Chapter 0367
Nicholas continued to stare at me, waiting for my answer. He seemed entirely unbothered by the gathered crowd of their assumptions.
“Piper?” he asked, when I hesitated.
“Of course we can speak,” I said.
Nodding, he turned.
“If you will excuse me,” I said, first to Julian and then to the gathered crowd. Then I darted to follow in Nicholas’s shadow. He had already started walking
away.
we were
of earshot, I moved
about us… I’m afraid your request might have added more fuel to the
want me to
and lowered my voice. I didn’t want to risk being overheard. “They
I quickly stepped to the side, away from him. He frowned, clearly
displeasure seeped into his voice. “Am I supposed to stop looking at
you look at me in a certain
way?” he asked.
us into the corner of the room, away from the any eavesdroppers. Good. I could
Why are you being so difficult
don’t think it matters. They are always going to think what
play our parts. We need to keep up
doing that.”
keep looking at each other like we love
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