The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0455

Not long after I parted with Julian and returned to my room to change, I was alerted that the candidates were to report to the foyer to receive the results of the theater event. I had expected the results to come quickly, but this seemed extra fast.

Though with Bridget the professional actress among the group, maybe the royal family and the producers didn’t need all that much time to determine who deserved the highest ranking.

Running on zero sleep, I was tired as I changed into fresh clothes and moved a little slower than usual as I headed down to the foyer.

Mark must have told Susie about the fight between Nicholas and Julian because no sooner had I entered the room, then she came rushing up to me.

She looped her arm through one of mine and asked, “What happened?”

“I don’t know what to say,” I said. “Nicholas saw Julian and me coming out of the woods and attacked Julian right away. He barely said anything, and he didn’t listen to reason.‘

“He must have been furious,” Susie said.

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“He was,” I agreed. “But if he would have just listened to me, I could have told him that nothing happened between Julian and me…”

Susie blinked, startled, like she hadn’t been expecting that. “Nothing happened?”

Now I was startled and looked at her in shock. “You thought something had?”

Susie looked a little sheepish, like she was embarrassed by what she had thought. “That’s what all the rumors are saying?”

“Rumors?” I gasped. Who the hell was going around talking about this? Julian wouldn’t have said a word, and I doubted Nicholas would have.

“I didn’t believe them at first,” Susie said, “But after Mark told me about the fight this morning, I wasn’t so sure they were false anymore. Nicholas isn’t the type to fight over nothing, no matter how on edge Mark says he is.”

had been pushed too far and was starting to crack under the pressure. It wasn’t any of my business anymore, Bridget had made

tell you about

from people talking. Everyone was saying it,” Susie said. “I have no idea who started it.”

with Julian all night

air of innocence, and when our eyes met, she smiled kindly, as

especially after her words this morning. I didn’t know what else to do but

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my free hands and wave

don’t think…” Susie whispered.

don’t know,” I

and took to the stage. He had cameras with him this

Jessica, who seemed to have bonded over their shared stage experience. I wasn’t opposed to having more friends, so I

up to the microphone, then tapped on it to get our attention. We all

written side hidden from both us and the cameras. “There have been some shifts in the current rankings of our

began clapping, then indicated that the rest of us should join him. Some did, politely. I did, a little. As did Susie, Tiffany, and Jessica. Veronica abstained, as well as Olivia

likely pretending she didn’t notice those

performance, of course, stole the show. Absolutely wonderful, Bridget. You are a truly talented artisan,

zoomed in on her face.

Nathan cleared his throat as he consulted his paper. “This, of course, brings Bridget straight to the top of the rankings, and bumps down Olivia from the lead, as well as

one, he named a candidate and then gave a brief critique of their performance during the event and how it

was so brief, she received a medium amount of points. This, fortunately, moved her up closer to center in

to manage her voice on the stage, dropped down to the bottom. She seemed visibly upset. Jessica, who did much better, patted her shoulder

comfort.

be my

role was unreliable. Your character on stage seemed more

like

played. It seemed as if you were constantly distracted.

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