The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0458

“I’m sorry…” I began.

She shook her head minutely, wordlessly telling me that my reasons didn’t bother her. “ This is your chance to vent before I return to my studies.”

I wouldn’t let this opportunity pass me by. “I assume you have heard the rumors about Julian and me…”

“That you had sex in the woods, yes.”

Her bluntness made me blush.

I cleared my throat. “Yes, well… They aren’t true.” Then, I told her the rest. That, after running into Bridget in Nicholas’s room, I needed an escape and Julian had offered one. I told her exactly what happened, some light flirting and some fun but no sex.

Veronica listened quietly. When I had finished, she said, “Have you considered dating Julian for real?”

The suggestion surprised me, since by nature of the competition, Veronica was ultimately here to win Julian’s hand.

you’d

if nurtured that way, but… if I

admission warmed me. Veronica was a true

this encouragement, I reflected inward and more

is… temptation,” I

but he was also a bit wild and unpredictable. Sometimes hanging out with him felt

with Bridget. We’ve both admitted that we’re

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to the side. She took some time, as if carefully considering her words, and then looked

each other to heal,”

to imagine it: holding Julian’s hand, cuddling beside him, kissing him…

terrible. But each one left a

much as I liked Julian, I would rather be holding Nicholas’s hand, or cuddling Nicholas, or

Veronica’s words, I wasn’t so convinced by them.

Veronica in search of Elva and her nanny, I