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?”

something like, ‘If you’ll excuse

say that!”

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

Or even Susie or Mark, or whoever.”

be alone

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

actually like me.”

me deeply, as if he was looking

of his mysterious past love, Bridget. I wondered if

I should. I wasn’t sure

hand and cupped my cheek.

to stare

and confusion,

be teasing me,

know.

like Julian was letting me see behind the curtain of him, for just a moment. He

Lost.

or say to show him

to

lean in, as if to

couldn’t mean this. He was either teasing me

wasn’t that

vulnerability in his eyes sealed away behind a door of

you’ll excuse me,” he said, standing. He left the room without one