Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0136
For a few seconds, it’s as if we’re the only two people in the room. Words fail me. My mind is a thicket

of emotions, feelings too intricate and tangled to put into coherent thought.

When Karl finally sits back down, a part of me wants to run away, to escape this newfound reality

where the lines between past and present blur. But I stay put, because running would mean letting go,

and letting go means losing a piece of myself that I’ve just rediscovered.

“Now,” Karl says, raising his glass. “Let’s enjoy this delicious dinner prepared by a renowned chef.”

The room comes alive as plates are set and glasses are filled. The aroma of the three-course meal I’ve

painstakingly prepared fills the air, and the murmurs return with time.

“The food smells incredible,” remarks one of the Betas, breaking the ice. Others nod, murmuring their

agreement.

“Yes, it’s delicious, too,” Karl adds, casting me a meaningful look from across the table.

Except for Gianna. Oh, I catch her alright, barely taking a bite, making faces like she’s ingesting poison.

She doesn’t speak throughout the entire dinner, and when plates are taken away, hers is still full. She

the dessert and the cappuccinos, resorting instead to swirling her wine around in her

stare on

I let it pass. I don’t need her approval,

faces of

dance?” Karl announces once the plates

leaving Karl and me in a widening

me, a silent request that sends

me the honor?”

shouldn’t,”

eyes are stern. “Dance with me.

take his hand, letting him lead me to the makeshift dance floor. For a

pressed close to mine, his hand is resting on the small of my back,

I can do to keep my gaze averted

from blushing.

I glance up finally, I notice that the expression on Karl’s face has

of emotion that I can’t quite

you didn’t want to attend the dinner,” he says

meeting briefly before I find myself

holding me like this. “I wanted to prove someone wrong,” I murmur,

prove that I’m not a

“Who told you

us with a

as I see the butler