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.

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

added, “The way she treated you on thatisland... I can’t see her the same way. And her excuses... God, they all 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

“What can I think except that the person I was in love with for so long I was simply an illusion? This...” He gestured to Bridget doing her sensual dance. “This is the person she is.” I nudged him with my shoulder. “I'm proud of you.” He seemed embarrassed by that, brushing me off and looking away. “Yeah, well... Took me long enough, right?”

other side of it

what matters.” He shrugged some.

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

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

I said. “Now you can recover, and

find someone,” “Love is all around you, Julian.” If only he could see how often

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