#Chapter 165: Reckless Choices

Confronted with the scenario of the man I wanted to sleep with very clearly about to sleep with someone else, I did the only thing I could think to do. I swiveled on my heel without a word and took off down the hallway. I fully intended on returning to my room, crying my eyes out, and then pretending this never happened. I would never be such a fool again either. I didn’t know how I could think that Nicholas would want only someone like me. He obviously had needs. Maybe he really had changed since I’d known him, but – A hand caught my arm, stopping my body and my thoughts at once. “Piper, wait.” We were in the hallway. We had to keep our voices soft. He might as well have shouted at me, because my entire body flinched. Maybe he noticed. Maybe he didn’t. Either way, he did not let me go. “Piper, please. I need your help.” I looked back at him. There was desperate, wild look in his eyes. He seemed utterly lost. His hopelessness softened my demeanor, until I remembered the lipst