Chapter 0224

We made it five steps out into the hallway before Nicholas started asking questions.

“Did something happen?” he asked.

I didn’t want to lie to him, so I shrugged. “Nothing big.”

“Nothing big is still something.

With my hand on his arm, Nicholas dictated how fast and slow we walked. He slowed now, making it

clear he would stretch this out if he needed to. He was worried about me, I could see from the look in his

eye. He wasn’t going to let me off the hook easily.

Softer, he asked, “Did Julian do something?”

“No,” I said. Julian had stopped himself before he could. That was assuming that leaning in for a kiss

had been what he was actually doing, and not just teasing me. “I don’t know. It was confusing.”

“Tell me.”

I wanted to. I needed to talk to someone about what happened, and who knew Julian better than.

Nicholas? But I was unsure. With their rivalry, and Nicholas’s jealousy, if he knew that Julian had tried to

me, how would he react?

no answer that

it vague. “Julian’s been acting strange lately. He’s… softer around me,

if he actually feels some

Nicholas’s voice lowered,

any woman’s heart. Especially yours.”

heart.” Recognizing Nicholas’s jealousy, I gently corrected him. While I often

when it came to kissing, I didn’t want him

misplacing my heart.

please be careful. He’ll

corner of my eye and thought of the mysterious Bridget

Did Nicholas truly steal her away

Nicholas and I

given any consideration to his brother’s feelings? Julian had

Perhaps there had been a misunderstanding. Julian might have misread the entire thing. It

arm moved from my arm to around my waist. He kept it there, gradually tugging me closer and closer to his side all

where the candidates were staying.

candidates in their rooms and

me halfway up the stairwell, before we reached

door or they could see us.

my waist and turned me toward him. I easily slotted

the jealousy I recognized the

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