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 from Nicholas’s
afraid your request might have added more
you. Did you want me to wait until after the ball?”
closer to him and lowered my voice. I
the limited space between us. I quickly stepped to the side, away from him. He frowned, clearly
seeped into his voice. “Am I supposed to
“But when you look at me in a
way?” he
had walked us into the corner of the room, away from the any eavesdroppers. Good.
on, Nick. Why are you being
are always going to think what they want,
parts.
doing
at each other
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