Lilith’s Pov
I hadn’t laughed this much in forever.
Nolan wasn’t even the type of person to laugh out loud, but the jokes he made? So dry, so serious—but somehow they always made me laugh like a crazy person. And all he ever did in return was chuckle, just a low chuckle that somehow made my heart feel warm.
I felt so... safe around him.
I didn’t know why. I shouldn’t.
I mean, this is Nolan. Killian’s brother. A man with a fiancée.
And yet here I was, standing in his shirt, cooking with him in his kitchen, and feeling like... this was okay?
No, it’s not okay.
I have no business feeling anything.
I’ve been broken enough. I don’t need anything else that will crush me again. Not now. Not ever. That’s what Killian did to me. That’s what I swore I’d never go through again.
So maybe, ju
