The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0397

I immediately looked to Nicholas. His eyes were wide, locked straight on Bridget. Beside him, Julian was equally flabbergasted.

Looking at Bridget, I found she was staring straight back. Her smile softened. She seemed more genuine than before.

At once, Nicholas and Julian broke out with big smiles of their own. Each cut straight through me.

“Isn’t that Bridget, the movie star?” Tiffany whispered from beside me. On the other side, Jessica grumbled, “What hope do any of us have now?”

Nicholas moved first. He rushed toward the edge of the platform and then hopped down. He all but ran to greet Bridget at her car. She held open her arms and then hugged.

“Shit,” Lilliana cursed. I wouldn’t agree with her on much, but in this, I felt our opinions were in tandem.

The cameras moved closer, eager to capture the reunion on film. Nicholas’s smile was brighter and happier than they usually see. Typically for the public, he was so reserved, but for Bridget, his old flame, he was more like the person that I knew.

They ended their hug but stayed near. They looked at each other. I couldn’t hear what they were saying from my distance, but it seemed friendly and familiar. At one point, they both started laughing.

The only person with a face more dire than my own in the crowd might have. been Julian. His smile at first seeing Bridget shifted into a grim sort of frown.

I remembered his stories about how Nicholas stole away his true love. I could see now, how that would have so fully upset him. My own heart felt like it was shattering into pieces.

But then Bridget looked past Nicholas to Julian and waved him closer. Like a golden retriever on a leash, his luminous smile immediately returned, and he hopped off the stage to join her. She pulled him into a hug too. He held her tightly.

My heart cracked in half twice.

In the distance, the protests of the crowd dimmed down with Bridget’s sudden arrival. Instead, they seemed at first confused, and then excited. A chant began, Bridget, Bridget!” like the deeds of the past were forgotten and gone, and all that

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mattered was the sudden arrival of a mega celebrity.

doing. Maybe Bridget’s arrival was what they needed to save themselves. And if her presence was what might

back a growl. My emotions were still running high. My wolf was pacing unhappily across my mind, her words a whisper in my

stands too closely to our

not our mate,

did not

Nathan came forward to with

microphone echoed through the area.

beautiful. “I’d like to thank the royal family for asking me to join the competition. And it is amazing to have so much support from my fans. I

One girl

Elva, and the other candidates were standing. She was introduced to us one at a

a compliment, but Bridget just smiled brighter. She’d likely heard any and all insults before. Maybe, coming here, she’d been expecting a few

you some amusement,” Bridget

smile, like she fully intended to outdo Bridget’s in

you, Bridget,” Lilliana said. I wondered if she might have

greeted Bridget without much

the

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her teeth.

well start packing my bags now. “Nonsense,” Bridget replied magnanimously. “We all have equal chance.” Tiffany

heart firmly tied

her smile was just as bright as it had been at the start, like meeting all these people was no great effort. Maybe as a superstar celebrity, she was used

she said and held out her hand. I shook it. Then she looked down at Elva, who watched her

Elva

lovely compliment from such a