Chapter 625

She took a deep breath and called Scarlette again.

She wanted the scoop on Dylan and Tara—if anyone knew what was really going on, it'd be Scarlette, who was practically part of Dylan's inner circle.

Scarlette heard her phone buzzing, rolled over, and tried to reach for it, but she was wrapped up tight in someone's arms.

Nicholas was holding her close, nuzzling her neck like he never wanted to let go. "Nicholas?" she mumbled, a little dazed. When did he crawl into bed?

Without missing a beat, Nicholas reached over and hung up her ringing phone. His voice was low, just a little grumpy. "It's late. Who's calling you now? Don't tell me it's that Morgan guy again."

Scarlette tried to sit up and grab her phone, but Nicholas just tossed it further away onto the couch.

"What could possibly be so urgent? Whatever it is can wait till morning," he insisted.

Scarlette had been texting on and off with Clara these past few days, and something told her this call was from her. She tried to keep her cool.

"It's just a good friend-she wants me to pick her up."

long and deep,

got her phone, and,

amazing together. A total golden

do something like that. She'd even tried asking Nicholas, but

felt some relief after hearing this. Then she remembered the note she'd found. Knowing Dylan, for him to write something like that, he must really care about

Scarlette. I shouldn't

her project keeping her up at night and all the drama, she hadn't had a full night's sleep in forever. She'd spent more than a year preparing for this deal, and now, right

she just had

picked you up

bit longer before hanging

getting along, maybe her leaving wouldn't make Dylan take anything out on Z. Maybe in a few days, word of Dylan's big wedding would be

a little as

lately-no dreams at all. But tonight, she dreamed of

She tried everything to stop the bleeding, but

them was falling apart, shaking like a painting about to

struggling, trying to hold her hand. Clara wanted to reach back,

opened between

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