The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0462

“No,” Julian said: “There’s no way Bridget would start that rumor.‘

I pressed my lips hard together and lowered my head so I wouldn’t have to look him in the eye. I hadn’t talked to him since the morning out in the gardens. He didn’t know all the new things I had heard from Bridget herself.

She had been so entirely indifferent to him and me sleeping together. After she ‘came to my rescue‘ against Nathan, she had literally told me she didn’t care if we had slept together or not. I knew then that those words would hurt Julian, just as I did now. I still didn’t want to tell him.

“It was her,” Veronica said. “I’m sure of it.”

Having suspected Bridget from the start, though hoping I was wrong, I believed Veronica. Bridget and Nicholas were the only two who knew I had been out late that night, other than Brian. But I couldn’t imagine Brian would say a word. And Nicholas wouldn’t lie to himself about this.

It could have only been Bridget from the start.

Julian, however, was having a hard time accepting that. His smile faded, as it so often did when it came to Bridget. Without a word, he turned toward the door. He stopped only to gently pat Elva on the head, then he rushed out into the hallway.

after him for a moment. Then I looked

you think he’ll be

as if he’s been dealing with these feelings a long time.”

do that,” she said. She glanced at the door again, which was now closed. There was no lingering presence of him in the room.

high as before. “Please pack both

closet still. Why don’t I show you? One looks like it has a little tutu,

door opened wide. I would join them

you,” I said. “You didn’t have to go to Julian about

of reasons I felt you should join us,” Veronica said. “One of them is that I

the first didn’t have

been cleaning up around Elva’s tea party now that she moved, smiled as she too came to

us and into the closet. She returned with a bag from a name brand clothing store. “I suspected this might come

into the bag and then procured two different swimsuits, one a nice, conservative one–piece, the other, a more risqué two–piece that would show much of my curves, top

was looking at him curiously. “Er… assets.” He

wear what you are

when you took your clothes off and jumped into that