The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0041

As Nicholas asked out Lilliana, I stood in the back of the crowd of watching girls, my heart down on the

floor.

I had no right to be upset. I knew that. I had given up the right to be upset a long time ago.

Yet I couldn’t deny the feeling.

First, Nicholas had returned the handmade gift I made him, and now he was asking another girl on a solo

date.

According to the rules of the competition, solo dates were only supposed to be awarded after a girl performed well in one of the events.

Of course, from what I’d heard, the rules also stated that a prince could ask any girl out at any time, sol supposed such a thing wasn’t unheard of.

But for it to be Nicholas who asked for the first solo date felt like the hardest pill to swallow.

I understood that the candidates were invited here to the palace to date the princes. Soon, Nicholas would pick someone to marry.

already made it abundantly clear that he would never be interested

on since then. It

in the entryway to the dining room, holding Lilliana’s hand with only the barest touch, he didn’t seem happy. That, to me,

shell of the man I once knew. It hurt me to see.

minute, I turned away from the spectacle

western tree line. The sky was painted in a palette of orange and purple. It was

the view. I wondered if Elva was looking out the window to see it. We had never gotten much time to appreciate nature back in

hoped she

male voice said, suddenly behind

turned to face the

a hair out of place or a speck of dirt

stripes and fringe than the

was the head of the royal

met personally, but I had noticed him when

pointed him out.

with a severe expression. I felt

said, voice gruff. “Are you lost?

smile. I didn’t want to make a bad first impression with the man in charge of Elva

to