Chapter 0579

Julian glanced back at me. I gave him the best calming look I could muster. He closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath in through the mouth, out through the nose.

"You had better listen to her, Julian," Bridget said. "Calm yourself and act like a gentleman to me for a change." Julian's calm face hardened once more. He opened his eyes and glared at Bridget.

"You wouldn't want to be cruel to me. After all, I know certain secrets about you that you wouldn't want others... like, your brother... to know."

"You don't know anything," Julian growled. Though we all knew that wasn't true.

After all, Bridget knew that Julian had a crush on me, something that Julian later admitted to me was true. If she told Nicholas that... Would it start a war between the brothers? How would that possibly resolve?

I cared for both the brothers. The last thing in the entire world I wanted was for the two of them to ruin their relationship with each other because of their feelings for me.

"Back off, Bridget," I snapped. I gently shoved against Nicholas's chest. He reluctantly loosened his hold so that I could sit up straight on my own.

to stay quiet on this, then you should accept my apology," Bridget said. She smiled sharply. "We wouldn't want Nicholas to get the wrong

my brother wants me to know his secrets," Nicholas said. "He can very well tell me himself. I certainly don't need to have some middleman

tried to sew discord between us,* Nicholas continued. "Nor will you be the last. But to think you might actually succeed where all the others have failed speaks to your

wide. Her mouth

Bridget. "That's your cue

her mouth closed.

of the crew yelled, "It's safe

and turned from us.

stood as well. She looked between the

remaining felt charged beyond belief. Julian was the one setting the tone. Nicholas had told off Bridget on his defense

anything," Nicholas said. He knew Julian even better

that she can use to hurt

in a shaky

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