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?”

I reached over and removed the dish from him before he could break it. He

into the sink.

for my supposed betrayal,

had hurt him

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

as jealous as that made

never expected the hurt would stay with him, even

of having

are calloused,” Nicholas

for a moment just now. How

have. I do my

fond of you.

receiving such a compliment from Nicholas, so

I never get to see her enough. I work long hours, and being here has

as busy. It’s worth it though, to see her happy. She had such

about you? Were you

gave a small shrug. “At times. But it was tiring too. The

sure why anyone would want to be

at me. “Most women would

shook my head, “All I want is good medical care for Elva. I

for you since you left

mildly,” I said, with a small

much as smile. If anything, he only