YENA
“He’s your BROTHER?”
I could hardly process what Nolan was saying to me.
“Half-brother,” he corrected.
He slid his phone over to me. The screen was open to a news article that had been published early this morning and was now, apparently, being reposted all over social media.
The article had a horrible, salacious headline about me, and contained a bunch of pictures of me and Adan under his umbrella. I couldn’t believe it.
And apparently, the professor had been keeping a secret from me — the fact that he was actually my brother-in-law.
“Why didn’t you tell me about any of this before?” I asked Nolan, pushing the phone back over to
Lucy and I had classes on campus around the same time, so we met up afterward and drove together to the palace. She was coming over to try on the designs I had partially constructed, so that I could fit them to her and work out some of the final touches. I don’t think I have ever seen anyone so excited before in my life.Lucy was elated and wide-eyed, exclaiming over everything as I walked her through the palace to my and Nolan’s wing.And she might have been just as thrilled about the fitting, too. Everything I handed her was “beautiful,” “gorgeous,” or “perfect.” We worked on the green gown all afternoon. I had the base layer almost finished, so we fit that to her first. Then we played around with some diffserent fabrics layered over the skirt. Lucy was a good sport, and a good model.
NOLANIt had been a while since the princess had let him fuck her.It was all he could think about the whole time they were fencing. He blamed being distracted by her body for the point that she somehow scored against him.Still, she impressed him.She was more athletic than he had expected. She was motivated and focused too. He admired that.And he was surprised when she started flirting with him after their practice. Lately she had been acting disinterested in him. Keeping her distance.So when she started her little strip tease in the fencing room, he just about lost his mind.He threw her against the wall way too hard. But he couldn’t control himself, and he could feel that she was loving it. He stopped trying hold back.He wanted to taste her. He wrapped her legs around his waist and put a few fingers inside her. She was tight and dripping wet.He pulled his fingers out and licked one. S
“Adan?” “Yeah,” Lucy said. “Have you heard of him?” I could only smile and shake my head. “Yeah, I know him actually.” Her eyes widened. “Really? How?” “We just happened to meet on campus one day,” I started. “Isn’t he amazing?” she asked with a big smile on her face. “Well,” I said, “I haven’t known him for very long, but he’s definitely very smart.” “And isn’t he dreamy?” she continued. “I can hardly pay attention in class.” I tilted my head at her. “Well, I really only
NOLAN Nolan got up quietly, hours before sunrise. He pulled the covers up around Yena’s bare shoulders. She was sound asleep and snoring lightly.He dressed and started to exit, then found himself pacing back over to the bed and gazing at the peaceful expression on her face as he thought about what he was about to do.This morning, he had a very early meeting scheduled with the Secretary of State. Kerr had been the one to request the meeting. But then he had made it very difficult to schedule, canceling several appointments at the last minute.It was a power play. Kerr was trying to bait the prince into going into a conversation irritated and off his game. Nolan could not have refused to take the meeting. It was important to keep up appearances right now. He was still trying to figure out what exactly wa
Of course Nolan could have lost control. But he kept it together.Just barely. He forced himself to slow his pace. His arms did not want to stay at his sides, but he made them. Adan was looking very smug. His appearance had hardly changed, as far as Nolan could remember. He was older, yes, but Adan’s signature half-smile, always so charming and successful, was completely the same. Nolan looked to Yena. His body reacted before he could stop it and in an instant he was holding her in his arms. She did not try to break away from him. But she put a hand to his chest and very quietly said, “Nolan!” Her face was bright red. Adan had said, “Little brother.”
YENA It was not how I’d expected to spend the night before the show. Fucking and fighting with Nolan.I figured I’d be up obsessing over the work, finding something to mess with and maybe mess up at the last minute. All the drama at least distracted me from thinking about all that.Next thing I knew my alarm was going off in the morning. Nolan was in the shower. I went in after him and he left the room without looking at me.I was getting dressed when he came to tell me he was leaving. He walked up from behind me and put his arms around me and kissed my cheek.“You’re going to be great,” he said, making eye contact with me in the mirror.“Thank you,” I said. Neither of us tried a smile. The air in the room was thick.I turned around before he could leave and looked him in the eye directly.Nolan opened his mouth and froze. I could al
NOLAN Nolan should have been focused on his morning meetings, but he was distracted thinking about Yena. He had been distracted thinking about Yena since the night he met her.From the beginning, he was addicted to the girl. The feeling he got from touching her was like a drug. And every day she got even more beautiful, somehow.But it was even worse now. Now that he could admit to himself that it was about more than just sex. He cared about Yena more than he had ever cared about anyone. She had been at the school for hours but had not called him. Nolan was obsessively looking at his phone every chance he got, each time feeling a little worse when he saw his only notifications were business related. The show had started by now.&n
I walked the runway wearing the second look in my collection. It was a dress with a layered skirt that hit just above the knee and highlighted my hourglass figure. I knew I looked good in the dress. But maybe I hadn’t realized just how good.The photo flashes, the wild applause, the whistles, and howls were deafening.The rush I felt was amazing.Then my turn on stage was over just as fast as it started, though the crowd did not sound like it could be stopped.Lucy had done her little magic trick backstage and was heading back out to model the third look.She was the one that came up with the idea when we were in the studio.Lucy had only a few seconds behind the curtain in which to get the big ballgown on. But we’d found a way to make it work.We had cut the gown in half.It was agonizing to break those seams apart, after all the work I had put in. But both the bodice and the skirt survived the operation, and then we did something fun with them.Lucy had been wearing the fit