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Until we weren’t.
“I’m sure it’s not what you think,” Nicole tells me with a smile.
“How would you know that?”
“I just do. Not everyone is as cynical as you.”
“I’m cynical?”
“Hello? Do you look at yourself in the mirror?”
“Everyday. I’m too gorgeous not to.”
“Your arrogance is staggering.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment considering your ex-queen bee status.”
“You give me a run for my money.”
“I beg to differ. You walked around as if you had a crown on your head that no one was allowed to touch.”
“You were.” Her voice softens. “But you were never interested.”
“That’s not true.”
Her lips part and a light I’ve never seen rushes to her eyes. I wish I could take a picture of her right now and keep it with me forever.
I wish I could trap her fascinating expression somewhere between my rib cage and bruised heart.
“You…were interested?”
I take a sip of water and still fail to soothe my dry throat.
“Daniel!”
“What?”
“You were interested?”
“Maybe.”
“Maybe isn’t an answer.”
“It’s the only one you’ll get.”
That still paints a smile on her lips; one with blushing cheeks and glittering eyes, and I make it my mission to preserve that smile for as long as I can.
25
DANIEL
Out of serious concern about losing my cool, ego, and probably dick, I leave Nicole and Jayden as soon as we land in London.
I even scheduled for a driver to take them to my mansion in East London. I didn’t have to prepare it to be habitable overnight because its live-in staff takes care of it better than they would their children.
It’s the only property I kept after I left. My graduation gift, not from my father, because fuck that guy. Grandpa had it in the will in my name for when I turned eighteen. Zach, who holds the sacred title of the firstborn and leader of the Sterling clan, received a small island in the Pacific.
No shit.
