Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

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Abby

I feel frozen to my spot as the judges make their way toward Daniel’s station.

The grin stretched across his face almost makes me feel sick, and it’s all I can

do not to run off the stage right now.

“Wow,” Vanessa says as she takes the first bite of Daniel’s dish, which looks

leaps and bounds ahead of mine just by presentation alone. “Really, Daniel;

wow. Despite everything, you created a phenomenal dish.”

“Thank you so much,” Daniel says, his eyes flickering toward me. “You know,

with my sous chef’s wrist in so much pain, it was difficult. But we made it.”

Enter title…

Next, the judges begin making their way toward me, and I feel like I’m going to

be sick. They stop in front of my station, and I can feel the cold weight of

Logan’s gaze on me already.

“Hello, Abby,” Vanessa says, her gaze sweet as ever despite the circumstances.

“Your performance in the second round was lacking, but you’re here now. How

do you feel?”

I swallow. “I feel…” I pause, my throat cracked and dry. “I feel… Hopeful,” I

mutter. Vanessa nods in response along with the third judge, but Logan—his

face is as inscrutable as ever.

times feels as though

me, Abby, the chef with the ‘violent’ partner.

his presence by my side, but he’s

vast and cold than

Abby,” Vanessa finally says, her voice low. “This… This isn’t

expected from you.”

tightness in my chest as panic begins to set

I start to explain, but my words falter

“I see what you tried to do, but

on the plate. I’m

Xavier, a

there before

unbalanced,” he adds simply,

defend my dish, to say that the circumstances

know the chaos that

they seem to expect the

and authoritative, that slices through

have here is a fundamental problem,” he

meeting mine.

station, my knuckles whitening. “Please, enlighten

in my

raises an eyebrow. “Well, to put it plainly…” He pauses,

instructions, Abby. This dish

asked for.”

find myself gasping for air.

“This is farro

It’s exactly what

where you’re wrong,” Logan says with a disappointed

farro mafaldine

raise, but Logan is already digging through the dish with

of black

this way

this look like a

though all of the oxygen has been sucked

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