The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0431

“Maybe we should try a different game,” Julian said. “Something easier.”

“Like what?” I asked.

“Go fish,” he said, and we both laughed. A game for children might have been more fitting, honestly. At least then, I might have stood a chance. I had no proof but I had a feeling, just knowing Julian, that he had been counting cards at poker.

As he started to deal for our competitive game of go fish, I said to him, “See

this is how it should be.”

He side–eyed me. “How do you mean?”

“Easy. Being with the person meant for you should be easy, just like this. Fun and silly. Full of more laughter than heartache.”

as he set down the deck. I

too as badly as poker. Julian would

play cards?”

hair. “I’m not sure.” He placed down

that he had no idea if the person he thought was his true

it myself, though admittedly, I wasn’t any good. But this was another point I wanted to prove. The right person for him would try to learn his favorite games, just because he liked them. She would want to try just to spend time at his

spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if any of my lessons

for Bridget, like he’d harbored them so long, he had no idea how else to

Julian continued to beat me at cards, I noticed Nicholas walk out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small two person table. We were both leaning

should act included being more touchy feely. I had been making efforts to touch his arm or his hand, to lean into him. Even now, my leg pressed against his under the

said. He plucked a card from the pile, then dropped three three’s. “He looks rather annoyed

I said, huffier than I meant. “Today isn’t about him.”

us?”

you,” I said. I didn’t know why it was so important to me to Save Julian from his unrequited romance. Maybe it was because we had gotten to be such good friends. Maybe it was because,