“It’s just strange,” Julian said, as he escorted me from our room for one of our dates. “I guess since pretty much the time the King saw you and Nicholas, he’s been locked up with his advisors. I’ve seen him many once in passing, but he didn’t stop to talk to me.” To me, that didn’t seem all that
“Then, what?” He glanced at me. Slowly, he stopped walking. We were alone in the hallway though there was talking up ahead. Around the corner was the dining room. Some of the girls must have gone down to lunch early. “Joyce called you out to that balcony,” Julian said. “He said it was because yo
For his date with Olivia, Nicholas had arranged a special two-person table in one of the sitting rooms, where they would share their lunch together. With Julian’s insistence we eat with them, that two person table was turned into a four person table by adding two chairs and two more table settings
Slowly, Julian moved his arm forward, placing his hand onto my shoulder instead. In my head, I commanded myself, Don’t go stiff. Don’t go stiff. Don’t go stiff. If I cared for Julian romantically, I would be pleased by this clear sign of ownership and affection. So I tried to play the part and s
Maybe it was instinct, my body’s natural reaction when being kissed by the man I so deeply cared for. Or maybe it was habit, borne from so many shared kisses in our younger days, or since being reunited. Whatever the reason, when Nicholas kissed me, my entire body seemed to come alive. As if the
He growled a little. “Good.” Then he did it again. I dropped my head back. It hit the wall with a thud. This exposed my neck, and Nicholas dove forward, latching himself onto the newly exposed skin. The marks he’d made before were fading. He sought to renew them now, suckling and nipping at the
For a long moment, I was totally stunned. Then, I moved at once, covering my kiss-swollen red lips with my hand. Nicholas came around to stand in front of me, blocking me from the camera’s view. He looked much more put together than I felt. Nathan gave him a curious look as the cameras moved in
If I missed it, Nicholas would undoubtedly take the cuff and make his own plans. He’d exclude me, giving me some excuse about protection, while selflessly throwing himself into the same danger I’d face. I couldn’t let him do that. So I looped my arm with Julian’s and let him lead me to the sitti