I stood very still, confused and surprised both by the very presence of Julian’s lips on my cheek as well

as the tenderness of the affection he was showing me.

Julian had always struck me as something of a pl ayboy, and while I understood that much of how he

acted was an act, he never seemed to connect with any woman, in any relationship, beyond a fleeting fancy.

In our school days, he strung along many hearts, leaving a trail of broken ones behind him. He never

seemed to care about the mess he made of girls’ emotions.

Even Nicholas had warned me that Julian was a love them and leave them kind of guy.

So the gentle way he kissed my cheek, and the way his hands hovered over my shoulders, close but not

touching, was so bizarre to me, I was stunned speechless.

Then he pulled away, walked around me, and continued up the stairs. After a few steps, he stopped to

at me. “You

formulate words, and hurried

silence the rest of the way to my door. He was smirking like always.

a familiar

so I couldn’t correlate that with the strange

the kiss hadn’t happened at all.

seemed more likely.

in line with what Nicholas had warned me

us both. When Mark saw me, he let out a

texting with Nicholas. Maybe he still wanted to see

flesh, just to

you then,” Julian said. He barely gave me a

we came from. “Goodnight, Piper.”

already walking away.

I watched him until he

Mark. “How

on her every fifteen minutes,” Mark said.

“Thank you, Mark.”

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