The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0427

I wanted to say no with every fiber of my being. But when I look at Elva, I noticed she was watching me with doe eyes, taking in my every expression Did she actually want to call Bridget Auntie? Was she simply reading my negative energy, and that was what had been making her uncomfortable?

I tried to remember Elva’s face as she had interacted with Bridget and Nicholas. She had been having fun. Was it genuine? It could have been.

Maybe I was the stick in the mud here. My distrust of Bridget was

hindering my daughter and dictating the people she could grow closer to.

Bridget had given me no real reasons to distrust her. A handful of

confusing things mixed with more feelings than facts. Maybe I was simply being jealous.

If Elva likes Bridget, and Bridget has shown only kindness to Elva, maybe I was the asshole here.

Nicholas began to walk closer. He was in earshot now.

He trusted Bridget with his life with Elva’s life. Since I trusted him, that should make her trustworthy by proxy.

At the end of the day, this was just a title. A nickname. It wasn’t christening Bridget as Elva’s actual aunt. It wasn’t even saying they had to spend all that much more time together.

Again, I looked down to Elva. “Elva, you should do whatever you are comfortable with, okay? If you want to call Bridget Auntie, it’s up to you.”

I loved my daughter with an undying ferocity, but even I did not know the innermost workings of her heart. If she liked Bridget enough to want her to be Auntie, I wouldn’t stand in the way of that. Though I would be watching

hawk–like from a near distance.

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dangers we’ve faced, and with all the dangers still out there,

continued to watch me long after I’d finished speaking. I worked hard to keep

cotton candy.”

to Bridget instead.

want to think about it,” Elva said.

hid it behind her hand. She wasn’t really a part of the conversation, so she easily passed it off as something

smile startled straight off of her face. She clearly hadn’t been expecting that. As a celebrity, she was likely used to being admired and adored. Who knew the last time someone had actually turned down one of

she would throw away her entire character. I loved this little girl with the entirety

of my nerves at once. Was she trying to manipulate my daughter? “It would make

placing my hand on Elva’s shoulder, tugged her a little closer to me

her decision,” I

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her,

she needs time to think about it. She should have that,

went through a serious of different expressions, like she couldn’t quite decide which

denying that. But maybe she lost herself somewhere on the way. Did she even

landed on her usual bright smile, just in time for Nicholas

asked, likely noticing the tension.

into me, half–hiding in the

me Auntie,” Bridget said to him. “I almost

she wanted to think about it,” I said, filling in that key detail that

“Elva isn’t obligated to you, or to anyone, Bridget, except her mother.

suppose I did get carried away there.” She laughed as she looked to me. “I’m sorry for my overstep, Piper.”

but didn’t

“Oh, I see Nathan waving for me. producer’s work is never done!” She laughed again as she

to fit. Bridget had more or less