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

how would

no answer that

decided to keep it vague. “Julian’s been acting strange lately.

to wonder if he actually feels some kind of fondness for

voice lowered, Bitterness clipped his words. “He cannot

with any woman’s heart. Especially

he had my heart.” Recognizing Nicholas’s

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

the corner of my

Did Nicholas truly steal

time from before even Nicholas and I were together. Could Nicholas

have given any consideration to his brother’s feelings? Julian

as I could, I still couldn’t imagine Nicholas that way. Perhaps there had been a misunderstanding. Julian might

to around my waist. He kept it there, gradually tugging me closer and closer to his

where the

by now, the candidates in their rooms and

the stairwell, before we reached

they could see

and turned me toward him.

was the jealousy I recognized

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