Chapter 0271

Terry narrowed his eyes a small margin. Julian had put him in a corner now. It would seem almost cruel to deny Piper, especially with Julian himself defending her.

“Hurry back,” Terry said, voice silky smooth for the watching cameras.

“I will,” I promised, a blatant lie, and hurried away from the table.

Outside the dining room, I turned to a lingering servant.

“Excuse me, can you direct me to the bathroom?”

But the servant, eyes downcast, gave no indication that he even heard me. This place was a hell–scape. God knew what these poor people endured on the regular.

I left the servant without a word and sought out the bathroom on my own.

I easily found Nicholas. All I really had to

door was halfway open. He sat on top of the closed toilet lid with a small waste bin between his knees, as he callously plucked the shards of

sudden tapping on my shoulder. I turned, and it had been a

been trained to be obedient only to

entire encounter did they look at me.

the door, I knocked on the wood and pushed

was on his feet in a second, body suddenly tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled long

coming into

gift basket

see,” I said.

I can’t see the underside as

set to work. The

clenched his teeth but didn’t otherwise react as I quickly removed the glass and

“Better?”

sighed in relief. “Yes. Thank

sink.

at me a little.

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