The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0420

“Wonderful,” Bridget said with an even bigger smile than before.

It was a beautiful smile, all pearly white teeth. She looked every bit the part of the a–list actress. Her makeup was on point. Even her hair was perfectly styled. I wondered how many stylists traveled with her. It wasn’t unheard of to have a team around here. Many other

contestants did as well.

–

“I’m so happy that oh.” Bridget’s gaze snags on where Nathan is speaking with Jessica. They both look terribly unhappy. “I better go deal with that. We’ll talk more later.”

She quickly walks away. As she approaches Nathan and Jessica, her presence immediately lightens the mood of both of them. Those frowns turn right into smiles.

Maybe it’s not such a wonder that Nathan is following her lead, after all. She really does know what she’s doing, in acting as well as deescalating situations. An impressive feat.

Nicholas approaches me next. I see him coming a long way off, but for Nicholas, I have no desire to run away, even with my heart still sore from the scene we shared together. That wasn’t his fault, and I was not about to blame him for it.

He stepped right up beside me, as we both watched Bridget work her magic over Nathan and Jessica. I expected him to restart our last conversation. We hadn’t finished talking when Bridget interrupted us.

did you think of my idea?”

my brow together, confused. “What was

Nicholas’s mouth twitched into a frown. “Didn’t Bridget tell you? About finding a

like she had come it all on her own. She hadn’t mentioned Nicholas

up

with

she did mention that,” I said, unsure whether

was simply a misunderstanding on my part. Maybe she did mention Nicholas and I just forgot. I’d have a hell of a time proving otherwise. And

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a misunderstanding. I had to hold

as hard as I could, I couldn’t quite get myself to

ignore my gut feelings but they keep piling up time after time.

just two different

maybe she really was up to

path. It had to be in my