Chapter 0544

Eventually, though, we both gave in to our more mature impulses and separated so Nicholas could get dressed. He slipped on his shorts, and then held up the shirt that had been our blanket.

It was almost certainly ruined: wrinkled and covered in sand, with a few mystery wet spots here and there. He rolled it up into a tight ball and held it in his hand.

I lifted a brow at him.

*I think I'd only generate more questions by wearing this as it is," he said.

Yeah, he was probably right.

Back home, the two of us returning from somewhere with him being shirtless would have people wondering, but here, we were surrounded by beach and ocean. Sunbathing could be a perfectly logical explanation for his state of dress - or rather, undress.

No one should really think better of it.

going to happen. Bridget might as well, especially now that she knew the truth of Nicholas's and my intimacy. But frankly, at this particular moment, I

bother

pulled back with a sigh. "Let's get going

Well, at the very least, I needed to check in with

side, we walked out of the alcove and around the beach. We went the opposite way from the deck where most likely everyone else had gathered. Near the front of the house, we passed

reached out and touching my arm, stopped

with Charlotte behind her. Three more servants, larger men, walked around Charlotte: one at either side of her and

- which wasn't overly difficult. He must have let me go. Then

her head to look at me, even as the other servants kept her ever

She was slighter than me, I could have likely overtaken her. But that didn't seem appropriate. Even if I did, even if I fought all of them, Charlotte wouldn't be allowed to stay. In that case, we'd both have

especially when I had no idea what the King had planned

didn't touch me again, but he stood silently beside me

plane and physically couldn't see me anymore. With the plane loaded up, the closed the door, and then, a little while later, the plane took

watching, for as long as I

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