Chapter 432

Julian and the others headed out first. Daniel stayed behind to settle the bill and dragged Lucas and Nathan Morgan into another round of idle chat—honestly, he was just buying time in case the emotionally unstable ex-husband refused to let his sister leave. Back at the Coleman house, they ran into Victor just coming home, looking like he’d pulled another late-nighter at the office. Besides a shade of fatigue on his face, he seemed completely calm. “How is she?” Julian asked. “Nothing serious. Just a few scrapes.” “Got it.” The brothers went quiet for a few seconds. With everything going on with Marian, things were...awkward, to say the least. Especially now that her little crush on Julian was out in the open. Victor wasn’t dumb—he could easily tell what was real and what wasn’t. After the brief silence, Victor gave Julian’s shoulder a pat. “I’ll handle the rest. You go do your thing.” Then he added, “Take care of yourself.” Julian smiled a little. Victor turned and headed upstairs. Be