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Chapter 17

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last update Last Updated: 2025-06-04 23:15:39

The silence in the car was thick, coupled with the fact that it was evening, and no one else was in the parking lot of Asher's school—where Jules had left her car.

Jules and Nolan just sat there—Nolan in the driver's seat, Jules in the shotgun—their eyes forward, their heart heavy from unspoken words.

This was the first time after three years they were alone and this close to each other, and both silently thought of possible ways to begin.

“So this is your way of trying to win Asher over?” Jules finally said, breaking the silence.

“Safe to say it worked, didn't it?" Nolan chuckled. "And I can say the same for you."

Jules paused and turned to look at him. He met her eyes.

Jules looked away. “You wish." There was seriousness in her tone and Nolan just brushed it aside, not willing to push it.

He turned his head back to the view in front of them. “We should do this again some other time."

"I have a family and you're building yours, Nolan. It can't happen.”

"But today happened, didn't
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