The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0443

Chapter 0443

“Hi, Piper!” Susie said, suddenly rushing past me. “Bye, Piper!” She took the stairs of the stage.

Bridget’s gaze never left mine. She didn’t say anything more, just winked at me, then turned to follow Susie up the stairs.

I stared after her for a few long moments, shaken inside and out. Just what had Bridget meant by that? A true kiss of passion, she’d said. With Nicholas?

No. I couldn’t believe it. Nicholas had said he won’t kiss anyone he didn’t want to, and I couldn’t let Bridget’s words shake my faith and trust in him.

But what if Bridget was someone he wanted to kiss. The lights of the stage could be intoxicating, and Bridget was a good actress. If anyone could convince a man to kiss her, it would be Bridget.

My stomach twisted into tight knots. Maybe I shouldn’t watch at all. Maybe I should just return to the sitting room with Elva and wait for Susie to tell me what happened.

Yes, that was what I would do. Decided, I turned away from the stairs, only to notice a figure lingering at the other side of the backstage, half in shadow. No one really went to that side, since this side was far more convenient.

Yet I recognized that shadvenient

Julian.

My worries dimmed a little under the wave of determination that rolled over me now. I still needed to talk to him, and here he was. We could speak privately there, and an escape would not be easy for him.

Resolved, I started toward him.

Onstage, the scene began, with Bridget talking to Susie. Susie delivered her one line. Her voice trembled with obvious fear, yet she still managed to say the words. I was proud of her. I would tell her later. But for now…

“Julian, we need to talk,” I said.

Julian didn’t even glance at me. His eyes were glued to the stage.

I said,

he just shush

his line of sight, blocking his view of the stage. Face

as I wanted to avoid it. Was he some kind of masochist? Liked the pain? Or was this way of dealing with the potential rejection? Did he need to see Bridget and Nicholas interact like some kind of proof? Even if it was only an act.

stand in his way, if this was what he felt he needed.

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though, and wouldn’t put it past him to try to sneak away again. So I reached out and clenched his wrist

makeshift window and was sharing romantic words with Bridget. The scene made my stomach clench no matter how many times I witnessed

even more than before. It wasn’t like him to

promised Nicholas I would speak with him, but I would want to anyway. Even if I didn’t want the truth about

“Julian…” I whispered.

not looking at me. “I’m watching

closed my mouth again. He really did want

I had to be

kiss. Beside me, Julian tensed. I tensed too,

couldn’t see Nicholas’s face from here, only Bridget’s. She looked up at him with such pure devotion in her eyes. She was a great

they leaned in toward each other.

breath caught in my

No. Don’t.

moment, Nicholas turned his head and kissed Bridget on the cheek.

relief pushed through me.

face to center him,

began to wildly cheer. So much

gently placed his hand over mine, and I realized how tightly I was holding him. Still, I couldn’t force

length of the kiss. He looked like a statue, unmoving. When Bridget pulled back,

But then she corrected herself. She

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