The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0544

Eventually, though, we both gave in to our more mature impulses and separated so Nicholas could get dressed. He slipped on his shorts, and then held up the shirt that had been our blanket.

It was almost certainly ruined: wrinkled and covered in sand, with a few mystery wet spots here and there. He rolled it up into a tight ball and held it in his hand.

I lifted a brow at him.

*I think I'd only generate more questions by wearing this as it is," he said.

Yeah, he was probably right.

Back home, the two of us returning from somewhere with him being shirtless would have people wondering, but here, we were surrounded by beach and ocean. Sunbathing could be a perfectly logical explanation for his state of dress - or rather, undress.

No one should really think better of it.

knew the truth of Nicholas's and

to bother thinking about her at

with a sigh. "Let's get

very least, I needed to check in with Elva, make sure she was

apart. Side by side, we walked out of the alcove and around the beach. We went the opposite way from the deck where most likely everyone else had gathered. Near

and touching my

the house opened. Selma appeared, with Charlotte behind her. Three more servants, larger men, walked around Charlotte: one at either side of her and then one behind. Update

- which wasn't overly difficult. He must have let me go. Then I

me, even as the other servants kept her ever

to intercept me. "Remember the quarantine!" Selma said. She held out her arms, blocking my path. She was slighter than me, I could have likely overtaken her. But that didn't seem appropriate. Even if I did, even if I fought all of them, Charlotte wouldn't be allowed to stay. In that case, we'd both have

had here, especially when I had

quickly moved to my side. He didn't touch me again, but he stood silently beside me in