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.

passenger door and helped me inside. Then he

leather, the console black and impeccably clean. When Nicholas

a

put the car into drive and carefully navigated out of the garage

pulled out onto the street, my nerves began

tense posture and the way

road at all. The other cars were long gone and no one else seemed to use this road this time of night. The sun had set, and the road was dark. Nicholas clicked on the high beams. The

sliced through the darkness, illuminating the

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

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

have to do so with

didn’t make me feel all that better. Terry was bold. He didn’t seem like the

him or his actions. He had the ear of

opinions of the lowly commoners matter to

reaching the mansion. I could tell from the way Nicholas’s hands choked the

his knuckles white.

of us. Nicholas lifted his foot off the gas.

to lead to nowhere. He put the car into

“Nicholas?”

desperation in his gaze. I knew what it was because

all the way down into the deepest

once, leaning toward him. He

halfway.

us. But our need to hold each other overcame any obstacle. Nicholas buried his fingers into my hair. I clawed

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

feel safe

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

ready.

I was frightened.

held Nicholas

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

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, in his strength and his desire for me.

of closeness with this man I

mattered but he and I and the pursuit of