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Confronted with the scenario of the man I wanted to sleep with very clearly about to sleep with someone else, I did
the only thing I could think to do.
I swiveled on my heel without a word and took off down the hallway. I fully intended on returning to my room,
crying my eyes out, and then pretending this never happened.
I would never be such a fool again either. I didn’t know how I could think that Nicholas would want only someone
like me. He obviously had needs. Maybe he really had changed since I’d known him, but-
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtA hand caught my arm, stopping my body and my thoughts at once.
“Piper, wait.”
We were in the hallway. We had to keep our voices soft. He might as well have shouted at me, because my entire
body flinched.
Maybe he noticed. Maybe he didn’t. Either way, he did not let me go..
“Piper, please. I need your help.”
I looked back at him.
There was desperate, wild look in his eyes. He seemed utterly lost.
His hopelessness softened my demeanor, until I remembered the lipstick on his collar and I hardened again.
“Surely Lilliana can help you with whatever problem you have,” I snapped. “I have no intention of being involved.”
“Lilliana is the problem,” Nicholas said.
“I’m not going to give you love advice -”
“She’s drunk,” Nicholas said.
I paused. My brow scrunched in confusion.
“I think it’s a last ditch effort from her to maintain her position as my favorite despite her poorer showing recently. I
don’t know. I don’t care. I only know she came to my room dressed like that, and grabbed me by the cro tch as
soon as I opened the door.”
His fingers on my arm held me with a gentle insistence. I could break free with enough force. He’d even let me.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut I stood still.
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“I don’t know why she thought this would work,” he said, frowning. “Even if I wanted her, which I don’t, I would
never bring someone drunk like this into my bed.”
“So if she was sober?” I asked.
“I would turn her away,” Nicholas said. He stepped closer to me, and I closed my eyes, feeling his warmth. “You
know my heart and body desire another…”