Chapter 0246

For too long, I watched Nicholas across the room, as he greeted a benefactor and then introduced

Olivia. As it wasn’t Lilliana’s turn with the benefactor, she had been asked to stand back. She glared at

Olivia behind Nicholas’s back.

Nicholas turned on the charisma for the elderly benefactor. Olivia, beside him, did the same. They looked like a matching pair, working together to charm the benefactor. With the way the benefactor

blushed and smiled, it was clearly working.

I didn’t want to hate Olivia. Compared to Linda and some of the others, she had never physically done me or Elva harm. But watching the way she kept touching Nicholas’s arm… Or how she smiled at him… Or

once, she winked….

My heart had emotions all its own that had little to do with logic or reason. My heart hated Olivia out of sheer jealousy. She had closeness to Nicholas now. She could smile and laugh and flirt, and might even

be successful.

I imagined Nicholas choosing Olivia as his Luna and my gut squeezed tight. She was a good choice.

make a respectable Luna.

to marry Nicholas.

Except me.

I had to let go of, the sooner

the one for me, but I would never be

both our

the words against my shoulder. “Can I go to bed

had other benefactors to talk to yet. I really shouldn’t leave. But my heart was sore and lonely, and

again. Her exhaustion didn’t

honey. Let’s go back to our room.” At the very least, I could

and hurry back

the ballroom. The guards at the door didn’t even look

twice.

the gala, and the servants likely enjoying their

the gala was

cellars, I was used to seeing the hallways so barren. Though typically, I would have Julian or Nicholas at my side. On my

turned the corner, I nearly jumped out of my skin seeing another woman standing in

of the fabric that

turned toward me, exposing her face. My breath caught in my

was Jane.

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