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.

up with him had never been something I wanted to do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so

like work, and caring for Elva,

all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard, they

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was so different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past. Maybe he’d never been kind. Maybe I had been

I wasn’t that young,

said, adding some bite to my

and I intend to correct

my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper.

into the parlor. I

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate him.

might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children.

to hate him, but I

sunk to my knees beside

Elva would have been our child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in time. Maybe the

was a nice

it wasn’t reality. My reality was very far from these golden fixtures and expensive

needed to go home and look for another job,

I

cushion. I was so drained, from the trip, from seeing

my own eyes

me Excuse

blinked open my

I beg your pardon, miss, but the King

from my eye. “Wait, there’s been

was already disappearing out of the

on the couch, watching me with curious eyes. “Is

my softest smile. It is. We have to be quiet though, okay? No one

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms

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

side. The three princes flanked his other

bills in my

his voice camed far, like he was

and

pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over

in and whispered something

be conducting an introductory conference here in a moment. I would