Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 759

It took Jude a moment to connect the dots.

It must have been about ten years ago. A long time, anyway.

It was Seth's second year back in the country, and Jude used to hang out with him all the time.

Back then, Seth was just starting his business, and things were tough.

His first office was on the top floor of some old, run-down building. It was freezing in the winter and sweltering in the summer.

For a while, Seth was constantly having Jude order large quantities of seafood to be delivered.

But when it arrived, Seth never ate it. He'd just sit there, peeling shrimp and cracking crab legs.

He would give all the meat to Jude and Healy, which led to a long period where the mere sight of seafood made Jude feel sick.

That's why the memory was so vivid, even a decade later.

Jude and Healy had asked him about it, of course.

Seth had explained that the stress of starting a business was getting to him, and that peeling seafood was his way of de-stressing.

And at the time, they had actually believed him.

Only now did Jude realize the truth. Seth wasn't learning to handle seafood to blow off steam.

He was obviously doing it because he knew Noreen didn't like to.

"Seth, don't tell me you were already in love with Noreen back then?" Jude asked, voicing the question that had been bugging him for years.

Seth finished the glass of wine in his hand before answering.

"Even earlier."

Jude's heart skipped a beat.

Even earlier?

When exactly was that?

Seth had hidden it too well.

It wasn't just Noreen who hadn't noticed; even his closest friends, the ones who'd grown up with him, had been completely in the dark.

"You did all that, but you never told Noreen?" Jude was puzzled.

"Tell her what? They were just small, insignificant things."

He poured himself another drink, his eyes half-lidded and dark. "Besides, what right did I have to drag her down with me?"

"If that's the case, then why did you ever get involved with her?"

Seth's grip on the glass tightened, his voice raw as if filled with wind. "I'm only human. Sometimes, I lose control."

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