The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0330

After bringing the cookies to Elva and spending some time with her, I set out again, this time in search of Nicholas.

My intentions were dual purpose. I wanted to speak with him as Julian suggested, as well as check on his wounds. He was a fast healer, but his bruises were many. I’d rest easier when I could see him healed with my own eyes.

After checking where he was staying with Mark, I located the correct guest room. The door was already open, Nicholas was sitting inside at a desk, reading through some papers. A line of worry creased the center of his brow.

I knocked and he glanced up from his paperwork. Immediately, that worry line vanished.

“Piper.”

“May I come in?”

“Please.” He stood up from behind the desk.

I entered the room and closed the door behind me. “I was hoping to check on your bruises.”

“I’m doing much better.” He began to roll up his sleeves.

I came closer to see. Some of the bruises were still there, but they were more faded then they had been the last time I’d inspected them. After another day, they’d probably disappear entirely.

Relief flooded through me so much that I slumped where I stood. Nicholas, worried, stepped closer as if to catch me from falling. I wasn’t going to fall, though I sort of wished I was, just to be in his arms again.

“This isn’t the only reason I came here,” I said.

He lifted a brow. “No?”

I pressed my lips hard together. I didn’t really know how to begin this discussion. I supposed the best way over was through, though, so I pushed forward, albeit somewhat clumsily.

“I have to kiss Julian.”

Nicholas straightened. His arms went rigid at his sides. His jaw clenched.

“Things are more complicated now. The producers are making demands. I had thought we could just hold hands or something,” I said, “But they want more intimacy. And with the King keeping track now… I don’t think there’s a way around it. I have to kiss him.”

“I’ve known that from the start, Piper,” Nicholas said.

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“You have?”

have been trying to… contain my

ears. “You’re jealous?” I knew it, but

with more force than strictly

applied lip balm since

Julian feels dishonest,” I said. “I would much rather

twitches, an almost

I appreciated the game. It felt fun, to be

to him. I was right in

way I know exactly

as I pressed up onto my toes, closing the distance between our mouths. At

s’s lips are soft yet insistent. He takes control of the kiss at once, and I’m

his mercy.

hum into his mouth. He growls into

there. They had assumed Julian had left them, and Julian was eager to let them think so. He’d made a point of touching my neck a lot while we

put his mouth over

I could happy live in this moment alone

I wished he could mar my entire body with those same love bites. Maybe

not for my heart alone. If we laid together, and then were forced to part… That moment

I was strong

dropped

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him, but I know why you have to,” he said. “I wish

embrace. I glanced back at his desk, at the papers there. Were they some kind of report? He likely

they look?” I

“If they weren’t… If this wasn’t absolutely

his head to gaze down into

try to

blinked. “No. He knows we are only

“When he tries anything …

pleasantly up my spine.

kissed me

the feel of him once more. My

my lips. “So I know when not to watch