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.

my door. He was smirking like always. His hands in

familiar

so I couldn’t correlate that with the

like the kiss hadn’t

which seemed more likely.

line with what

guards greeted us both. When Mark saw

in his hand. I imagined he was texting with

just to be sure.

said. He barely gave me a

from.

but he was already walking away.

him until he was

Mark. “How is

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

“Thank you, Mark.”

job, miss,” he said, but that wasn’t entirely true, His job as Beta was to attend his prince, not protect his prince’s ex-girlfriend and her small

anyway,” I said, desperate to give

but not before I saw the small smile tugging at his

then, Mark.

and the guards said goodnight in return, and I slipped into