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

couldn’t say that!” I started to

smiled wide. “He’d leave you alone for

even Susie or

can never be

wanted to tease him more, to get him

actually like me.”

me deeply,

love, Bridget. I wondered if he was still in

or if I should. I wasn’t sure why it mattered to

up his hand and cupped my cheek. It was a

to stare at

embarrassment and confusion, but I didn’t pull

could be teasing me, or we could be playing still.

know.

the curtain of him, for just a moment.

Lost.

know what to do or say to show him

dropped down to my

in, as if to kiss

flinching back. He couldn’t mean this.

I wasn’t that

The vulnerability in his

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