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.

my back. His hands trailed from my shoulders, down

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

out up into my heart and down, down into my core.

I want,”

to hear

safe and special. Even this, right

Nicholas, the man I trusted. The man I loved once.

asked, voice

me…” My cheeks

dress off my shoulders and down the length of my arms. The top half of my

down the length of my spine. He stopped when

He didn’t sound disapproving. More, surprised. “You

I

around my

girl,” he whispered into 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

at the

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

“Nick,” I gasped.

you. Let yourself go, Piper. I swear

open. I could barely catch my breath as he teased,

I sneaked out of my room when everyone else was asleep. The guards protended they didn’t notice. Then I quietly walked down the hallway, keeping my steps light as

knocked, and it opened

were on full display. He did wear a pair

voice low. A shiver ran

me?” I

appear much as he did back when we had dated three years

from the door. “Come inside. Please,”

entered the room and he closed the door behind me.

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

But I

the space behind me. He placed

tense,” he

“I don’t know…”

know your boundaries and

trust

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