The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0124

Nicholas’s mouth was so close. As I looked at it, he licked his lips. I licked mine in reply. We leaned

closer, closer, dangerously close..

Then the oven timer dinged.

We immediately straightened, snapping away from each other. Nicholas turned, coughing into his hand.

I reached for the oven mitts and pulled the finished stuffed mushrooms from the oven.

With the tray safely on the counter, I couldn’t find the courage to look at him again.

He cleared his throat. “Nostalgia does tricky things to the mind.”

“It does,” I agreed, thankful for the safe retreat his words offered.

“I should go now.” He took a step, then paused. “Goodnight, Piper.”

“Goodnight.”

I didn’t move again until his footsteps disappeared from the kitchen. Even after he was gone, I needed a moment to get my heartbeat under control.

I returned to putting the finishing touches on my stuffed

storage.

what just happened,

garden party dresses for me and Elva. She was sewing on the

“about your other maid from the

me now, in the early days, she had seemed to only barely

down,” Charlotte said. “They let her go from the palace staff, but she was able to find

had worried that she was trapped in a

It’s less stressful.” Charlotte picked at a straw thread.

is safe and well. I’ve been thinking of her.”

both of those things. When I spoke to her, she seemed worried

of the palace might be against

giving her a smile. “And that’s what matters. With the

any of these

compared to the hardships I had endured in the

past.

had a roof over my head, food for both Elva and me, and proper medical

endure was secondary to those basic needs,

or was incredibly difficult to come

physical turmoil of these minor hardships, they still made my staying here more difficult. I had to be careful to make certain I succeeded in every challenge. I wanted to stay here as long as I