The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0503 My entire body goes numb at Julian's words. The whole world had seen Nicholas, live, strip down and roll over.

Everyone must have been speculating what they saw. Was there even any question? What else could we have been doing but what we did? God, I never wanted to be in a pit again, but I still half-wanted the earth to open up and swallow me whole, so that I wouldn’t have to live with this absolute mortification.

people already speculated so much about my relationship with Nicholas and with Julian. This only added more fuel to the fire,

julian watched my reaction with a curious, probing glance. Whatever my face looked like made him start to I smile like the devil that he was.

“Why, Piper,” he said, his voice sing- song and teasing. “Did something happen in that cave that you might not want the public to know about?” The blood rushed to my face so fast that I felt dizzy. “How much did the cameras show?” I asked. How much did it hear? I couldn’t bring myself to ask the second question aloud, but it still rattled around in my heart, echoing through my mind on an endless loop.

Embarrassment swelled up inside of me. I felt like I might be sick.

Julian, still watching me, noticed when his teasing didn’t land the right away

He'd likely thought he'd earn a blush, not the kind of near-death reaction I was currently having.

“Hey,” he said.

He placed his hand on my shoulder. His smile was still present, but it softened from its dagger’s edge sharpness.

Instead, now it seemed endeared and comforting. Maybe he was having mercy on me, thank God.

«The rain was too heavy for the sound to pick up anything else,” Julian said.

«And as soon as Nicholas rolled over, the view in the cave was too dark to see anything specific. The most anyone could see was some shifting shadows.

It certainly wasn’t enough to confirm anything sexy went on in that cave.” «please don't say it like that.” I buried

mv face in my hands. His wor ds brought me relief, but even though the mortification wore off, the embarrassment stayed.

This was closer to Julian's wheelhouse, and his sharp smirk returned. He waggled his eyebrows playfully.

it then, Piper?”

groaned loudly, the sound

Julian laughed and laughed.

admit it, but

was such a good friend to

I was grateful he had come

of his one sided feelings

lifelong commitment to one-sided feelings, julian was going to need more than a few

slide toward her. She was side-eyeing me. When I caught her looking, she quickly looked

glances seemed particularly pleasant. I certainly didn’t get the impression that she was worried about me. Instead,

because I was in

seen the footage, then likely so had Bridget. She had therefore seen Nicholas remove his clothes. She had likely speculated what

personally knew Nicholas and me, and already suspected our closeness, she likely speculated

suddenly felt

was a minefield on the best of days. When I was already

to stay up and wait for Nicholas

needed to find rest or my

me rest, one way or

out on the deck

need to go lay

softened once more. “Yeah. I imagine you're tired.” Then he reached

I

needed to make it up to my

was safe. Veronica was watching her, and the

rested on the beach, I'd be asleep in

over his heart with his finger, marking

said, relieved I had so many friends to protect me