The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0544

Eventually, though, we both gave in to our more mature impulses and separated so Nicholas could get dressed. He slipped on his shorts, and then held up the shirt that had been our blanket.

It was almost certainly ruined: wrinkled and covered in sand, with a few mystery wet spots here and there. He rolled it up into a tight ball and held it in his hand.

I lifted a brow at him.

*I think I'd only generate more questions by wearing this as it is," he said.

Yeah, he was probably right.

Back home, the two of us returning from somewhere with him being shirtless would have people wondering, but here, we were surrounded by beach and ocean. Sunbathing could be a perfectly logical explanation for his state of dress - or rather, undress.

No one should really think better of it.

he'd already suspected what was going to happen. Bridget might as well, especially now that she knew the truth

want to bother thinking about her at

then he pulled back with a

tempting, but... Well, at the very least, I needed to check in with Elva, make

way from the deck where most likely everyone else had

reached out and touching my arm,

behind her. Three more servants, larger men,

called. I pulled my arm from Nicholas's hold - which wasn't

turned her head to look at me, even as

She barked orders to the others to keep going, then hurried to intercept me. "Remember the quarantine!" Selma said. She held out her arms, blocking my path. She was slighter than me, I could have likely overtaken her. But that didn't seem appropriate. Even if I did, even if I fought all of

allies I had here, especially when I had

again, but he stood silently beside me in solidarity. I was thankful for his

the plane and physically couldn't see me anymore. With the plane loaded up, the closed the door, and

there, watching, for as long as I could. Nicholas kept guard beside