The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0221

I tried to get into the moment, imagining Terry saying something like that to me. The softness in Julian’s

eyes kept me from falling to far into the fantasy.

I cleared my throat. “Don’t you find the trends of modern fashion tiresome? Not to mention wasteful. Why should I throw away a perfectly good dress simply because I have worn it once before.”

“A woman’s dress adds to her beauty. You wouldn’t put a rose inside a paper vase.”

“I wouldn’t pluck the rose at all.”

Julian’s mouth twitched upright. “Not even to show off its beauty. You’d keep it hidden away on some

bush in the corner of the garden?”

“Anyone who knows where the rose bush is, would know they could easily go see the beauty for

themselves. There’s no need to dress it up.”

Julian hummed.

I looked at him, surprised. “What? No good?”

“No, you did fine. The problem is we need to teach you to stop engaging with him at all.”

“How?”

like, ‘If you’ll excuse me, Sir, I must use the bathroom.”

say that!” I started

“He’d leave you alone for a minute, at

to me or Nicholas. Or even Susie or Mark, or whoever.”

be alone

I wanted to tease him more, to get him to smile again. “Careful, Julian,

actually like me.”

stared at me deeply, as if he was looking down into

I thought of his mysterious past love, Bridget. I wondered if

if I should. I

reached up his hand and cupped my cheek. It was a

to stare

face burned with embarrassment and confusion,

teasing me, or we could be playing still.

know.

see behind the curtain of him, for just a moment. He

Lost.

know what to do or say to show him the path again.

gaze dropped down to my

started to lean in, as if to kiss me.

couldn’t mean this. He

wasn’t that kind of girl.

his eyes sealed away

excuse me,” he said, standing. He left the room