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Deniiz 
Evan shifted uneasily in his chair again. Sure, even blind people could see how Mina was happy around him, but he didn't think that she'd still remain the happiest person in the world if she learnt that he'd cheated on her with Marie. On the contrary, she'd have every reason to dump him, and he didn't want that happen because like Marie said, he was extremely happy with her too. "I don't think she'll take it too happily if she learns that I've cheated on her," he voiced his thoughts. He didn't even have to add 'with you', Marie knew all about her worries concerning him and particularly her. And apparently the clever 'claw had been right--he really should have stayed away from Marie, which he'd pretty much failed at for the past two years.
He looked down. He had pictured Mina at first, until Marie touched him. After that, all he could think about was their past and the feeling that they could be happy again. The sound of the hint that he might not be that much guilty was very nice though, and he knew better than to admit he had pictured Mina at first, so he opted to just stare at the floor on that. He didn't want to hurt her feelings, and shatter his hopes of proving out to be as innocent as a cheater could be.
Upon hearing her suggestion though, he had to look up with big eyes. Was she implying that this should remain as a secret? He blinked in shock, trying to digest that. "So should I just lie into her face?" he said in shock. There was no way he could do it--he'd already committed a shame, and he wasn't going to add a second. "She deserves to know..." he muttered, though one could easily tell that he was completely freaked out with the idea that she might dump him. Why couldn't they just take the past back?!
"Lie? It's not a lie if you don't say anything at all. It's more keeping a secret." A really big secret. Why was he making this so difficult? They had made a mistake, a really huge mistake but there was nothing they could do about it now except move on.
"Why would you want to tell her? It will only hurt her and it's not like it's going to happen again." she trailed off. No, she would not let Evan make a mistake like that again, not with her anyway. Even if it meant she had to stay away from him. Just because her life was miserable didn't mean she had to make his that way too.
"It's not like you intentionally cheated on her, it was a mistake, something that just happened. You just had a lapse in judgement, that's all." Yeah, it had to be a lapse in judgement otherwise why else would he want to kiss her?
"Again, I'm not going to say anything to anyone but it is up to you if you want Mina to find out. You do what your heart tells you to do. As for me, my heart says don't go running your mouth and getting Evan in trouble for something he didn't do." She sat there looking him in the eyes now. She didn't know if any of what she was saying was getting through to him at all or not. She hoped it was because she really didn't know what else to say.