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.

never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried to push it to the back of my

many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from

what he had become, brought all those feelings crashing back

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now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been too

that young, innocent girl

some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it easier.

is a mistake, and I

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

into the parlor. I

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate

he hadn’t slammed that door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t take any of his misconceptions about me out

to hate

knees beside the couch where Elva

our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have

was a

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from

to go

I

cushion. I was so drained,

own eyes slid

me Excuse

open my

nervous official hovered over me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King

sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s

disappearing out of the room. He left the door

on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more pretty

softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my

atop some type

one side. The three princes flanked his other

did on the bills in my purse. He was pale

voice camed far, like he was accustomed to public

the crowd and gaining their

event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the coming

in and whispered something

an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected