Status Updates From Don't Sleep with the Dead

i fell for the standalone propaganda. i am so confused and the writing doesn't even make up for it. what.

“You never liked him much, did you?”
“I liked him well enough. I don’t like anyone much. You know that.”
“No. You just love them.”
“You’re the only one who ever believed that.”

Already I’m confused

I didn't pay attention and thus didn't realize this was a sequel/companion novel to The Chosen and the Beautiful, so I guess I will be reading that once I'm done here.