Chapter 0059
Quickly, I exited the car, Julian sighed, threw the car into park, and got out too.
“Over here, Piper,” Nicholas said, motioning to the space beside him. Obediently, I went where he
directed.
Softly, he asked me, “Are you alright?”
The question startled me a moment. I wasn’t sure why he cared. But I assuaged his concerns. “I’m not
hurt.”
Nicholas nodded at me, then rounded on Julian. His voice was thick with fury.
“How could you do something like this? You broke all the rules. Do you not care at all that you’ve potentially endangered Piper’s candidacy for the games?”
Julian rolled his eyes. “It was just a bit of fun, Nicholas.”
“At her expense. You have nothing to lose. She could be punished for your little act of rebellion.”
My y stomach twisted uncomfortably. I hadn’t thought of the consequences like this. I’d just followed
Julian. Was I truly at risk of being expelled?
“It’s not that big of a deal. I doubt anyone noticed.”
“Everyone noticed you zoom out of here first thing in the morning. They even caught your act on
camera.” He waved toward the front gate, where I remembered seeing the camera crew earlier.
Julian glanced from Nicholas to me, and then back again. His smile turned cat–like.
“Just a short while ago, Piper was telling me that you didn’t care about her anymore. Yet here you are,
coming to her rescue like a perfect knight in shining armor.”
Nicholas stiffened. “I don’t care.”
I lowered my head.
“Then why so serious, dear brother?” Julian asked.
“It wouldn’t be right for any candidate to be disqualified because of your careless actions.”
“Any candidate, huh? So if it was Lilliana I had out here, you’d still come running?”
Julian shook his head. “You are such a liar.”
A felt a crackle in my chest. I knew I wasn’t special to Nicholas anymore, but to have him confirm it
hurt no less each time.
again and again
“Just let it go, Julian,” I said. “Please.”
Nicholas glanced at me, but his expression was unreadable. When had he begun to shield his true self so defensively? He hadn’t been like this when we’d dated.
“Fine. For you, Piper,” Julian said. “And Nicholas, if Piper gets into any trouble for this, I’ll take the blame,
alright? So you can relax.”
Looking between Nicholas and me, Julian laughed again, like everything was a big joke.
When his Beta Brian approached us, Julian tossed him the keys to the car and started walking toward
the palace.
Nicholas ushered me to the side of the driveway, and Brian drove the car back to the garage.
With Nicholas and I alone, I began to feel nervous. I rubbed a hand up and down my arm.
“Thank you,” I said.
“Don’t thank me.” He kept his gaze at something over my shoulder, refusing to meet my eyes. “I would
have done the same for any of the girls.”
“Oh…” The words cut me more than I should have allowed. I tried to hide my hurt reaction, but I wasn’t as trained at concealing my emotions as he was.
The only thing I could do was escape. “If you’ll excuse me…
Only when I was walking away did I noticed I had addressed Julian without his title again. Sometimes, with the way he acted, it was so difficult to think of him as a prince.
But neither Julian nor Nicholas had corrected me, so maybe they hadn’t noticed…
I really hoped they hadn’t noticed,
Inside the palace, I hurried toward my room, but I was waylaid by Lena, who walked directly into my path and stopped, hands on her hips
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