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.

something I wanted to do. It hurt me still,

like work, and caring for Elva, that I could

become, brought all those feelings crashing back into Tome so hard,

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couldn’t help but wonder if I was misremembering the past.

I wasn’t that young, innocent girl

adding some bite to my own voice. The hurt made it

and I intend to correct

so coldly that a chill ran along my spine. “You are the only woman who ever dared to break up with me. Piper. I’ll never allow the same mistake

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

Elva continued resting, undisturbed.

wanted to hate him.

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

to hate him, but I

to my knees beside the

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

was a nice

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

to go home and look for another job, as soon

I

cushion. I was so

my own eyes slid

Excuse me,

blinked open my

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

uh.“I rubbed the sleep from my eye. “Wait, there’s been

he was already disappearing out of

with curious eyes. “Is it time for

have to be quiet

Luna are talking.”

“Okay”

Elva into my arms and camed her

atop some type

Luna on one side. The three princes flanked his

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

his voice camed far, like

calming the crowd and gaining their attention

We are very pleased by your presence

whispered something

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