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

answer that would

to keep it vague. “Julian’s been acting strange lately. He’s… softer

starting to wonder if he actually feels some kind of

isn’t capable of fondness.” Nicholas’s voice lowered, Bitterness clipped

woman’s

Nicholas’s jealousy, I gently corrected him. While I

mind Nicholas’s envious side, especially when it came to kissing, I didn’t want him to

easily misplacing my heart.

yet.” Nicholas sighed. “But please

Nicholas out of the corner of my eye and thought of the mysterious

the two brothers. Did Nicholas truly steal her away from

before even Nicholas and I were together. Could

consideration to his brother’s feelings? Julian

couldn’t imagine Nicholas that way. Perhaps there had

we continued to walk, Nicholas’s arm moved from my arm to around my waist. He kept it there, gradually tugging me closer and closer to his side all the way to the stairwell

the

candidates in their

we reached the

door or they could see

both arms around my waist and turned me toward him.

this was the jealousy I recognized the sexy

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