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.

always played the angles. Asking me on a date had to be some kind of move for his benefit,

how. I’d only scratched the surface of the inner politics of the

my answer. Everyone

if I didn’t know how, but I couldn’t exactly turn him down. He

competition. I was just a pawn in

said, “I

Into the microphone, he

the girls clapped

longer speaking

of the dance floor, Nicholas stood. His face was an

as he stared straight

I

I wanted to tell him that this didn’t mean anything.

just for the sake

dismissing

didn’t need an explanation anyway. We

anymore

had triggered something inside

of me screamed to soothe

meant nothing like that to

looked at Nicholas now, that look had dimmed.

turned away from me and, even an hour later, had

girls, meanwhile, were positively charmed by Julian and

not stop

so mischievous, asking