The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0397

I immediately looked to Nicholas. His eyes were wide, locked straight on Bridget. Beside him, Julian was equally flabbergasted.

Looking at Bridget, I found she was staring straight back. Her smile softened. She seemed more genuine than before.

At once, Nicholas and Julian broke out with big smiles of their own. Each cut straight through me.

“Isn’t that Bridget, the movie star?” Tiffany whispered from beside me. On the other side, Jessica grumbled, “What hope do any of us have now?”

Nicholas moved first. He rushed toward the edge of the platform and then hopped down. He all but ran to greet Bridget at her car. She held open her arms and then hugged.

“Shit,” Lilliana cursed. I wouldn’t agree with her on much, but in this, I felt our opinions were in tandem.

The cameras moved closer, eager to capture the reunion on film. Nicholas’s smile was brighter and happier than they usually see. Typically for the public, he was so reserved, but for Bridget, his old flame, he was more like the person that I knew.

They ended their hug but stayed near. They looked at each other. I couldn’t hear what they were saying from my distance, but it seemed friendly and familiar. At one point, they both started laughing.

The only person with a face more dire than my own in the crowd might have. been Julian. His smile at first seeing Bridget shifted into a grim sort of frown.

I remembered his stories about how Nicholas stole away his true love. I could see now, how that would have so fully upset him. My own heart felt like it was shattering into pieces.

But then Bridget looked past Nicholas to Julian and waved him closer. Like a golden retriever on a leash, his luminous smile immediately returned, and he hopped off the stage to join her. She pulled him into a hug too. He held her tightly.

My heart cracked in half twice.

In the distance, the protests of the crowd dimmed down with Bridget’s sudden arrival. Instead, they seemed at first confused, and then excited. A chant began, Bridget, Bridget!” like the deeds of the past were forgotten and gone, and all that

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mattered was the sudden arrival of a mega celebrity.

doing. Maybe Bridget’s arrival was what they needed to save themselves. And if her presence was what might ultimately

were still running high. My wolf was pacing unhappily across my mind, her words a whisper

too closely to our mate.”

mate, I reminded

not agree.

princes had finished their reunion with the princes, Nathan came forward to with the microphone. She blew kisses to the previously–protesting

the microphone echoed through

asking me to

crowd. One girl shrieked so loudly, I

speech, Bridget was brought to where I, Elva, and the other candidates were

shook her hand. “How nice to meet you. Your films have always been something of an… entertainment.” That was not a compliment, but Bridget just smiled brighter. She’d likely heard any and all insults before. Maybe, coming here, she’d been expecting a few

brought you some amusement,” Bridget shot back.

like she fully intended to outdo

I wondered if she might have actually meant it this time. One actor might respect

Bridget without much fanfare.

while staring down at the ground.

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her teeth.

subtle. “Well, I might as well start packing my bags now. “Nonsense,” Bridget replied magnanimously. “We all have equal chance.” Tiffany snorted a laugh. Then she sighed. “Did

heart firmly tied to Mark’s, she hadn’t much to worry

like meeting all these people was no great effort. Maybe as a superstar celebrity, she was used to all kinds of

I shook it. Then she looked down at Elva, who watched her back with wide

Elva said.

lovely compliment from such

then half–hid behind my

to Bridget. “She gets embarrassed

of my own someday, once I find the right gentleman, of course.” She glanced behind her to where Nicholas and Julian