The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0167

I followed Lilliana further into the gardens to a small rod–iron table with two chairs. Lilliana motioned for

me to sit and then sat in the opposite chair.

“I’m glad we could finally have a chance to talk like this,” Lilliana said. She rested both hands on top of

the table.

I’mirrored her for a moment, but it felt unnatural having my hands lifted so high. I lowered them into my

lap instead.

“What was it you wanted to

talk to

me about?” Nervousness prickled at my skin. While it wasn’t unusual for the candidates to talk to each other, this still felt like a special event. Lilliana had called me out in front of Nicholas himself. She very nearly broke character to do it.

She gave me a sour kind of look. The way a disappointed principal would make to a rowdy student in. their charge. “Prince Nicholas. I want to ask you to please leave him alone. You are a distraction to him.”

we are friends.”

“I’m not doing anything to bother him, or at least, not trying to. But we

Nicholas had come to my rescue more than once now. And somehow when I needed things or support, Nicholas was always around to help. But that’s what friends did.

Lilliana narrowed her eyes. It was unusual for her to show any emotion. Tiny alarm bells started sounding in my head.

“What is your problem, Piper?” she snapped, voice suddenly much sharper than it had been before. Her narrowed gaze had become a fully blown glare.

I was shocked silent for a moment. I opened and closed my mouth like a fish.

both brothers! If you are after Julian, you

anyone.” I lifted my hands now, palms forward

like anyone is supposed to believe that.”

“It’s true!”

“You are constantly all over both of them. They won’t both pick you in the next elimination, Piper. Focus your efforts on Julian, who I shouldn’t need to remind you that you have been dating, and leave Nicholas

was clear. What she failed to understand was that I wasn’t a threat to her so much as she was a threat to herself. Nicholas might say now that he will marry whoever the King wants, but I refused he would be able to

deserved a partner.

chin. “I am friends with

him, I want him to be with someone he actually likes and not someone who

the time.”

head back and laughed. “Piper, you are so naïve! That

What did you think he

making fun of me but she didn’t have

one marries for love.” She didn’t even look sad about

just for the

“You want to save us all, huh? Oh, Piper. You need to just accept this is how

accept that, and you

riot,” Lilliana said, chuckling

suddenly, she totally stifled herself. In the blink of an eye,

didn’t even need to look to know that Nicholas had

said. “I’ve never heard you laugh so… boisterously before, Liliana

hand over her mouth and cleared her

to be.”

had said was a

table, a small smile on his lips. Yet one look at me, and that smile dimmed into an expression of confusion. “I know it was probably a fool’s

statement, when everyone in the whole kingdom knew that!

was common.

tight. Her desire to put me down seemed at war with her