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

me long after I’d finished speaking. I worked hard to keep my face a blank slate, so as not to Influence her decision.

like, sweetie?” Bridget asked, voice like cotton candy.” Wouldn’t you like

to Bridget instead. Then

want to think about it,” Elva said.

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

hadn’t been expecting that. As a celebrity, she was likely used

she would throw away her entire character. I loved this little girl with the entirety of my heart, but every day I was surprised when there seemed to somehow,

all 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

made her decision,”

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up to her, Piper,” Bridget

said she needs time to think about it. She should

different expressions, like she couldn’t quite decide which to land on.

what her own feelings were underneath. She was a good actress, there was no denying that. But maybe she lost herself somewhere on the way. Did she even recognize her own true feelings anymore?

just in time

asked, likely noticing the tension.

in the skirts

trying to convince Elva to call me Auntie,” Bridget said to him. “I almost have her!”

it,” I said, filling in that key detail that Bridget

to Bridget, he said, “Elva isn’t obligated to you, or to anyone, Bridget, except her mother. If she’s not comfortable with it, you need to let

was before. Higher even, somehow. “Of course, you are right, Nicholas,” she said. “I suppose I did get carried away there.” She laughed as she looked to me. “I’m sorry for my overstep, Piper.” And then to

but didn’t say anything.

glanced back at the room. “Oh, I see Nathan waving for me. producer’s work is never done!”

official or not, the term seemed to fit. Bridget had more or less taken over the entire production. It was kind of her to let