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.

requested that everyone take it easy today. It had been some time since we had a day

the perfect time to have a date

your elaborate plan to prove

asked.

There was no reason to hide it. I’d been upfront

as well continue to be, I

don’t have to do this.”

I won’t rest

out a laugh as he rolled his eyes. “You

convinced to spend time

a walk in the garden,” I said. “It’s

a few hardy regulars, but for the most part, the biggest danger had passed. At least

tension still simmered under the surface, but

now. The competition was once again serving its true

his hand in

squeezed my fingers.

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