Chapter 0224

We made it five steps out into the hallway before Nicholas started asking questions.

“Did something happen?” he asked.

I didn’t want to lie to him, so I shrugged. “Nothing big.”

“Nothing big is still something.

With my hand on his arm, Nicholas dictated how fast and slow we walked. He slowed now, making it

clear he would stretch this out if he needed to. He was worried about me, I could see from the look in his

eye. He wasn’t going to let me off the hook easily.

Softer, he asked, “Did Julian do something?”

“No,” I said. Julian had stopped himself before he could. That was assuming that leaning in for a kiss

had been what he was actually doing, and not just teasing me. “I don’t know. It was confusing.”

“Tell me.”

I wanted to. I needed to talk to someone about what happened, and who knew Julian better than.

Nicholas? But I was unsure. With their rivalry, and Nicholas’s jealousy, if he knew that Julian had tried to

me, how would

receive no answer that would actually help

vague. “Julian’s been acting strange lately. He’s… softer around

if he actually feels some

voice lowered, Bitterness clipped his words. “He

any woman’s heart.

he had my heart.” Recognizing Nicholas’s jealousy, I gently

side, especially when it came to kissing, I didn’t want him to think I was

easily misplacing my heart.

please be careful.

my eye and thought of the mysterious Bridget who had

two brothers. Did Nicholas truly steal her away

even Nicholas and I were

to his brother’s feelings? Julian

imagine Nicholas that way. Perhaps there had been a misunderstanding. Julian might have misread the entire thing. It just didn’t

He kept it there, gradually tugging me closer and closer to his side all the way

the candidates

candidates in their rooms and the servants

halfway up the stairwell, before we reached

or they could see

wrapped both arms around my waist and turned me toward him. I easily

the jealousy I recognized the sexy

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