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.

opened the passenger door and helped me inside. Then he went around to the

soft leather, the console black and impeccably clean. When Nicholas turned

a confident purr.

carefully navigated out of

the street, my nerves began to prickle again. I

me, likely seeing my tense posture and the

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

through the darkness, illuminating the

the double yellow line, trying to collect my thoughts. Yes, I was a lamb

Nicholas and Julian would be there. And Susie and the other girls.

me, he’d have to do so with a lot

bold. He

bothered what others thought of him or his actions. He had the ear of the Luna

of the lowly commoners matter to him? Even the nobles were beneath him.

could tell from the

his knuckles white.

lined the road on either side of us. Nicholas lifted

road seemed to lead to nowhere. He put the car

“Nicholas?”

I saw a bit of desperation in his gaze. I

way down into the deepest parts

at once, leaning toward him. He leaned

halfway.

console jutting unwelcomed into the space between us. But our need to hold each other

to tell where he ended and I

finally feel safe

I knew that to be true. Somehow, I would have to be strong, depend on my physical training from Nicholas, and my mental lessons from Julian. I didn’t feel

ready.

I was frightened.

Nicholas tighter.

toward mine, and our mouths found 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

would not be about to surmount this stolen moment of closeness with this man I was so soft–hearted for. Nicholas and I couldn’t be together long

pursuit