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.

do. It hurt me still, thinking upon it, so I

caring for Elva, that I could successfully

he had become, brought all those feelings crashing

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was so different now that I couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the

wasn’t that young, innocent girl

adding some bite to my

mistake, and I intend to correct

“You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same mistake to

turned and left me, then, walking out into the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought he might slam the door behind him, as enraged as he was, but instead, he gently closed

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

to hate him. So

door. He might be a cruel, insensitive bastard but he liked children. He’d

hate him, but

sunk to my knees beside

child. If we had stayed together, maybe he would have revealed his secret in

was a

reality. My reality was very

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

I

rested my head beside Elva’s on the cushion. I was so drained, from the trip,

own

Excuse me,

open my

me. I beg your pardon, miss, but the King Luna, and princes have arrived, I suggest you hurry to the parlor at

my eye. “Wait, there’s been

was already disappearing out of the room. He left the

with curious eyes. “Is it

to be

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

into my arms and

in the parlor, the royal family was standing atop some type of stage

one side. The three princes flanked

looked older than he did on the bills in my purse. He was pale

well and his voice camed far, like

he said, calming the crowd and gaining

event. We are very pleased by your presence and look forward to becoming more acquainted over the coming

Luna leaned in and whispered something

course. We will be conducting an introductory conference here in a