#Chapter 260: Love Should Be Easy

I set out to show Julian what having a real girlfriend should be like as soon as I could, so early the next morning, I dressed in my cutest sundress and showed up to his door with a basket of fresh bread I plucked straight from the kitchen. It was still warm. I knocked on his door. Brian opened it, and his eye twitched in what I assumed was surprise. It was the most emotion I had ever seen out of him. “Is Julian awake yet?” I asked. “He’s getting dressed,” Brian said. Before I could ask to come in, Brian stepped back and let me inside the room. I stood just inside the door in Julian’s sitting room. Brian glanced at me again, before disappearing into what must have been the bedroom. A moment later, Julian himself came bursting out. “Piper? To what do I owe the pleasure?” I held out the basket. “I thought we could spend some time together today.” He walked closer, glanced into the basket, and then snatched a handful of the bread. He bit into it, chewed, and swallowed. The show wa