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.

have time to worry about me," replied Julien with a hint

pressed his

others, in case we

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 your dad. Isn't

hint of emotion in his eyes. He casually remarked, "Lyla said you love

like a young woman when he was excited. "Aunt Mandy always peeled the nuts for me when I was a kid. I could munch on the nuts forever, but she peeled them for

and rasped, "I'll do that for you the next

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

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

their

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

her into the house. Her legs dangled, and her heels fell