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

his disapproval radiating off of

heart,

had been doing it with, he had dropped

make sure I was okay. In order of his

Nicholas was only trying to make the best of a bad situation. I knew, maybe better than anyone, the amount of pressure he was under to find a

been unkind

I borrow your handkerchief?” I asked

his pocket and then produced a soft blue folded bit of

a moment,” I said,

only a few steps down the hallway, aggressively rubbing

“Damn it

said as I approached behind

turned. His

up with the handkerchief and wiped away the remaining smudges

lips and chin

very still as

I finished, I slowly lowered my hand. “I’m sorry,” I said. “It’s not my place to keep you from the other girls.

His voice was monotone.

half–wanted to deny it out of sheer embarrassment,

  1. for

you with one of them…

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