Mia immediately sensed that something was off. Raking her fingers through her hair, she said, "Nick, ignore whatever Dominic told you in the study. They were just kidding."

It slipped her mind that Dominic must've summoned Nicholas to the study because of what Eva said to her earlier. She was awash in embarrassment.

Clearly, Nicholas hadn't wanted to develop a romantic relationship with her—their relationship was strictly platonic. Dominic's meddling was only making things awkward for them.

Nicholas lowered his head and said meekly, "Actually, I don't think I should ignore it."

Mia was baffled.

“To be honest, I was pleasantly surprised with what Dominic told me earlier.”

Spiraling in bewilderment, she was at a

anything different regarding his attitude toward her. In fact, Nicholas was more like a brother to her. Not once did her mind ever stray to other possibilities regarding their relationship. However, his response earlier made her realize that certain things had begun to spiral out of her

know you're preoccupied with Sage's illness now. But can we talk after he completely recovers after

talk about? It couldn't be what she was thinking, could

the suggestive tone in his words. She was now completely

Eva attempted to matchmake her with Nicholas, even feeling a bit sorry for him for dragging him into this

how hard it'd be on her future husband, because of her brothers’ standards. They simply wouldn't be

you have to take care of me and the kids

for Dominic. He never had a

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