Chapter 0298

That night, I sneaked out of my room when everyone else was asleep. The guards pretended they didn’t notice. Then I quietly walked down the hallway, keeping my steps light as I wound my way through the palace until I stood before Nicholas’s door.

I gently knocked, and it opened right away.

Nicholas stood behind in. He wasn’t wearing a shirt. His muscles were on full display. He did wear a pair of thin lounge pants that hung low on his hips. His feet were bare.

“Piper,” he said, voice low. A shiver ran down my spine.

“Were you expecting me?” I asked.

He smiled a little, sheepish. It was boyish on his face, making him appear much as he did back when we had dated three years ago. My heartbeat went into overdrive.

“I was hoping…” He stepped back from the door. “Come inside. Please.”

I entered the room and he closed the door behind me.

Despite my trust and comfort around Nicholas, I was nervous in what I was doing here, in what was about to happen. So I continued to face the rest of the room, my back to Nicholas. If I looked at him, I might lose myself.

Maybe I came here for that. But I was afraid of it too.

Nicholas moved into the space behind me. He placed his hands on my shoulders.

“You’re tense,” he said. “Nervous?”

“I don’t know…”

“You don’t have to be with me. I know your boundaries and will never press you. You can trust me.”

“I do trust you.”

He began to give me a massage, pressing his thumbs deep into the strained muscles of my upper back. “Then trust me to take care of you…”

I relaxed at once, turning to putty in his hands.

“I’ll take care of you, Piper.”

“I know…” I sighed, happiness spreading through me.

the length of my back. His hands trailed from my shoulders, down the length of

to my ear. “Tell me what you want tonight,

sparked and burned. It spread out up into my heart and down, down into

I want,”

hummed. “I want to hear you

such a way to make me feel safe and special. Even this, right here – his obvious consideration

my embarrassment. This was Nicholas, the man I trusted. The man I loved once. Maybe loved still, somewhere inside of me. I

me?” he asked, voice

My cheeks burned.

my arms. The top

spine. He

sound disapproving. More, surprised. “You are not wearing

not,” I

around my waist and

my ear. His breath was so hot on my skin. Slowly, he lifted his hands upward and cupped my bare breasts. His fingers were cold and I gasped. At the same time, my nipples hardened, peaking into his palms, searching

moaned at the sensation.

hands. I dropped my head back against his shoulder, enjoying his ministrations. Then, blessedly, like he

“Nick,” I gasped.

Let yourself go, Piper. I swear I won’t let you

as he teased, flicking and then rolling the nubs with

they didn’t notice. Then I quietly walked down the hallway, keeping my steps light as I wound my way through the palace until I stood before Nicholas’s door.

and it

muscles were on full display. He did wear a pair of thin lounge pants that hung low

A shiver ran down my spine.

me?”

sheepish. It was boyish on his face, making him appear much as he did back when we had dated three

hoping…” He stepped back from the

the room and he closed the

was about to happen. So I

that. But I was

He placed his

he

“I don’t know…”

with me. I know your boundaries and will

do trust

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