The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0399

Chapter 0399

I stayed in my room from then out as much as I was able. Staying near Elva helped me keep in mind my promise to her. I would not abandon her again. And so long as I was in my room, I was safe from running into Nicholas and Bridget and seeing whatever was going on between the two of them unfold.

Elva seemed happy to have me near, and we played a lot, including the game I had promised where we sat in the window and counted the different kinds of birds we could see down in the gardens.

While Elva was awake and active, we had a great time. Even when her tutors arrived and she learned, I sat quietly and listened, proud of how smart my little girl was.

But times where Elva was entertaining herself, or like now, was lying down to rest, my thoughts began to fester and my jealousy burned so brightly it was difficult to control.

Charlotte noticed my unhappiness. She was always around, and as one of the servants, there was no hiding any gossip from her.

She tried to stay tight–l*pped around me for a time, and I appreciated her for it. But eventually, I cracked.

“What is everyone saying?” I asked.

She knew right away what I meant. “About Bridget and Nicholas?”

I nodded.

“The people think they would be a good match. They’ve totally enthralled the nation. There isn’t so much news about… that unpleasantness as before,” Charlotte said.

“The protests?”

“Still ongoing, but not quite as boisterous as before. If this was the royal family’s plan, it seems to be working.”

I could be grateful for that.

“What about the staff?” I asked. “What do they think about Bridget?”

star–struck,” said Charlotte. “Who can blame them? You think we’d all be used to seeing celebrities working here. But a movie star? That’s on an entirely different level somehow. And she has

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could be glad about that too. Someone who acted rude to the staff

was the hardest to ask. “Do you

wasn’t here then,” she

if you’ve

Charlotte admitted, after a moment. She worried her bottom l*p

I have to hear it Charlotte. I’d rather hear it from you than learn it on television or through

“Very well.”

I took seats facing each other near the sewing machines still arranged in the center

that, I gave Charlotte

said. “But apparently Bridget and Prince Nicholas were practically

She was holding something back.

“Charlotte?”

often held hands. One day, when she caught Bridget alone, Bridget told the cook that she was going to marry

later, Bridget’s family moved away and she went with them. From what I hear, Prince Nicholas was totally heartbroken. He wouldn’t leave

as it so often goes, time and distance continued to stretch things out between them. Visits grew farther apart. Phone calls were fewer. Eventually they grew apart. The cook says Nicholas turned into a different person after

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told me that’s about when Nicholas left home to

he met

moment, I just sat there quietly, letting Charlotte’s words sink down into my brain. I let

to find the ways that would hurt me the least,

as if Bridget had been Nicholas’s true love. His one that got away.

All those months

hurt far too much.

was just that his love for Bridget was

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