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.

door and helped me inside. Then he went around to

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

a

carefully

we pulled out onto the street, my nerves began to prickle again.

seeing my tense posture and the way I couldn’t

to use this road this time of night. The sun had set, and the road was dark. Nicholas clicked

darkness,

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

Nicholas and Julian would be there. And Susie

me, he’d have to do so with a lot of witnesses.

better. Terry was bold. He didn’t seem like the type that would be

or his actions. He had the ear of the Luna and the King.

commoners matter to him? Even the nobles

could tell from the way Nicholas’s hands choked the steering

his knuckles white.

lined the road on either side of us. Nicholas lifted his foot off the gas.

seemed to lead to nowhere. He put the car

“Nicholas?”

I saw a bit of desperation in his

down into the deepest parts of

said, and I complied at once, leaning toward him. He

halfway.

with the center console jutting unwelcomed into the space between us. But our need to hold each other overcame any obstacle. Nicholas

to tell where he ended and

finally feel

to be true. Somehow, I would have to be strong, depend

ready.

I was frightened.

Nicholas tighter.

past the seam of my lips. I opened willingly for his greedy tongue, and held on while he stole my breath away.

to happen tonight. I could find solace in

moment of closeness with this man

mattered but he and I and the pursuit of the pleasure only attainable