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

hand. Looked like I was going to lose at go fish too as

Bridget play cards?” I asked.

a hair. “I’m not sure.” He placed down two matching

unfair that he had no idea if the

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

but the longer we spent together, the more I wasn’t sure if

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

the garden. His gaze cast over the flowers and the fields before he spotted me and Julian at our small two

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

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

huffier than I meant. “Today isn’t about

about us?”

had gotten to be such good friends. Maybe it