The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 294

Julius stepped out of the dim corridor and crossed the dining room in silent command, each stride unhurried yet unquestionable. The people behind him shuffled after him, flustered.

He halted at Quinn’s table, the light gleaming off his cuff links. “Last night you celebrated my birthday. Tonight, you share a meal with someone else?”

Harlan rose so fast his chair scraped the polished floor, placing his body squarely between Quinn and Julius. “She can spend time with whomever she wants,” he said, shoulders tense. “You have no say in it.”

Julius’ eyes narrowed, ice over dark water. “No say?”

Harlan refused to flinch. “You two broke up.”

Julius ignored him, gaze sliding past to Quinn. “Break up? I never agreed to that.”

The entourage behind Julius blanched, as though suddenly remembering they were hearing words meant for no audience.

Whispers of Julius dating a woman had drifted through Jexburgh’s circles from Yarburn, yet most dismissed them. Julius, after all, was famous for keeping women at a distance.

“That doesn’t matter,” Harlan shot back. “Quinnie ended it. That settles it.”

Silence thickened. Beads of sweat dotted the foreheads of the people behind Julius.

Mr. Whitethorn is up against Jexburgh’s tyrant—and the woman caught between them seems to be Mr. Ingram’s older sister. But isn’t Mr. Ingram an only child?

Julius gave a small, cutting laugh. “So she leaves me for you? Stop dreaming, Harlan.”

Harlan froze. I never told Quinnie how I felt—always one step too late. Now that she’s free of him, I was waiting for the right moment. And Julius has just ripped the cover off my secret.

Harlan’s restraint snapped. He swung a fist.

Julius parried and answered in kind.

In seconds, the restaurant erupted into the crack of knuckles against bone, tables shaking as patrons shrank back. No one dared intervene; both men were legends for very different kinds of danger.

Quinn rushed forward. She shoved Harlan’s arm aside, spun, and planted her back against his chest while catching Julius’ incoming punch with her own hand. “Enough. This is not the place.”

Julius stared at the protective angle of her shoulders, jealousy flickering in his eyes. “You’re really shielding him? He struck first.”

Quinn watched Julius’ broad shoulders disappear down the corridor. So he won’t agree to break up?

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