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?”

you’ll excuse me, Sir, I must

couldn’t say that!” I started to

smiled wide. “He’d leave you alone for

Nicholas. Or even Susie or Mark,

never be alone with

I wanted to tease him more, to get him to smile

actually like me.”

didn’t smile again. Instead, he stared at me deeply,

mysterious past love, Bridget. I

if I should. I wasn’t sure why

up his hand and cupped my cheek. It was a gentle touch,

stare

face burned with embarrassment and confusion, but I didn’t pull

tender. He could be teasing me, or we could be playing still. But

know.

curtain of him, for just a

Lost.

do or say to show him the

dropped down to my

started to lean in, as if to

this. He was either teasing

I wasn’t that kind of

The vulnerability in his eyes sealed away

He left the room