Chapter l349

Chapter 0349

“No one’s around,” Nicholas said.

He was right. The hallways were dark and so quiet, we could likely hear a pin drop. It made me feel bold, knowing we were alone.

I traced tiny circles onto the back of Nicholas’s palm with my finger.

He closed his eyes a moment. His breath came a bit stuttered. It was nice to see how much I

affected him.

“It’s almost been twenty–four hours since you k*ssed me,” I said.

“That’s not true,” he said. “Eighteen, at the most.

“Feels like a full day.”

He looked at me sideways. “Are you asking me for a k*ss?”

I licked my l*ps. “That depends on what the answer would be.”

His l*p quirked. “And if it’s yes?”

I stopped entirely, giving up the game, and turned to him. “Nick, please.”

He moved toward me, and backed me up into one of the alcoves along the main hallway. Our bodies, half–shielded by the curtains there, he lowered down and k*ssed

my breath

away.

My entire b*dy ignited.

When he swiped his tongue into my mouth, my panties went damp. My b*dy remembered full well the many abilities of that talented tongue. I wanted him here and now, to hell with the consquences. If I didn’t get some relief, I was likely to explode.

“Nick,” I gasped or pleaded, or both, I didn’t know which.

Nicholas knew what I wanted and what I needed before I did. He slotted one leg between mine, then grabbed my ass with both hands and dragged me toward him, pulling my core and my clit over the delicious friction of his thigh.

“Ah!” I moaned. Nicholas covered my mouth with his, swallowing my noises.

Guided by his hands on my backside, I grinded against the meat of his muscled thigh. Back and forth, over and over. I chased my own pleasure. His growing dick pressed into my hip. Then he started grinding too.

He rubbed against each other with increasing desperation. Faster and faster.

More. I needed more.

+15 BONUS

“You think,” Julian chimed in.

1 weaved my fingers together. My heart told me to go with Nicholas anyway. Our moments. were so stolen and rare, I collected each like precious gemstones. But I didn’t dare risk fake

my

relationship with Julian…

“All I want to do is walk you back to your room,” Nicholas said. “It’s all very innocent.”

I didn’t believe that, especially not with the heated glace he was giving me. He, like me, hadn’t forgotten our time together the night before. Even now, every inch of my skin tingled for the touch of his hand, or the press of his tongue…

“Okay,” I said at once. For Nicholas, I was willing to throw caution to the wind. What could possibly happen that we wouldn’t be able to cover for? “I’ll go with you.”

Nicholas held out his arm again, and I laced my arm through it.

Julian exhaled a loud, disappointed sigh.

To him, I said, “It’s going to be fine.”

“It had better be,” Julian said.

Veronica watched everything with a neutral expression. Though she seemed pleased now that we were getting ready to leave. “Have a good night.”

Julian stayed with us part of the walk back, but then he had to veer away to go to his own private rooms. He looked back twice on his walk away.

“It’s not like him to be so concerned about anything,” Nicholas said, though I didn’t think that was true. I thought it much more likely that he was simply better at hiding his worries most of the time.

“This is a big deal,” I said. “Sometimes it feels like the fate of the kingdom depends on Julian and my fake relationship. We can’t be careless.”