TWENTY FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

NICKOLAS

“That was not fair. You cheated.” I hear her say as she takes a spoon of the ice cream.

“You are the one that ran before I was even ready. I think that disqualifies you from calling me a cheat.”

She gives me a mean glare as I laugh.

“No it doesn’t, you are faster than me so I had to even things out.”

“Yes it does. You cheated and yet you still did not win. What else could I have expected from a Blake.”

As soon as I say it, I see the change in her countenance. I definitely struck a nerve with that one.

“I am sorry.” I blurt out.

Why was I even apologizing? I was not wrong about it. That was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw her start running before I was even ready.

“It is fine.” she says.

I keep on watching her face from the corner of my eye as we stroll back to the yacht. I am not supposed to even care what she thinks, I should not have apologized for speaking the truth.

“Why do you do that?” she asks me.

“Do what?”

“Well one minute you a