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.

already suspected what was going to happen. Bridget might as well, especially now that she knew the truth of Nicholas's and my intimacy. But frankly, at this particular moment, I couldn't be asked

bother thinking about her

kissed me again, then he pulled back with a sigh. "Let's get going

but... Well, at the very least, I needed to check in with Elva, make sure she was

beach. We went the opposite way from the

and touching

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

which wasn't overly difficult. He

her head to look at me, even as the other servants kept her ever

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 to

allies I had here, especially when I had no

but he stood silently