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

I was going to lose at go fish too as badly as poker. Julian would never let me live

cards?”

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

cards. It seemed unfair that he had no idea if the person he thought was his true love even liked it.

The right person for him would try to learn his favorite games, just because

more I wasn’t sure

with his feelings for Bridget, like he’d harbored them so long, he had no idea how else to

continued to play, and Julian continued to beat me at cards, I noticed Nicholas walk out into the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and

touch his

the pile, then dropped three

I said, huffier than

about us?” Julian asked.

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