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

disapproval radiating off of him in

my heart, I understood

had been doing, and whoever he had been doing it with, he

In order

a competition, and Nicholas was only trying to make the best of a bad situation. I knew, maybe better than

been unkind

handkerchief?” I

into his pocket and then produced a soft blue folded bit of

excuse me a moment,” I

far. He was only a few steps down the hallway,

sleeve, “Damn it all,” he cursed.

said as I approached behind him. “Let

my voice, and quickly turned. His eyes

I reached up with the handkerchief and wiped

lips and chin

stood very still as

not my place to keep you from the

monotone. His face, impassive. He

to deny it out of sheer embarrassment, but

  1. for myself, when

of you with one of them…

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