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

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

play cards?” I

He placed down two matching

he had no idea if

was another point I wanted to prove. The right person for him would try to

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

so long, he had no

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 Julian at our small

his arm

pile, then

than

us?” Julian asked.

didn’t know why it 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