Chapter l198

Chapter 0198

It’s like you aren’t even trying.” he teased, and he wasn’t entirely wrong. At this point, I didn’t want to be away from him, I wanted to be closer.

In my movements, I inched my ass backwards. It rubbed against the front of his pants, and I felt the

hardness there.

Nicholas grunted.

Oh, God. He was as worked up from my closeness as I was from his. And he liked my movements, no doubt, or he would have told me how to break this hold by now. I was glad he hadn’t. I didn’t want to get

away yet.

I gave up all

Somehow the moment, I twisted in his arms so that I was facing him. And suddenly, I gave pretense of struggling. I looked up into his eyes as he looked down at me.

His grip loosened a little. He placed his hands flat on my back instead. It was even more effective.

His gaze dropped to my mouth. I licked my l*ps.

“Piper…”

He leaned down, his mouth coming closer to mine. My heart pounded out of control.

I held my breath.

His l*ps brushed mine.

“Miss Piper, there you are! I have a message for you!”

Nicholas’s hands dropped from my back and I jumped away from him in a flash. My face burned in

embarrassment.

The official messenger looked embarrassed too, face likely mirroring mine in redness.

Only Nicholas seemed to maintain his cool, though he crossed his arms and glared at our intruder

Apologies, your Royal Highness. I had not meant to interrupt.

self–defenselt I shouted a bit too loudly.

Nicholas, and then how

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“Y–Yes, Sir. Uh, Miss Piper, you are to meet Prince Julian and his two other selected candidates for your assigned date, after lunch, in the parlor.”

“Okay,” I said, slowly collecting myself. “Thank you.

He bowed. Then bowed again. Then kept bowing all the way back to the door,

When he was gone, I looked back to Nicholas. He wouldn’t meet my gaze.

“We better end our lesson, then,” he said. “So that you have time to clean up for your… date.” He said

date like it was dripping in venom.

He didn’t wait for my reply. Instead, he turned on his heel and left me standing in the middle of the gym

alone.

After lunch. I headed to the parlor room as I’d been instructed. Julian and the other girls were already

there. A table had been set up in the middle of the room with four chairs around it. The girls sat opposite

each other, with Julian between them, leaving the chair opposite him open.

There was also a camera crew in the room. A producer whispered in the ears of the cameramen, who

shifted angles and zoomed in for the best shot.

Obviously, Julian and I wouldn’t be speaking about secret things today. This date was more for the

public, then each other.

“Piper, welcome.” Julian stood up. He motioned toward the empty seat.

I walked over to it and sat down.

Julian produced a deck of cards. “Ready to play a game?” he asked us.

I lifted a brow. Seeing my expression, his smirk grew wider.

propose a game of wits and edge. A game of lying.”

“Lying?” said one of the girls.

Mmmm. One person puts down a card face up. Others will take turns placing down cards of the same

en anyone else thinks they are lying, you call them out.”

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