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Nathan drew his head back. “What?”
“Dr. Green talked with him. He kissed her without her prompting so he had to confess. Mr. Blackbourne listened to him and now he’s saying if we break this rule, we owe a favor to the Academy. We don’t have to tell them why, just that we broke a family rule. Considering we don’t have many left, you’re asking a lot if you try. Some of the others don’t even have one left to spare. We need all the ones we can get right now.”
That was it? A favor? He knew they needed them, but he had some. He could spare one.
That’s when he started forming a plan. It was a crazy plan, but if she was meant for him, she’d listen. He’d help her figure it out. “Sure,” he said. He nodded to himself. “I’ll talk to Mr. Blackbourne. I’ll hear what he has to say. Not promising anything, but I’ll talk to him if he’s in on this, too.”
Victor’s eyes widened. “You will?”
“Uh-huh,” Nathan said. He crossed his arms over his chest and then an ankle over his knee so he could rock his foot. “Can we leave? I want to be there when she wakes up.”
“Just a little while longer,” Victor said, beaming. He leaned over and pushed a button on his computer, lighting up the screen. “When she turns in her resume, I’ve just got to make a few adjustments and we can go.”
Nathan hated that Victor was getting so excited, like he was getting his way.
Talking to him like this seemed to be going nowhere, because Victor was convinced this was right. Nathan needed to hear it from Mr. Blackbourne directly, and then he’d talk some sense into him because he knew this couldn’t happen.
Because the first moment he got, he was going to find Sang and break the rule. Then he’d wait it out. He’d wait them all out. They’ll find other girlfriends. They’ll discover they didn’t really love her like he loved her. And she loved him. He was feeling sure about that. The way she called his name when she was so high. She’d cried out for him, Karen had said. Just him. The kiss he could still feel on his lips. There was the way she’d looked at that couple kissing at the football game, and then had looked over her shoulder at him. He could see it in her eyes and he couldn’t do a thing. He was sure she was just too shy to tell him that was what she wanted.
He wouldn’t push her to love him back. Not now. Not when the others were going through this. He’d wait. He’d stay by her.
He’d kiss her, though. He’d be completely honest with her, too. He wasn’t going to hold back from Sang any more.
He’d find a way to win her over, and when he was sure, he’d approach the Academy, and then maybe they’d talk some sense into the others.
He hoped he didn’t have to. He watched Victor focusing on his laptop, and his heart ached for that, too. He remembered how Victor had looked a few years ago when he confessed to Kota, with Nathan in the room, how his father had berated him so much and he was a complete mess. Victor still lived with his parents and tolerated his father now. He still needed the others, though, especially when his father picked on him and he had to do those stupid concerts he didn’t even like.
The others had been there for him, too. Some of them still had family problems on occasion, like where they were now with Erica. Things came up all the time. They dealt with them.
He was sure Sang wouldn’t like trying to belong to several different guys at once. It wasn’t what was normal. She would want the nice house, and a pretty wedding, and the white picket fence.
He’d find her. He’d kiss her. He’d tell her how he felt. Then he’d wait to be sure she felt the same way. When the others realized she didn’t feel for them like she did for him.
Normal. That’s what she really wanted. He’d do whatever she asked. He’d do anything to keep that soft skin free of bruises. If he could help it, he’d never see her cry like she did before. He’d never known how much he loved her until she started crying. When he felt his heart breaking because of it, only her smile pieced it back together.
He pursed his lips, staring at the wall, waiting for his time, and thinking of exactly what he would say to her, and then hopefully Mr. Blackbourne would listen to him. Mr. Blackbourne would k
now that his feelings had to be different than the others. He’d have to stop this chaos before they hurt her.
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