The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0221

I tried to get into the moment, imagining Terry saying something like that to me. The softness in Julian’s

eyes kept me from falling to far into the fantasy.

I cleared my throat. “Don’t you find the trends of modern fashion tiresome? Not to mention wasteful. Why should I throw away a perfectly good dress simply because I have worn it once before.”

“A woman’s dress adds to her beauty. You wouldn’t put a rose inside a paper vase.”

“I wouldn’t pluck the rose at all.”

Julian’s mouth twitched upright. “Not even to show off its beauty. You’d keep it hidden away on some

bush in the corner of the garden?”

“Anyone who knows where the rose bush is, would know they could easily go see the beauty for

themselves. There’s no need to dress it up.”

Julian hummed.

I looked at him, surprised. “What? No good?”

“No, you did fine. The problem is we need to teach you to stop engaging with him at all.”

“How?”

like, ‘If you’ll

say that!” I started to

smiled wide. “He’d leave you alone for a minute, at least. Long enough

Susie or Mark, or whoever.”

be

tease him more, to get him to smile again. “Careful, Julian,

actually like me.”

Instead, he stared at me deeply, as if he was looking down into

of his mysterious past love, Bridget. I wondered if he was still in love with her.

how to ask, or if I should. I wasn’t

reached up his hand and cupped my cheek. It was a gentle touch, reverent almost, as

stare

and confusion,

was being surprisingly tender. He could be teasing me, or we could be playing

know.

felt like Julian was letting me see behind the curtain of

Lost.

didn’t know what to do or say to show

down to

started to lean in, as if to

this. He

wasn’t that

in his eyes sealed

he said, standing. He left the room without one more word, leaving me