#Chapter 211: Potential Love Triangle

When I looked back up at Nicholas, he was still staring at me. Maybe he would have stared forever, I didn’t know. But then Olivia appeared near his arm. She touched his forearm and he had to look down at her. She wore a dress the color of the ocean, fluid, with white trim. Nicholas wore a matching tie. Like Julian and I, they were a matching pair. It was a bitter reminder of our roles tonight, something I seemed to so easily forget every time I looked Nicholas in the eye. Olivia tugged on Nicholas’s arm, and he acquiesced to her command, not looking back. Disappointment surged through me. I hadn’t expected that we would have all walked into together like some kind of royal parade, but it would have been nice to receive some acknowledgement. “Looks like Nicholas is going to have his hands full tonight,” Julian said. “Yes,” I agreed, annoyed how quickly and easily he followed Olivia’s summons. “We shouldn’t assume that we can depend on him,” Julian said. “He’s going to be very bu