The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 283

Chapter 0283

The ferocity of Nichola s’s protection of me gave me more comfort that it probably should have. I certainly didn’t want Nicholas to kill anyone, but knowing that he would go to any limits in order to keep me safe helped me feel truly cared for.

Still, I decided to move beyond that topic, for fear the anger would root in him and cause him to seek out vengeance for me.

“Susie wasn’t at breakfast,” I said. “I’m worried about her, so I’m going to check on her. Would you like to join me?”

Nicholas softened somewhat at the subject change. “Susie’s okay. She probably just wants to

rest.”

“She won’t mind me checking on her.”

“I think you probably shouldn’t,” Nicholas said.

“Why not?”

He pressed his lips hard together and would not answer.

Odd. Was he hiding something?

“I’m worried. I’ll only stay a minute,” I said. “When I see she’s okay, then I’ll leave.”

I understood Susie liked her alone time, especially after events where she was forced to be so social. So I knew she might not want me to stay for a long time. But surely she wouldn’t mind. me checking on her. After all, she often did the same for me.

Nicholas didn’t argue further, so I continued walking down the hallway towards Susie’s room. Nicholas fell in step beside me.

At Susie’s door, I knocked lightly. I waited a moment, but there was no reply.

Did she leave? I should check.

Slowly, I turned the kn ob and pushed open the door.

Susie was indeed in her room, and she wasn’t alone.

with her pulled tightly against him. Susie’s own arms

connected in a passionate, deep kiss. Both were so caught up in it, they didn’t seem to notice me at the door. Not even Mark, who

I knew they had been flirting and

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progressed this far.

began to unzip Susie’s

placed a hand on my shoulder and guided me from the room. He gently shut the door

I had just seen.

filled me. Good for them, for finding happiness with each other. For stealing precious moments

this side of me. It wasn’t fair to

last ‘intimate’ encounter had been

right,” I said to Nicholas in the hallway. “Susie is fine. More than fine, actually. But

washed through me. I shouldn’t feel jealous. Susie had a terrible night too. She hadn’t been chained to a bed, but she still

Mark to help her sort through it

seen the change in my

shook my head no. “Terry stole many things from me. It could have been worse, I know that. But… I

arms around myself. Nicholas stepped closer. I

“Which things?”

a man of my own choosing, one I trusted about all others. A man like Nicholas. The last was the hardest to

my attention. Looking at him, I returned to the here and now, no longer

cheek, hovering just over my skin. But he didn’t touch me. After everything I’d been through, he was

He was the man I

my own, and brought his

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ready,” he said, voice soft, “I will replace each and every memory and desire he tainted in you with a brand new, much more pleasant one. And I will

and

desire?” I

“Yes.” No hesitation.

for

time.

wouldn’t mind a kiss?”

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