Chapter 0442

Neither of us pulled away though.

At least, not until Bridget’s voice sounded behind me. “Nicholas! It’s time for our romance scene.”

Nicholas released my hands and I pulled them back to my sides, just as Bridget came to a stop beside me.

If she had noticed our closeness, which she must have from her closeness, she was pretending she hadn’t. She simply beamed her bright smile all for Nicholas.

My nerves prickled once again. Yes, Nicholas had told me that he would only kiss the people he wanted to, but in the shine of Bridget’s presence and under the lights of the stage, who knew what would happen? The script called for a kiss. They were supposed to kiss.

Would Nicholas truly turn his back on the character? On the play itself? On Bridget?

She batted her eyelashes at him now. “Ready, lover?”

My thoughts fizzled into ash. I felt suddenly faint.

glanced at me and laughed. “Just getting

I could openly admit that I absolutely detested her character for

both to claim they never loved their partners and pursue each other instead. It

And while some of

she thought she had

it much thought until now, but maybe the audience

Nicholas was so miserable to be playing

Bridget said, turning her smile to Nicholas

in the dark of the backstage, but the gold almost seemed

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a swirl of

I didn’t always understand the message behind his eyes, this time, I was

is with

if he had just said them aloud

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