The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0055

I stared at Julian, disbelieving my ears. Did he really just ask me for a solo date?

Yet everyone in the whole ballroom was looking at us. Julian still held the microphone up to his mouth.

This was definitely happening. It wasn’t a dream.

Which meant that Julian was up to something.

“Why?” I asked, before I could think better of it.

A few girls around me gasped. Only then did I realize my mistake and covered my mouth.

Julian also looked shocked, his eyes going wide for a moment. But then, just as quickly, he burst out

laughing.

His good humor seemed to erase the surprise of the other onlookers. Everyone seemed to think I had

been telling a joke.

With the microphone lowered, he said to me, “I insist this request is genuine, Piper.”

I didn’t believe him.

me on a date had to be some kind of move for his benefit,

I’d only scratched the surface of the inner politics of the royal

for my answer. Everyone

even if I didn’t know how, but

was a competition. I was just a pawn

said, “I

Into the microphone, he announced,

nobles cheered. Most of the girls clapped politely.

date will be tomorrow,” he said, no longer speaking to me, but to

center of the dance floor, Nicholas stood. His

as he stared

I

I wanted to tell him that this didn’t mean anything. Julian was only trying

for the sake of

reach him without publicly dismissing Julian.

I realized that Nicholas didn’t need an explanation anyway. We

anymore

something inside of me, like a memory

screamed to soothe away

like

when I looked at Nicholas now, that look had dimmed. Now he seemed entirely blank

and, even an hour

girls, meanwhile, were positively charmed by Julian and his antics. Even after

me, they could not stop telling me how

asking you on