The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0065

With a statement like there, I had no polite way of backing out. Not that I would. These kids needed me,

and Elva was already having fun with them, playing on the slides.

Nicholas and I would just have to put aside our differences long enough to help the kids. After that, we

could go back to not getting along as usual.

After confirming I would be staying, the caretaker offered to lead me and Mark inside.

“I’ll stay out here,” Mark said. “Keep an eye on the kids.”

I was grateful. If he watched Elva, I knew I wouldn’t have to worry.

Inside, I joined Nicholas in the kitchen. He was washing dishes, preparing for the day’s main event:

lunch. And what an extravagant lunch it would be, if the piles of containers were any indication.

“Did you bring all this from the palace?” I peeked under the aluminum foil on one of the containers. Inside was at least ten servings of garlic potatoes.

“One of the cooks is particularly fond of me,” Nicholas said. “She makes special servings when I ask.”

must really like you. There’s a ton of

to a good cause. Plus, I make sure

wonder she

then set it aside on a wet

and began to dry.

was… domestic. Him washing and then passing the dishes to me to dry. It reminded me of

had we

location wasn’t

out the kids at the orphanage like

had felt that with all my good fortune from being there, it was the least I

me. Often times, he went even

never stopped,” he said.

I could say the same, but after Elva, with

at an orphanage closer

Nicholas grunted in acknowledgement.

didn’t want to reminisce, but

some of our best conversations like this,” I

I’ll never forget. I felt like a superhero with

asked you a question, and you knew you were going to surprise me. You were ready for me to

it.”

remember

scrubbing at a dish to glance at me. His

looked sad.