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..."

a limited amount of shame. "I'm not the one kissing a prince in

"They

look. This time she

I sighed.

Elva from any further thoughts

Nicholas for a hug. "Why are you here?" she asked,

make sure you and your mom

seemed reasonable to Elva,

of 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

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

met before. The producer had been around. But something about Prince Nicholas's presence this time seemned to upset him.

people in 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 crew might try to capture my

a few shots of Elva playing with her toys, and

find him. He was leaning against the counter, a

Nicholas," I said, careful to keep my voice low. "Why in the world would you

sneaked closer then, and he smiled as, after checking no one was locking, leaned in

thought I'd have Nicholas

prince, sneaking secret

dangers lurking so near. We couldn't risk the

his way to my

I get you back to the palace," I

back to look at him. "You

couldn't stay away. I had to

but... the inability to stay away from each other

a feature of

couldn't dare wish that Nicholas,

mating bond with me.