Chapter 0201

Did I know about Nicholas’s past? I thought I did.

A tiny voice whispered in my head, Maybe not as well as you think.

No, I couldn’t let Julian sow doubt inside of me. No matter what he thought, there had to be a logical explanation for whatever happened. Nicholas wasn’t the type to just steal people’s girlfriends.

Perhaps Nicholas dated someone Julian liked, and Julian was just jealous. I wouldn’t suggest that to

him, however,

Even now, pain shone in his eyes, even with the smile that returned to his lips. He’d clearly been hurt by

whatever happened, no matter how much he tried to hide it.

Because of this, I didn’t want to ask him any more questions, or even bring it up at all. Maybe he was

right. Maybe all I was doing was kicking the hornet’s nest. Sometimes the past was meant to stay in the

past.

It hurt that the brothers couldn’t move beyond it, but who was I to try to brute force that into happening?

it on Julian’s

I

smile wavered

course, I do,” I said. “I

into a hug. His arms

neck

head lowered

respectfully on the small of my back.

with me just for entertainment. Maybe that was part of it, sure. Yet when he acted like this, I

just

own arms up and wrapped them around his

chest to

“Alright.”

moment, we held each other in the quiet of the parlor and didn’t say a

it had been since Julian received a good and honest hug, one that didn’t have to mean anything or lead to anything. One

himself.

but we all did. He’d only ever done his best for me

How could I not

by someone loudly clearing

my head and saw Nicholas in the entryway. My

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