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.

felt bitter, but he remained as distant as ever.

president. You won't have time to worry about me," replied Julien with a hint of

pressed his lips

be closer to Mandy and the others, in case we become family one day. This is a social

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

remarked, "Lyla said you love nuts." Staring ahead, he tensed up as he added, "You

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

Julien and rasped, "I'll do that for

placed a finger under Jonah's chin and breathed at Jonah's lips. "Sure. I'd love to eat the

the moment he read Julien's mind—he noticed Julien's expectations and

was spent when she reached home. On their way back, she had complained about feeling

but at the same time, she was hinting

in his arms and brought her into the house. Her