Seeing it hurt me in ways I couldn’t have imagined before.

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He’d kissed me in the hallway. He’d almost kissed me in self–defense practice.

I hadn’t considered he would be kissing other people too.

“Piper…” he said again, softer.

I couldn’t even bear to look at him. I turned my shoulder to him and dropped my gaze to the floor.”

Please go clean up. Then we can talk.”

He was rarely uncertain, but he shifted awkwardly on his feet now. “Very well. I’ll be right back.” He

turned toward the door, and I did not look up again until he had walked through it.

Both Mark and Charlotte were looking at me. I felt judged.

Charlotte glanced away but Mark didn’t. He didn’t say anything, didn’t even hold an expression, but I

his disapproval radiating off of

in my heart, I

he had been doing it with, he had dropped all of it to

I was okay. In order of his

I knew, maybe

had been unkind to

borrow your handkerchief?” I

and then produced a soft blue folded bit of fabric. I accepted it with thanks.

excuse me a moment,” I said, and rushed out the

far. He was only a few steps down the hallway, aggressively rubbing

it all,” he

I said as I approached behind him. “Let me.”

quickly turned. His eyes met mine,

and wiped away the remaining smudges of

lips and chin

very still as I worked.

not my place to keep you from the other girls. But when I thought

jealous,” Nicholas said. His voice was monotone. His face, impassive. He gave

of

you for myself, when we both know

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