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

would

no answer that would actually help

to keep it vague. “Julian’s been acting strange lately.

starting to wonder if he actually feels some

fondness.” Nicholas’s voice lowered, Bitterness clipped his

woman’s heart. Especially yours.”

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

came to kissing, I didn’t want him to think I was

my heart.

please be

glanced at Nicholas out of the corner of my eye and thought of

between the two brothers. Did Nicholas truly steal her away from Julian?

a time from before even Nicholas and I were together. Could Nicholas have

consideration to

had been a misunderstanding. Julian might have misread the entire thing. It just didn’t seem possible.

from my arm to around my waist. He kept it there, gradually tugging me

the candidates were

barren by now, the candidates in their rooms and

we reached the top and could see the guards

or they

both arms around my waist and turned me toward

jealousy I

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