The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0224

We made it five steps out into the hallway before Nicholas started asking questions.

“Did something happen?” he asked.

I didn’t want to lie to him, so I shrugged. “Nothing big.”

“Nothing big is still something.

With my hand on his arm, Nicholas dictated how fast and slow we walked. He slowed now, making it

clear he would stretch this out if he needed to. He was worried about me, I could see from the look in his

eye. He wasn’t going to let me off the hook easily.

Softer, he asked, “Did Julian do something?”

“No,” I said. Julian had stopped himself before he could. That was assuming that leaning in for a kiss

had been what he was actually doing, and not just teasing me. “I don’t know. It was confusing.”

“Tell me.”

I wanted to. I needed to talk to someone about what happened, and who knew Julian better than.

Nicholas? But I was unsure. With their rivalry, and Nicholas’s jealousy, if he knew that Julian had tried to

would he

that would actually help me.

acting strange

wonder if he actually feels some kind

of fondness.” Nicholas’s voice lowered, Bitterness clipped his words. “He cannot be

with any woman’s

he had my heart.” Recognizing Nicholas’s jealousy, I gently corrected him.

Nicholas’s envious side, especially when it came to kissing,

misplacing my

Nicholas sighed. “But please be careful. He’ll try

eye and thought of the mysterious

brothers. Did Nicholas truly steal her away from

a time from before even Nicholas and I

wouldn’t have given any consideration to his brother’s

still couldn’t imagine Nicholas that way. Perhaps there had been a misunderstanding. Julian might have misread the

around my waist. He kept it there, gradually tugging me

candidates

by now, the candidates in their rooms and the servants done for the day.

me halfway up the stairwell, before we reached the top and could see the

they could see us.

my waist and turned me toward him. I easily slotted against his

–

was the jealousy I recognized