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 far side.
out of earshot, I moved from Nicholas’s shadow to
the same ones who have made assumptions about us… I’m afraid your request
with you. Did you want me to wait until after the ball?”
I didn’t want to risk being overheard. “They can tell about us just from the way you look
I quickly stepped to the side, away from him. He frowned, clearly displeased by the action.
displeasure seeped into his voice. “Am I supposed to
huffed. “But when you look at me in a certain
way?”
into the corner of the room, away from
you
being difficult, Piper. I just don’t think it matters. They are always going
our parts. We need to keep
are doing
we keep looking at each other like we
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