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.

already suspected what was going to happen. Bridget might as well, especially now that she knew the truth of Nicholas's and my intimacy. But frankly, at this particular

want to bother thinking

again, then he pulled back with a sigh. "Let's

threat was tempting, but... Well, at the very least, I needed to check in with

Side by side, we walked out of the alcove and around the beach. We went the opposite way from the deck where most likely everyone else had gathered. Near the front of the house, we passed the runway. There was a

out and touching

house opened. Selma appeared, with Charlotte behind her. Three more servants, larger men, walked around Charlotte: one at either

arm from Nicholas's hold - which wasn't overly difficult. He must have let me go. Then I

head to look at me, even as the other servants kept her ever

than me, I could have likely overtaken her. But

here, especially when I had no idea what the King had

moved to my side. He didn't touch me again, but he stood silently

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

as long as I