Chapter 0319

Joyce regarded me with a cool expression. His gaze trailed over me with disinterest. I felt suddenly exposed in my thin nightgown and robe. I wrapped my arms around myself.

“Joyce? You were the one who wanted to see me?” I asked in disbelief.

He nodded curtly. “I wanted to see if you were reckless enough to follow that note out onto a balcony, even knowing all the safety measures we have in place right now.”

“Oh…” I lowered my head, ashamed and embarrassed.

“My brothers are fond of you,” he said. “That gives me enough reason to be concerned for you too.”

“I see…”

I thought back on my actions since receiving that note. My overwhelming desire to see Nicholas had tainted my own self-preservation. I’d even sneaked away from the guards who were supposed to protect me.

Thank G od it was only Joyce out here and not someone who actually meant to do me harm or I would have walked straight into a trap.

The note had even been typed rather than handwritten. I should have known better. Even if Nicholas and I had left similar notes to each other in the past, he wouldn’t recreate that now – not with the danger I’d been in.

Nicholas would have never wanted me to endanger myself by shaking loose my guard and meeting him out here in the cold night.

was right for having called me out. I was

you, Joyce,” I said. “I’ll

tilted his head. He didn’t say anything,

feeling like a sample under

enough, but our conversations had been few and far between. With my closeness to both Nicholas and Julian, it made

Wasn’t the balcony a strange place

reckless, so what would happen now? What

a chill run down my

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was a prince

not someone to

different way of doing things.

more would do nothing to help

for your thoughtfulness,” I said, hoping to end this entire scene. My embarrassment was immense. I wanted to hurry back to my room and bury myself under my covers

and I

first,” he

though I wasn’t sure why that would matter. It was so

cautious. If I was seen afterhours in the presence of yet

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