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.

accept my apology," Bridget said. She smiled

his secrets," Nicholas said. "He can very well tell me himself. I certainly don't need to have some middleman trying to lord things

you might actually succeed where all the others have failed speaks to

eyes went wide.

toward Bridget. "That's your cue

her mouth closed.

one of the crew yelled, "It's safe now. You can

and turned from us. She stormed her

She looked

but the air between the three of us remaining felt charged beyond belief. Julian was the one setting the tone. Nicholas had told off Bridget on

say anything," Nicholas said. He knew

want her to be able to have this thing that she can use to hurt us," Julian said. "You're right,

sucked in

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