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?”

to… contain my jealousy. I know I

my ears. “You’re jealous?” I knew it, but to hear him say

he said instantly, with more force than strictly

I licked my lips. I’d applied lip balm since my

Julian feels dishonest,” I said. “I

an almost smile. “And

I’d rather be kissing, but I appreciated the game. It felt fun, to be

sliding closer to him. I was right in front

said. “That way I know exactly who you

closing the distance between our mouths. At once, he gathered me into his arms, pulling me closer, as close

insistent. He takes control of the kiss at once,

his mercy.

into his mouth.

he had my neck. The producers had smirked when they saw the bruises there. They had assumed Julian had left them, and Julian was eager to

put his mouth over them now,

in this moment alone if I

pleasure pain he’d caused. I wished he could mar

I shouldn’t be overly intimate, for the sake of his future bride if not for my heart alone. If we laid together, and then were forced to part… That moment would haunt me the rest of

know if I was strong enough to survive

refreshed, Nicholas dropped

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to,” he said. “I wish more than anything that you didn’t have to. But for the good

at his desk, at the papers there. Were they some

they look?” I asked.

they weren’t… If this wasn’t

head to

try to

knows we

Nicholas said. “But…” His voice lowered, rough and se xy. “When he tries anything … When he

trembled pleasantly up my spine. “What’s

kissed

into the feel of

when it happens,” he said against my lips. “So I know when not to watch the broadcast.