The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0461

I blinked, staring at Julian. Go on vacation with them? Was he talking about the reward for the theater event? That would explain Veronica’s presence.

I stepped back and welcomed them into the room. Then I reminded them, “I’m not one of the high ranking candidates.”

Julian shrugged. “Who cares?” He had a devil–may–care kind of blasé behavior about this. One of those, I’m a prince and can do whatever I want, sort of attitudes.

“Surely, Veronica…?” I looked to her. This was her chance for personal one on one time with Julian. I knew she had said she was okay with losing the competition if it was to me, but there was no way she would just actively hand me her chances.

Veronica shrugged. “I’m more than okay with it. It was my idea.”

I stared at her in shock.

“It’s true,” Julian added. “Actually, she came to me this afternoon and told me all about it. Neither of us want you to be excluded.”

I still had trouble fathoming it. I didn’t want to seem ungrateful for such a clearly generous gift, but… “Why?”

Veronica looked at me flatly. “Why wouldn’t we want you there?”

“If we leave you here, you’ll just sit around and be miserable the whole time you are here,” Julian said. “Wouldn’t it be better to see what those two are up too, rather than imagine it?”

Those two. He was talking about Nicholas and Bridget. And honestly, I wasn’t sure that would be the case. Would I truly rather witness their coupledom myself?

Though maybe he did have a point. Maybe it would be worse to imagine it. So far, despite what Bridget has said about her and Nicholas being official, I haven’t seen any affection from Nicholas to indicate that was actually true.

If I left them alone on a beach though… in front of romantic sunsets…

No. I shouldn’t be fantasizing about getting in the way of their courtship. This was how things were always meant to be. Nicholas was always going to leave me for someone else.

that. I needed to stay away.

We won’t be with them every

supposed to be beautiful there,”

beaches. Blue–green waters. Bonfires in the evening. Boat drinks only a

tropical paradise or resort. As the royal family’s retreat, maybe that’s exactly what

conversation, Elva had been playing near the

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us talking about beaches.

“Are we

I said, wondering just how much she overheard. “Probably not…” She left her stuffed animal

everything. “I don’t know, honey. We weren’t exactly invited…”

just invited you,”

too,” Veronica added.

then turned her doe eyes onto me. God, I’d never been able to resist that pouting

always been so busy working, and her illness was such a consideration, we never ventured far from a doctor. Thusly, Elva had never seen the ocean. She never stepped on the sand. She’d

time denying Elva anything on my best days. Now, when I was already caving, it

from Elva to Julian and told him. “Elva will need a doctor on site, just

grow. “Does that mean you two

eyes went impossibly bigger.

I sighed. “Yes.”

4HO

Julian took her hands and together they danced around in a

Julian and Elva amusing themselves, I leaned closer to her and asked honestly, “You

her mouth hard together. “It would be better for

“Veronica…”

Veronica and my conversation. He waggled his eyebrows at me.

I resisted the urge to smack him…

in as my own. I had been to the beach, long ago, and taken Elva to the pool a couple of times, but not nearly enough to warrant owning