The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0534

Julian frowned a little too, sitting down, but he quickly schooled his face and looked at me. He wanted to get down to business then. Trying to distract him by discussing the comfortability of the furniture was likely to fail.

*Bridget walked in on Nicholas and me last night," I said.

Julian's eyes sparkled with mischief. "And just what were you and my dear brother up to at that time?"

*Julian, be serious," I said, only barely containing my eye roll.

"That means you were doing exactly what I suspect," he said.

*Julian," I chided.

His mischievousness fell away. "I am serious now. I'm just trying to gauge what Bridget saw exactly, if there's any way to spin it to convince her it wasn't what she thinks it was."

"There's no way to spin this," I said. "Trust me."

Julian hummed thoughtfully. "Well, shit."

"Yeah."

to expose

would do that, for Nicholas's sake. But she said other stuff instead, like how disappointed she was." He exhaled slowly and lowered my head. The next thing was harder to say.

"Bullshit," Julian said.

feelings, I couldn't deny the subtle truth in those hurts hurt

asked. "I wouldn't want my daughter to be secretly sneaking around with

brow pulled together. "Who

cruel to give me hope, so I gave Julian a dubious

serious," he doubled

Bridget is right about this. Nicholas will never marry me, no matter what

Piper.

with Nicholas was not something my heart was ready to face. I didn't know if I could ever face that, not when the

me with concern in his eyes, and that somehow made everything worse. "If he is to be king, he will need a woman beside him who can support him, whether he... cares deeply about her or not. We

that. But I still