Chapter 0055

I stared at Julian, disbelieving my ears. Did he really just ask me for a solo date?

Yet everyone in the whole ballroom was looking at us. Julian still held the microphone up to his mouth.

This was definitely happening. It wasn’t a dream.

Which meant that Julian was up to something.

“Why?” I asked, before I could think better of it.

A few girls around me gasped. Only then did I realize my mistake and covered my mouth.

Julian also looked shocked, his eyes going wide for a moment. But then, just as quickly, he burst out

laughing.

His good humor seemed to erase the surprise of the other onlookers. Everyone seemed to think I had

been telling a joke.

With the microphone lowered, he said to me, “I insist this request is genuine, Piper.”

I didn’t believe him.

Asking me on a date had to be some kind of move for his

how. I’d only scratched the surface of the inner

my answer.

didn’t know how, but I couldn’t exactly

a competition. I was

said, “I

Into the microphone, he announced, “She

of the girls clapped

be tomorrow,” he said, no longer speaking to me, but to

center of the dance floor, Nicholas stood. His face was

he stared straight

I

ached. I wanted to tell him that this didn’t mean anything. Julian was only trying to

again, likely just for the

publicly dismissing Julian. I had to stay where I

I realized that Nicholas didn’t need an explanation anyway. We weren’t anything to

anymore

inside of me, like

to soothe away his

nothing like

looked at Nicholas now, that look had dimmed. Now he seemed entirely blank

and, even an hour later, had not sought me

Julian and his antics. Even after he had

me, they could not stop telling

so mischievous, asking you

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