Can’t Win Me Back

"Why? Do you finally notice me beside you?" teased Julien while he admired Jonah's perfect side profile.

He grumbled, "You've been ignoring me for a good half an hour. I was thinking of ignoring you forever if you kept giving me the cold shoulder."

Despite being fatally attracted to Julien's childlike behavior, Jonah hid his feelings and asked calmly,

"Do you often join Mandy and the others for tea?"

"Yeah."

"You're a young man. Don't you feel bored when you hang out with a bunch of middle-aged ladies?"

Jonah scrutinized Julien. "You led a carefree life in Mosgravia. There's no need to suppress your wants. Just do anything you feel like doing."

"What if you can't handle me if I let go of myself?" Julien drawled and cast an irresistibly flirtatious look at Jonah.

distant as ever. "That's

You're busy with your work as the president. You won't have

his lips

just wanted to be closer to Mandy and the others, in case

messy with thoughts. Julien pressed his body against Jonah's, his crisp scent lingering in the air. He purred, "Anyway, we're kind of like family because my Aunt Mandy is married to

in his eyes. He casually remarked, "Lyla said you love nuts." Staring ahead, he tensed up as he added, "You ate all the dried fruits

it. I can't stop once I start eating them." Although Julien was a man, he looked like a young woman when he was excited.

Julien and rasped, "I'll

at Jonah's lips. "Sure. I'd love to eat the nuts you

mind—he noticed Julien's expectations and more importantly,

spent when she reached home. On their way back, she

at the same time, she was hinting at Jasper to go easy on her

and brought her into the