The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 124

Nicholas’s mouth was so close. As I looked at it, he licked his lips. I licked mine in reply. We leaned

closer, closer, dangerously close..

Then the oven timer dinged.

We immediately straightened, snapping away from each other. Nicholas turned, coughing into his hand.

I reached for the oven mitts and pulled the finished stuffed mushrooms from the oven.

With the tray safely on the counter, I couldn’t find the courage to look at him again.

He cleared his throat. “Nostalgia does tricky things to the mind.”

“It does,” I agreed, thankful for the safe retreat his words offered.

“I should go now.” He took a step, then paused. “Goodnight, Piper.”

“Goodnight.”

I didn’t move again until his footsteps disappeared from the kitchen. Even after he was gone, I needed a moment to get my heartbeat under control.

returned to putting the finishing touches on my

storage.

what just happened, or what it

and I were adding the finishing touches to the garden party dresses for me and Elva. She was sewing on the ruffled trim with the sewing machine, while I

“about your other maid

to me now, in the early days, she had seemed to only barely tolerate me. The overly–friendly one had helped me feel more at ease right

said. “They let her go from the palace staff,

that she was trapped

less stressful.” Charlotte picked at a

said. “I’m glad to hear she is safe and well. I’ve been thinking

spoke to her, she seemed worried about you, though.

palace might be against

said, giving her a smile. “And that’s what matters. With the support I do have, I can

of these

compared to the hardships I had endured in

past.

I had a roof over my head, food for both Elva and me, and proper medical treatment for Elva. Any

basic needs, which in the past had either been denied

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