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

lose at go fish too as

play cards?” I asked.

downward, just a hair. “I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching cards. He was already ahead

seemed unfair that he had no idea if the person he thought was

I wanted to prove. The right person for him would try to learn

wished I could make him see, but the longer we spent together, the more

his feelings for Bridget, like he’d harbored them so long, he

I noticed Nicholas walk out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian

in how a girlfriend should act included being more touchy feely. I had been making efforts to touch his

us,” Julian said. He plucked a card from the pile, then dropped three three’s. “He looks rather annoyed

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

about us?”

to be such good friends. Maybe it was because, unlike me