The Luna Choosing Game

I stared at him, startled. Did he actually think that I broke up with him to be with someone else?

He must have, because he returned my stare with one of his own.

“No.” I wished with all of my heart that he would believe me without an explanation, I didn’t want to lie to

him.

But I knew him. So I knew it wouldn’t be enough.

“Then, why?” he asked, voice soft in the quiet room.

I couldn’t tell him the truth. He would hate me worse than he already did.

“Please don’t ask me that.”

His expression hardened. “I can only hope you learned from your mistake. Obviously the man you left me

for wasn’t worthy, if he abandoned you and Elva.”

He had it all wrong. I would have never left Nicholas for anyone else. Who else could compare? Nicholas

had my full heart from the start. Even now, I was still peeling parts of it away from him.

“You were short–sighted, chasing after selfish pleasures.” Looking away from me, Nicholas returned to aggressively scrubbing an already–clean dish. “You left your studies and your boyfriend behind, and for

what?”

reached over and removed the dish from him before he could break

into the sink.

betrayal, but I hadn’t realized

had hurt him

never thought I deserved him, even before I knew he was a prince. At the time, I

quickly, as jealous as that made

stay with him, even three years later. Unless, of course,

of having

hands are calloused,”

a moment just now. How had

litle I have. I do my best to care for

fond of

rare receiving such a compliment from

see her enough. I

though, to see her happy. She had such a

what about you? Were you happy at

shrug. “At times. But it was tiring too.

why anyone would want to be

at me. “Most women

my head, “All I want is good medical care

easy for you since you

mildly,” I said, with

didn’t as much as smile. If anything, he