Chapter 0521 Her eyes are closed and her body swaying with the rhythm. The merfolk man, her partner, curled his long tail around her and brought her close, I'looked at them fora while, then remembered Julian beside me, and how much such a sight must hurt him. I turned to him, though I wasn’t sure what to say.

Julian was watching them, though 1 didn’t see anger in his features. Rather, his expression hadn’t really changed. He watched the pair with a type of cool indifference, Something like that usually flew out the window with him where Bridget was concerned, “I'm fine,” he said, smirking a little. His gaze shifted sideways to me, “I'can hear your brain worrying, but I swear I'm fine,”

I couldn’t really defend myself when he was absolutely right about my worrying.

“Things like this usually upset you,” I said.

“Not anymore,” he said.

to tell him that he had said that to me before, and

sounded so much like bullshit. That non- apology she gave you, where she demanded your forgiveness... I just can’t see her the same way Iused to.” He seemed

person she is.” I nudged him

other side of it

shrugged some. “I

never existed and a relationship that never could have been possible.” “I'think it’s okay to mourn for that,” I said. I thought a moment, “1'q probably be more concerned if you didn’t, after I having held out hope for as long as you

I'm tired, too,” Julian said. “It was exhausting, never really being sure where I stood. The false hopes only to be torn down in the next second really took a lot out of me.” I hummed in understanding. It had been hard enough to watch him constantly put

I said. “Now you can recover, and then find

you, Julian.” If only he could see how often he talked with Veronica, and how open she was to him, Tiffany, too, was ready to love him for the person he was, not some

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