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.

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

many other things to focus on like work, and caring for Elva, that I could successfully distract myself from the pain of

faced with him now and seeing what he had become, brought all those

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the

that young, innocent

you want,” I said, adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made

is a mistake, and I intend to

said, so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me.

the sitting room, and then out into the parlor. I thought

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

hate

bastard but he liked children. He’d been kind to Elva. He didn’t

to hate him,

beside

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

was a

reality. My reality was very

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

I

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

my own eyes

Excuse

open

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

rubbed the sleep from my eye.

already disappearing out of the room. He left the door

me with

to be quiet though, okay? No one can talk

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms

family was standing atop some type of

Luna on one side. The three princes flanked

on the bills in my purse. He was pale

and his voice camed far, like he was

calming the crowd and

event. We are very pleased by your presence and

whispered something in the

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