The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0263

Nicholas’s mouth was hot on mine. His arms wrapped around my waist, holding me closely. I clutched

at his shoulders, early accepting his kisses, until the need for air forced us apart.

He rested his forehead against mine. “You have to change.”

“Nick,” I said. He was being ridiculous. “This dress is not revealing.”

“You look so sexy in it. I can’t stand the thought of Terry seeing you like this.”

I smiled a little. This dress was not flattering on me. I knew that. I looked okay, but out of fashion. I’d

worn more revealing clothes before.

I imagined a big part of Nicholas’s trouble was that he was attracted to me in anything. “You’d probably

be jealous even if I wore a potato sack.”

He didn’t argue. “I don’t like the way Terry looks at you.” His arms squeezed me closer. “Why don’t you

stay here, after all. Stay with Elva. Julian and I can snoop around Terry’s mansion. You don’t need to

endanger yourself.”

I shook my head. “You know I can’t do that. Even if I wanted to. I had such a poor showing in the last

event, that I can’t risk botching another. I need attend and do the best I can.”

“Terry won’t make it easy on you.‘

“I know that,” I said. “But I don’t have any other choice.”

Nicholas frowned deeply but he made no further remarks. Instead, he stepped back from me and turned

on the lights to the garage. Taking my hand, he led me through the various fancy cars until we reached a

black sedan with tinted windows.

helped me inside. Then he went around to the driver’s side. The

the console black and impeccably clean. When Nicholas turned the key,

a confident purr.

drive and carefully navigated out of the garage

street, my nerves began to prickle again. I worried

tense posture and the way

long gone and no one else seemed to use this road this time of night. The sun had

darkness,

collect my thoughts.

there. And Susie and the other girls. If

to do so

Terry was bold. He didn’t seem like

He had the

the opinions of the lowly commoners matter to him? Even

mansion. I could tell from

his knuckles white.

on either side of us. Nicholas lifted his foot off the gas. Slowly, he pulled

of the road, where a dirt road seemed to lead to nowhere. He put the car

“Nicholas?”

bit of desperation in his gaze. I

way down into the deepest

complied at once, leaning toward

halfway.

hug was a bit awkward, with the center console jutting unwelcomed into the space between us. But our need to hold each other overcame any obstacle. Nicholas buried his fingers into my hair. I clawed at his

to tell where he ended and I began. That way, maybe I

finally feel safe

way to separate us tonight. I knew that to be true. Somehow, I would have to be strong, depend on my physical training from Nicholas,

ready.

I was frightened.

held Nicholas

each other’s. He licked his way past the seam of my lips. I opened willingly for his greedy

our lips pressed together and our hands holding each other closer, I could almost forget about what was going to happen tonight. I could find solace in this man, in his closeness,

surmount this stolen moment of closeness with this man I was so soft–hearted for. Nicholas and I couldn’t

and I and the pursuit of the pleasure only attainable from our