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

receive no answer

“Julian’s been

he actually feels some kind of fondness

fondness.” Nicholas’s voice lowered, Bitterness clipped

any woman’s heart.

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

to kissing, I didn’t want him to

easily misplacing my heart.

sighed. “But please be careful. He’ll

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

two brothers. Did Nicholas truly steal her

before even Nicholas and I were

wouldn’t have given any consideration to his brother’s feelings? Julian had

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

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

the candidates

in their rooms

stairwell, before we reached the

door or they could see

my waist and turned

jealousy

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