The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0431

“Maybe we should try a different game,” Julian said. “Something easier.”

“Like what?” I asked.

“Go fish,” he said, and we both laughed. A game for children might have been more fitting, honestly. At least then, I might have stood a chance. I had no proof but I had a feeling, just knowing Julian, that he had been counting cards at poker.

As he started to deal for our competitive game of go fish, I said to him, “See

this is how it should be.”

He side–eyed me. “How do you mean?”

“Easy. Being with the person meant for you should be easy, just like this. Fun and silly. Full of more laughter than heartache.”

lian hummed as he set down the deck. I checked my cards. I had a truly

go fish too as badly as poker. Julian would never let me live

play cards?” I asked.

He placed down two matching cards. He was already ahead of me. Of course.

seemed unfair that he had no idea if the person

good. But this was another point I wanted to prove. The right person for him would try to learn his favorite games, just because he liked them. She

wished I could make him see, but the longer we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if any of

Bridget, like he’d harbored them so long, he had no idea

walk out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small two person table.

touch his

said. He plucked a card from the pile, then dropped three three’s. “He looks

him look,” I said, huffier than I meant. “Today isn’t about him.”

about us?” Julian asked.

was so important to me to Save Julian from his unrequited romance. Maybe it was because we had gotten to be such good friends.