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Nick gestured ed Call aze onback to walk beside his brother, and I could hear the me weird looks

We made it onto the plane, and surprise, surprise, ere the last ones

Glancing at my ticket, I quickly found my seat by theand stowed my purse When I looked up, I was surprised to see Nick flopping down into the seat next to me

“Wha—” I looked across the aisle in ti in next to Felicity

She looked just as bewildered as I felt, but of course, she didn’t speak up anda lot considering she was already tiny

“So you’re that upset you can’t even sit next to me?” I questioned Pax

“No,” he answered while staring at his phone “I just don’t want to spend the entire flight fighting, Noelle”

The way he said id and cold compared to the warmth and adoration when Nick called me Elle

Suddenly, it dawned onabout just before we boarded the plane Paxton must have asked Nick to switch seats with him

Wow

I scoffed as I sat back and shook my head

Maybe I rong Maybe there was nothing to salvage after all

Still, the question reested this trip It’s not as if we’d planned it a year ago or soo, and not once did he ever seehts

“I can’t really be that bad,” Nick said I toreme “Do I smell? Is it ers through the gorgeous black strands “No, it can’t be that My hair is gorgeous”

I didn’t want to

I fought really hard

In the end, I couldn’t help h that burst free

“I would have to agree Your hair is fabulous It’s how much time you spend in the mirror I can’t quite cope with Do you ever take a break?”

“It depends on the view,” he whispered while holding aze

My response got caught in ed to taxi down the runway and take off before I dared to exhale