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

was going to lose at go fish too as badly as poker. Julian would

Bridget play cards?”

“I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching cards. He was

idea if the person he thought was his true love even liked it.

admittedly, I wasn’t any 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 would want to try just to spend time

make him see, but the longer we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if any of my lessons were being

them so long,

over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small

girlfriend should act included being more touchy feely. I had been making efforts to touch his arm or his hand, to lean into him. Even now, my leg pressed against his under the table from knee

plucked a card from the pile, then dropped

than I meant. “Today isn’t about him.”

us?” Julian

was so important to me to Save Julian from his unrequited romance. Maybe it was because we had gotten to be such good friends. Maybe it was because, unlike me and my feelings for Nicholas, Julian had a chance to be free of