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.

Bridget personally requested that everyone take it easy today. It

perfect time to have

of your elaborate plan

asked.

reason to hide it. I’d been upfront from

Might as well continue to be, I reasoned.

head. “You don’t have

I said. “We’re friends, and I won’t rest until you recognize

laugh as he rolled his

was convinced to spend time with

the garden,” I said.

the protesting had dwindled. There were still a few hardy regulars, but for the most part, the biggest danger had passed. At least from what

simmered under the surface, but

competition was once again serving its true purpose, captivating the

in mine.

squeezed my fingers.

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