The hesitation is obvious even on playback. Slithering sounds.

Sam feels her skin crawl. She knows Brian has been with other women, especially in the earlier part of their relationship, but she can never be totally OK with it, no matter how much she tells herself she should.

"Come here."

Kissing. Footsteps padding away.

A whine, and then a cut to another scene.

Brian's voice. "I don't get it."

"Get what?"

"All this."

"What part of it don't you get?"

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