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?”

“Oh, something like, ‘If you’ll excuse

that!” I started to

leave you alone for a minute, at least. Long enough for you

Susie or Mark, or whoever.”

never be alone with

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

actually like me.”

at me deeply, as if he was looking down into

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

if I should. I wasn’t sure why

up his hand and cupped my cheek. It was

stare

face burned with embarrassment and confusion, but

teasing me, or we could be

know.

me see behind the curtain of him, for just a moment.

Lost.

or say to show him the path

dropped down to

in,

flinching back. He couldn’t mean this. He was either

I wasn’t that

his eyes sealed away behind a

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