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?
truly had
simply pretending, to save face. I could be a great embarrassment to him, showing up here, years after leaving him, and with a
Maybe he hated me.
outsider.” The girl
his voice was monotone. Another moment of staring at me blankly, then he turned
I followed him. He led me to an adjoining room, separated by
Royal Highness, please remember that per the selection rules, you aren’t
stopped to look at the man, who nervously backed
an exception,” Nicholas
Of course, sir.” The
and closed the
I might be sick. I had never imagined I’d meet Nicholas
he think of me, to see
seemed at ease against his chest. She must have cried herself to
his perfect façade cracked.
on Elva, his arm looped
dare you hide my child
I blinked once, twice, but,
Eloquently, I said, “Huh?”
glanced at Elva, softly sleeping in his arms. She was three years old. That lined up with our breakup three years ago.
memory. We’d been so young then, too eager and
in clumsy haste. I couldn’t remember where he was when he’d
it seemed to slide into
said, hoping to give him
even said so on television. For me to hide a child from him would have been
That’s her name. But she’s not
widened a moment, before the anger
say, he seemed to struggle to get
me and Elva. “She looks like
birth mother was my identical twin sister. But I wouldn’t tell that to Nicholas. Elva
some unspoken question for him, and he
straightened, startled. What could cause that
he immediately cut off the
down onto one
be mad at Mommy,”
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The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story Chapter 5
The Luna Choosing Game Chapter 5