Can’t Win Me Back

Julien beamed from ear to ear. "Hi, Aunt Mandy, Madam Lyla and Madam Colene. Hey, Taty."

"Where are you going, Jul?" Tatiana's eyes were wide with curiosity.

"There's a famous brand of desserts at Bernardia. I wanted to buy some back for everyone to have a taste."

"Yay! We get to have desserts, thanks to Jonah." Tatiana clapped her hands in joy.

She really didn't treat him like an outsider. She simply spoke her thoughts.

A sheepish smile flashed across Julien's face. He waved and headed off while humming a tune.

When he brushed past Mandy, her sharp senses detected that peculiar scent from Julien.

As she lifted her eyes, she caught a glance of his chest underneath his V-necked T-shirt. The faint, red marks on his chest made her blush!

Mandy exhaled and remarked, "Young men are physically fitter indeed." She picked up her cup of tea and took a sip. She let out a cryptic smile.

"What did you say, Mandy?" Lyla looked at Mandy with a confused look on her face. She didn't catch Mandy's comment.

"It's nothing.

coming to Bernardia, Jonah mentioned that there was a local, award-winning dessert shop with delicious desserts. Although he had only said it in passing, Julien had

wanted to buy their desserts tonight so that he could give

He had to brave the chilling wind for a long while before he managed

had turned red from the cold, and his fingers

heart's content and settled the bill. Then, with two large bags of desserts in his hands,

"Ah!"

who just walked through the door. The paper bags fell from bis hands,

"I'm sorry, so sorry..."

he knelt to

was as if that

think too much about it. After all, he was publicly recognized as the ideal

on him would be caught in a daze. It was the

he picked up his paper bags and stood back up. He curled the corners of his lips upward and spoke in sweet-sounding Grunslandish, "Please stop staring at me. I already have a

as Julien was about to brush past him, the man suddenly grabbed his