Nicholas froze with his fork halfway to his mouth as Maya and Damien exchanged a quick glance but remained noticeably silent.
He cleared his throat, his eyes shifting toward Damien as though hoping for rescue.
Damien, however, simply ignored him and calmly continued eating, making it painfully obvious that he had no intention of getting involved. Maya, on the other hand, remained equally quiet, clearly having made the same decision.
Harper’s patience began to wear thin as her fingers drummed against the table.
“Sooo?” she prompted, looking pointedly at Nicholas.
Nicholas finally looked at her, but for once, no clever response came out of his mouth.
He hesitated.
Whatever existed between him and Harper was still painfully new, and the last thing he wanted was to ruin it.
When Nichol
