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

on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully

had become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they

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but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I

that young,

you want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt

mistake, and

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

into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him.

bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t

to hate him, but

beside the couch

had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed

a nice

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures

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

my own eyes slid

Excuse

open my

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

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

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

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

smile. It is. We have to be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

my arms

family was standing atop some type of

on one side. The three princes flanked his

did on the bills in my purse. He was pale with

his voice camed far, like he was

and gaining their attention “Congratulations on

your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the

and whispered something in the King’s

course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would now ask that only selected ladies