The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0618

Nicholas's lips were soft. His touch light, a barely there caress, as he held my face so near to his own.

I didn't register the sound of a door opening at first, so fully engrossed as I was with the man in front of me. It wasn't until I fluttered my eyes open and saw a figure walking past, that I startled into wakefulness.

It was a girl I didn't recognize, wearing an oversized hoodie and shorts. She had wireless headphones over her ears with the music blasting. She must have been the new roommate because my old bedroom door was opened.

Theld my breath, expecting some kind of reaction to seeing a prince and a woman she probably didn't know kissing in her living room, but the girl seemned totally unfazed.

She walked into the kitchen, retrieved a drink from the fridge, and then walked straight back into the bedroom without looking at us sideways.

Nicholas and I were in a frozen state of surprise, only broken once the girl closed her door. Then we looked at each other.

We were both confused and surprised. The romantic mood, however, was broken. Nicholas lowered his arms to my waist and kept them there, keeping me closer than too far apart.

"We should get Elva and Anna out here," Nicholas said. "I would like to spend more time with them."

I lifted a suspicious brow. "Why?"

Nicholas smiled. "I want to hear all the details of your life."

"They aren't all pretty..." I reminded him.

He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. I want to know everything about you, the good and the bad."

He was so sweet, I couldn't resist pressing myself up onto my tiptoes and kissing him one more time. Briefly, this time, so that we would not be interrupted. Then, I lowered myself back down.

"Elva will be happy to see you," I said. "Elva! Anna!"

They stumbled out of the other room so fast, it was as if they had been listening at the keyhole. Anna, I imagined, had been doing just that. Elva probably mimicked her without realizing what exactly they had been doing.

My cheeks burned red. "Anna..."

showing only a limited amount of shame. "I'm not the one kissing a

"They

look. This time she did look

I sighed.

any

to Nicholas for a hug. "Why are

make sure you and your mom were okay," Nicholas

seemed reasonable to Elva,

a surprise to the camera crew. The producer paled fiercely when he stormed into the apartment, ready to throw out orders about lighting and placement and what Anna and I should talk about, only to

not be recorded as being here," Nicholas said. "If you didn't mind, we should keep my

about Prince Nicholas's presence this time seemned to upset him. Maybe because now he couldn't just do whatever he wanted, treat us

power would want to treat those of us without this way. We shouldn't have needed Nicholas around to have some agency. Still, I was grateful for his presence. Now I wouldn't have to be so on-guard that the camera

of the day, interviews were given, as well as a few shots of Elva

was hiding in the kitchen, I sneaked in there to find him. He was leaning against the counter,

to keep my voice low. "Why in the world would

sneaked closer then, and he smiled as,

the kitchen. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I'd have Nicholas here in my modern life. When I had left him at the Academy, I had thought I'd never

even as a prince, sneaking secret kisses to me behind the

really, with the dangers lurking so near. We couldn't risk the

kissed his way to my

get you back to the palace,"

to look at him. "You came

he said. "I couldn't stay away. I had to be close to

inability to stay

of the

that Nicholas, a

mating bond with me.