Dylan frowned, glancing at him and then at Naomi Shaw. Without a word, he took his sister's hand and walked away. Seeing Julian give her the cold shoulder, Naomi couldn't help but turn and stomp upstairs in a huff.
In the changing room, they both grabbed clean clothes. Julian Donovan was quite unconcerned, stripping down and changing right there. Naomi Shaw was already upset from being ignored, so when she saw him unabashedly getting naked, she immediately turned her face away and waited for him to finish.
A moment later, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned to see he had finished changing and was about to leave. She finally ran after him, hugging him tightly from behind. "Julian..."
He did stop. She pressed her face against his back and said pitifully, "Please don't be angry with me anymore, okay? I didn't mean any of those awful things I said or did. Seeing you heartbroken hurts me more than it hurts you. I've loved you since I was eighteen, I..."
