The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0217

I stood very still, confused and surprised both by the very presence of Julian’s lips on my cheek as well

as the tenderness of the affection he was showing me.

Julian had always struck me as something of a pl ayboy, and while I understood that much of how he

acted was an act, he never seemed to connect with any woman, in any relationship, beyond a fleeting fancy.

In our school days, he strung along many hearts, leaving a trail of broken ones behind him. He never

seemed to care about the mess he made of girls’ emotions.

Even Nicholas had warned me that Julian was a love them and leave them kind of guy.

So the gentle way he kissed my cheek, and the way his hands hovered over my shoulders, close but not

touching, was so bizarre to me, I was stunned speechless.

Then he pulled away, walked around me, and continued up the stairs. After a few steps, he stopped to

look back at me. “You coming?”

I nodded, still too surprised to formulate words, and hurried along behind him.

silence the rest of the way to my door. He was smirking like always. His

had a familiar saunter to

I couldn’t correlate that with the strange

best of my observation, he was acting like the kiss hadn’t happened at all.

which seemed more likely.

with what Nicholas had

my door, the guards greeted us both. When Mark saw me, he let out a heavy, relieved breath.

phone in his hand. I imagined he was texting with Nicholas. Maybe he still wanted to see

flesh, just to be sure.

you then,” Julian said. He barely gave me a glance as he turned to go back the

we came from.

but he was already walking away. He waved his hand up, but did not look

watched him until

to Mark. “How

on her every fifteen minutes,” Mark said. “She’s been sleeping soundly all

“Thank you, Mark.”

job, miss,” he said, but that wasn’t entirely true, His job as Beta was to attend his prince, not protect

said, desperate to give my gratitude.

not before I saw the

then, Mark. Gentlemen.”

guards said goodnight in return, and I slipped into