Chapter 0430

I set out to show Julian what having a real girlfriend should be like as soon as I could, so early the next morning, I dressed in my cutest sundress and showed up to his door with a basket of fresh bread I plucked straight from

the kitchen. It was still warm.

I knocked on his door. Brian opened it, and his eye twitched in what I assumed was surprise. It was the most emotion I had ever seen out of him.

“Is Julian awake yet?” I asked.

“He’s getting dressed,” Brian said. Before I could ask to come in, Brian

stepped back and let me inside the room.

I stood just inside the door in Julian’s sitting room. Brian glanced at me again, before disappearing into what must have been the bedroom. A moment later, Julian himself came bursting out.

“Piper? To what do I owe the pleasure?”

I held out the basket. “I thought we could spend some time together today.”

He walked closer, glanced into the basket, and then snatched a handful of the bread. He bit into it, chewed, and swallowed.

easy today. It had been some time since we had a day without practice or some

have

plan to

asked.

no reason to hide it. I’d been upfront from

Might as well continue to be,

don’t

I’m definitely doing this,” I said. “We’re friends, and I won’t rest until you recognize how important you are and how much you

laugh as he rolled his eyes. “You

just like that he was convinced

garden,” I said.

had been brought into the competition, a lot of the protesting had dwindled. There were still a few hardy regulars, but for the most part, the biggest danger

was sure some tension still simmered under the surface, but

competition was once again

in mine. He smirked a little

squeezed my fingers.

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