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.

I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the back

to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of

all those

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misremembering the past. Maybe he’d

I wasn’t that young,

said, adding some bite to my own

and I intend to correct

are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me.

into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

children. He’d been kind to Elva. He

wanted to hate him,

sunk to my knees beside the couch where Elva

our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe

a

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far

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

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing Nicholas again, from…

my own

Excuse me,

blinked open my

your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest

the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s been

disappearing out of the room. He left the door

watching me with curious eyes. “Is

be quiet though, okay? No one can talk

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms

the royal family was standing atop some type of stage The King

on one side. The three princes flanked

in my purse. He was pale with hollowed

himself well and his voice camed far, like he was accustomed

the crowd and gaining their attention

are very pleased by your presence and look

Luna leaned in and whispered

be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would