Chapter 0208

Seeing it hurt me in ways I couldn’t have imagined before.

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He’d kissed me in the hallway. He’d almost kissed me in self–defense practice.

I hadn’t considered he would be kissing other people too.

“Piper…” he said again, softer.

I couldn’t even bear to look at him. I turned my shoulder to him and dropped my gaze to the floor.”

Please go clean up. Then we can talk.”

He was rarely uncertain, but he shifted awkwardly on his feet now. “Very well. I’ll be right back.” He

turned toward the door, and I did not look up again until he had walked through it.

Both Mark and Charlotte were looking at me. I felt judged.

Charlotte glanced away but Mark didn’t. He didn’t say anything, didn’t even hold an expression, but I

feel his disapproval radiating off of him

my heart, I understood

he had been doing it with, he had dropped all of it

was okay. In order of his priorities,

of a bad situation. I knew, maybe better than anyone, the amount of

unkind to

handkerchief?” I

pocket and then produced a soft blue folded bit of

I

He was only a few steps down the hallway, aggressively

sleeve, “Damn it all,” he

I said as I approached

jumped at the sound of my voice, and quickly turned. His eyes met mine, but he didn’t say anything

reached up with the handkerchief and wiped away the remaining smudges of lipstick

lips and chin

very still as I worked.

I finished, I slowly lowered my hand. “I’m sorry,” I said. “It’s not my place to

are jealous,” Nicholas said. His voice was monotone.

half–wanted to deny it out of sheer

  1. know it’s unfair to want to keep you for myself, when

you with one

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