The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0581

He was demanding, his tongue insistent, his lips melding with mine. I clutched at his shoulders, holding on, as his hands traced long paths up and down the length of my back.

When we broke for air, I sighed against him. He laughed lightly as he kissed along my cheek to my ear.

"No more fears of what is between us," he said. "Because I am truly alive because of you."

"Oh, Nick..." I turned into him and sought out his lips this time.

After another kiss, and then another, we split far enough to rest our foreheads together. I closed my eyes, finding contentment here with him like this.

*Julian's right," Nicholas said, breaking the soft quiet between us.

I peeked open my eyes to look up at him.

"I have to treat you right, keep you happy, or I risk losing you. If not to Julian, then to someone else," Nichols said. "You are precious, Piper. There are many people who would be ready and willing to scoop you up if I fumbled even once."

I smiled and shook my head lightly. "You can't think you would lose me so easily."

He sighed as he looked away. "I fear I am already

him, "and I refuse to

little. "You're right. What we should be doing is getting you off this damned boat. I can't wait to get you

help but

having noticed our intimate moment had been courteous in letting us have a few moments alone above deck. They nodded at me now as we passed them. They each wore soft smiles. I wondered how much

the others had moved onto the deck. There I found Elva, I

Mommy?"

"Nothing," I said.

wet? Did you go for

God. I had forgotten I was still soaked through, and now I'd gotten Elva wet as well. I had just been so happy to

"I'm sorry," I said.

"It'skay," she said,

book pages. Now she was showing me her work. She was getting better at

day,"

it," Julian said. "I don't know about everyone else, but I'm ready to go