The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0006

“How long did you wait, Piper? A week? Two? It couldn’t have been long.”

He sounds like he’s jealous. Or was that an illusion? He doesn’t care about me and is just mad at me.

Maybe the latter is more logical.

His dark eyes burned into me, leaving my heart in scorched tatters. Never in a thousand years would i

have thought Nicholas would be so vicious to me.

“It wasn’t like that.” I said, to try to defend myself.

He crossed his hands over his chest. He wasn’t going to listen to me,

“Why even come here?” he asked me.

“My application was selected…”

“Why even apply? Were you trying to get to me?”

“No,” I said.

“Maybe you regret your child’s father. Maybe you want me back.” He laughed once, bitterly. “Like you

have a chance.”

The words sliced into me as surely as if he’d been holding a knife. He had changed since I’d known him.

Three w

years ago, he’d been kind and patient. I’d given him my heart and he’d gently cradled it. So many

nights, we’d laid under the stars, trading kisses and stories.

Once, when he’d spent all night looking at me, I had told him, “You’re missing the

starlight.”

He’d replied, “I can see it in your eyes.”

The man before me now was nothing like the one I had known. The man here was arrogant, indifferent. and imposing in how he carried himself.

hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I had tried

work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the

brought all those feelings crashing back

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I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe

that young,

said, adding some bite to

mistake, and I intend to

spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up

walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind

to hate him, but

to my knees beside the couch where Elva

world, maybe Elva would have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the three of us could have been a

was a

wasn’t reality. My reality was very far

staying here. I needed to go home and look for another job, as soon as

I

was so drained, from the

my own

me Excuse me,

open my

I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you

the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s been a

up again, he was already disappearing out of the

couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is it time for more

her my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay?

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and

royal family was standing atop some type of stage The King stood at the

on one side. The three princes

on the bills in my purse. He was

far, like he was

said, calming the crowd and gaining

event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward

leaned in and whispered something in the

will be conducting an introductory conference here in a