Nicholas held Elva safe and secure in his arms as he stood to his full height. Elva buried her face into the corner of his neck and shoulder. He gently patted her back.
He glanced down at Elva, his gaze so tender that it made my heart clench.
“There, there,” he whispered. “You are safe now.”
“Oh my God,” said one of the other girls in the room, fanning herself. “Of course he’s good with children.”
“Someone pinch me,” said another. “I think I’m dreaming.”
Nicholas’s soft expression hardened as he glared out at the rest of the room. “Whose child is this? Why is she here?”
I started forward, but the girl in the pink dress spoke before I could reach him.
“An outsider sneaked in, unless she’s a maid.”
Some of the other girls snickered at my expense.
“She can’t be a participant,” another girl fake-whispered, loud enough for half-the room to hear. “I thought we had to be virgins, and she’s got a kid.”
I wanted to disappear into a corner. Whether virgin or not, I was nothing compared to the rest of these girls.
My clothes weren’t as nice as theirs, and my figure wasn’t like what it had been at the Academy. I’d lost much of my musculature. I was skinny from too many nights of skipped dinners.
Elva’s wellbeing had always come before my own.
Her sake was the only reason I continued forward rather than hide in embarrassment. I stopped only when I reached Nicholas.
He looked at me, and I looked at him.
I’d forgotten how gorgeous his eyes were, golden brown with flakes of green. When we’d dated, I had spent hours looking at them, trying to memorize that color, but it had seemed different each time.
Before, when I’d stared long enough, I could earn a bashful smile from him. Now, his face was totally devoid of emotion. He looked at me like I was a stranger.
Did he… not recognize me?
Unless he truly had
save face. I could be a great embarrassment to him, showing up
Maybe he hated me.
The girl in pink
monotone. Another moment of staring at me blankly, then he turned and walked
Elva, so I followed him. He led me to
remember that per the selection rules, you aren’t to be
man, who
is an
The man bowed
them. A servant stepped forward and closed the door behind us, leaving
stomach churned. I thought I might be sick. I had never imagined I’d meet Nicholas again, and especially not
see me as I was? To see me here,
who seemed at ease against his chest. She must have cried herself to
once, his perfect façade cracked.
stayed gentle on Elva,
my child from me?”
stop. I blinked once, twice, but, no, I couldn’t make sense
Eloquently, I said, “Huh?”
was three years
been so young then, too eager and
when he’d climaxed. But,
face retained its anger, but the certainty that fueled it seemed to slide into bewilderment. His
hoping
Nicholas wanted children. He’d even said so on television. For me to hide a child from him would have
her name.
widened a moment, before the anger returned tenfold.
say, he seemed to struggle to get it out. He swallowed
me and Elva.
But I wouldn’t tell that to Nicholas. Elva was mine in
answer some unspoken question for him, and he started
startled. What could
immediately cut off
onto one of the plush couches in the
at Mommy,” came Elva’s
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The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story Chapter 5
The Luna Choosing Game Chapter 5