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.

to me, pressing his chest against the length of my back. His hands trailed from my shoulders, down the length of my arms. My nerves prickled pleasantly

mouth to my ear. “Tell

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

know what I want,” I said.

hummed. “I want to

and special. Even this, right here – his

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

me?” he asked, voice so low, it was practically

My cheeks

of my arms. The top half of my dress fell down, catching on my

my spine. He stopped when

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

I

his fingers around my waist and teased my stomach.

skin. Slowly, he lifted his hands upward and cupped my bare breasts. His fingers were cold and

moaned at

he simply massaged me with his hands. I dropped my head back against his shoulder, enjoying his

“Nick,” I gasped.

got you. Let yourself go, Piper. I swear

barely catch my breath as he

didn’t notice. Then I quietly walked down the hallway, keeping my steps light as I wound

gently knocked, and it opened

wasn’t wearing a shirt. His muscles were on full display. He did wear a pair of thin lounge

low. A shiver

expecting me?”

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

back from

and he closed the

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,

But I

me. He placed

he

“I don’t know…”

have to be with me. I know your boundaries and will never press you. You

do trust

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