Chapter 0039

Nicholas

What I said hadn’t been a lie. I did have other wrist guards, made by artisans and leatherworkers from all across the country.

Yet none of them had been quite as meaningful as the one handmade for me by Piper. Hers was more comfortable too.

I wasn’t sure how she could remember the size of my wrist without having examined me, but she had crafted the guard to fit snuggly but not too tightly. Just how I preferred it.

Did she perhaps remember when I had complained about other wrist guards in the past?

It seemed unlikely.

When I had first found the wrist guard, I had disregarded the thought that Piper had been the one to give

me this gift.

Yes, only one here who had prior knowledge of my condition. But when she had broken up

She was the

with me three years ago, she had done so without warning. And seemingly without remorse.

She left me, dropped out of the Academy, and disappeared straight off the planet. None of our mutual friends had been able to get a hold of her. My own calls never went through, but I had simply thought

she’d blocked me.

Now she was here. And she had given me this gift.

I only wished I knew what it meant.

In the moments where I thought that perhaps she gifted it with honest intentions, a sense of pleasure

spread within me.

gone to her room to ask her about it, I had found her with Julian. They had been

Intimate moment

with me like a shadow until now, when I could finally

the returned wrist guard, but her face fell. I steeled myself against the sight of her upset. yet even after

hate Piper, and there were certainly moments in which I did.

reemergence with Elva brought its

me and gotten pregnant? Was that why she had

was she suddenly so close with the brother she

many questions between us. Too

didn’t want her to know how much she still affected me.

never been able to love

gaze lowered. She held the wrist guard gently in both of her hands. What would she do

been crafted only

heart. I wanted it

without looking like a

she had talked with

She knew I disliked him, maybe better than

spend time with him?

feeling wasn’t jealousy. It couldn’t be. I’d

within myself long ago.

still felt a lot like

you will excuse me,” I said and motioned for Mark to return

I began walking away before Elva could request more of my time. I’d feel

to give it.

have been the most indulgent father.

and sweet, with a big smile. She looked so much like her

But Elva wasn’t mine.

had moved on so

hurried to get away as fast as I

Chapter 0040

was running away from her, despite that being exactly what I

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