The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0006

“How long did you wait, Piper? A week? Two? It couldn’t have been long.”

He sounds like he’s jealous. Or was that an illusion? He doesn’t care about me and is just mad at me.

Maybe the latter is more logical.

His dark eyes burned into me, leaving my heart in scorched tatters. Never in a thousand years would i

have thought Nicholas would be so vicious to me.

“It wasn’t like that.” I said, to try to defend myself.

He crossed his hands over his chest. He wasn’t going to listen to me,

“Why even come here?” he asked me.

“My application was selected…”

“Why even apply? Were you trying to get to me?”

“No,” I said.

“Maybe you regret your child’s father. Maybe you want me back.” He laughed once, bitterly. “Like you

have a chance.”

The words sliced into me as surely as if he’d been holding a knife. He had changed since I’d known him.

Three w

years ago, he’d been kind and patient. I’d given him my heart and he’d gently cradled it. So many

nights, we’d laid under the stars, trading kisses and stories.

Once, when he’d spent all night looking at me, I had told him, “You’re missing the

starlight.”

He’d replied, “I can see it in your eyes.”

The man before me now was nothing like the one I had known. The man here was arrogant, indifferent. and imposing in how he carried himself.

still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the back of

and caring for Elva, that I

and seeing what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they stole

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was misremembering the past. Maybe

I wasn’t that

adding some bite to

is a mistake, and

are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the

turned and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He

wanted to hate him, but

sunk to my knees beside the couch where Elva

been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a happy little

was a

reality. My reality was very far from these golden

staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained,

own eyes

me Excuse me,

open

over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the parlor at

rubbed the sleep from my eye. “Wait,

I looked up again, he was already disappearing out of the room. He

with

gave her my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk when the King

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

I pulled Elva into my arms and camed

in the parlor, the royal family was standing atop

The

than he did on the bills in my purse. He

well and his voice camed far, like he was

and gaining their attention

event. We are very pleased by your presence and

Luna leaned in and whispered something

conducting an introductory conference here in a