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.

her with Julian. They had been talking in hushed whispers, their heads bowed toward each other as if they were sharing

Intimate moment

and I had carried it with me like

returned wrist guard, but her face fell. I steeled myself against the sight of her upset. yet even after three years, it still tugged at my

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

reemergence with Elva

gotten pregnant? Was

close with the

questions between us. Too much raw heartache lingering

kept my face carefully measured. I didn’t want her to know how much she still affected

I had never been able to love anyone the same way I had loved

in

it had been crafted only

my heart. I

re–accept it. Not without looking

way she had talked with

disliked him, maybe better than anyone. Why would she choose

spend time with him?

It couldn’t be. I’d buried all romantic entanglements to

within myself long ago.

still felt a lot

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

Elva could request more of

to give it.

have been the most indulgent father. She was everything I

big smile. She looked so much

But Elva wasn’t mine.

moved on

hurts resurfacing, I hurried to get away as fast as I could without

Chapter 0040

from her, despite that being exactly what I was

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