The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

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.

a respectable

Nicholas. I

Except me.

sighed. What a foolish notion. One I had to let go of,

I would never be the one for Nicholas. I had to accept

both

said, mumbling the words against my shoulder. “Can I go

I really shouldn’t leave. But my heart was sore and lonely,

sick again.

to our room.” At the very least,

Mark’s care and hurry back to the party.

I carried Elva out of the ballroom. The guards at the door didn’t even look at me

twice.

were empty, with the candidates at the gala, and the servants likely enjoying their free

the gala

used to seeing the hallways so barren. Though typically, I would have Julian

another woman standing

the fabric that Jane had stolen

me, exposing her face. My breath caught in

woman was Jane.