Page 175 of Acrimonious

“No, it’s fine.We can stay.”

“You guys shouldn’t be exposed to the public and the paparazzi with this news hitting.They’d love to get a photo of you looking shocked.Let’s get out of here.”

Julian didn’t want her to miss a minute of the most exciting night she’d ever had, but she was right.He couldn’t bear to be caught in the public crossfire of his parents’ nonsense again.Once had been more than enough.

“Come on, you guys,” he said to his brothers.“Let’s go.”

On the way out, they ran into Carson and Cresley.

“Where’re you guys going?”Carson asked.

“We’re leaving,” Julian said, “and you’ll want to come with us.”

“Why?”

“Trust me,” Julian said to his brother.“You need to come.”

“TMZ is reporting Mom and Dad are back together,” Roman said, “and it’s blowing up online.”

Carson glanced at Cresley.“I, um, I need to…”

She wrapped her hands around his arm possessively.“Let’s go.”

As the group walked out together, Julian fell back to talk to Carson in a low tone that couldn’t be overheard by either of their dates.“What the hell are you doing?”

Carson shifted his gaze from Julian to Isla.“I could ask you the same thing, brother.”