The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0442

Neither of us pulled away though.

At least, not until Bridget’s voice sounded behind me. “Nicholas! It’s time for our romance scene.”

Nicholas released my hands and I pulled them back to my sides, just as Bridget came to a stop beside me.

If she had noticed our closeness, which she must have from her closeness, she was pretending she hadn’t. She simply beamed her bright smile all for Nicholas.

My nerves prickled once again. Yes, Nicholas had told me that he would only kiss the people he wanted to, but in the shine of Bridget’s presence and under the lights of the stage, who knew what would happen? The script called for a kiss. They were supposed to kiss.

Would Nicholas truly turn his back on the character? On the play itself? On Bridget?

She batted her eyelashes at him now. “Ready, lover?”

My thoughts fizzled into ash. I felt suddenly faint.

getting into character, Piper.” She winked at

admit that I absolutely detested her character

Nicholas’s were both in their own relationships at the start, only for them both to claim they never loved their partners

trying to save her relationship. And while some of her actions

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love she thought she had been cultivating for the past years.

it much thought until now, but maybe the audience and Nicholas were right.. Maybe his

Nicholas was so miserable to

said, turning her smile to Nicholas once again.

then looked at me. The green in his eyes was barely visible in the dark of the backstage,

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me something, and while I didn’t always understand the message behind his eyes, this time, I was fluent enough in Nicholas to

heart is with you.

words as clearly as if he had just said them aloud to me.