The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0430

I set out to show Julian what having a real girlfriend should be like as soon as I could, so early the next morning, I dressed in my cutest sundress and showed up to his door with a basket of fresh bread I plucked straight from

the kitchen. It was still warm.

I knocked on his door. Brian opened it, and his eye twitched in what I assumed was surprise. It was the most emotion I had ever seen out of him.

“Is Julian awake yet?” I asked.

“He’s getting dressed,” Brian said. Before I could ask to come in, Brian

stepped back and let me inside the room.

I stood just inside the door in Julian’s sitting room. Brian glanced at me again, before disappearing into what must have been the bedroom. A moment later, Julian himself came bursting out.

“Piper? To what do I owe the pleasure?”

I held out the basket. “I thought we could spend some time together today.”

He walked closer, glanced into the basket, and then snatched a handful of the bread. He bit into it, chewed, and swallowed.

easy today. It had been some time since we had a day without practice or some other

have a date

part of your elaborate plan

asked.

There was no reason to hide it.

well continue to

don’t have

rest until you recognize how

as he rolled his eyes. “You are stubborn.”

convinced to spend time with

the garden,” I said.

had been brought into the competition, a lot of the protesting had dwindled. There were still a few hardy regulars, but for the most part, the biggest danger had passed. At

still simmered under the surface, but

The competition was once again serving its

his hand in mine. He smirked

squeezed my fingers.

the doorway to the gardens. Since it was our day off, there were other girls out there taking walks, though no one seemed to pay Julian and I any attention. We wouldn’t stand out. After all,

and that. Julian and I already got along very well, so it didn’t take much for us to have