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.

really had to do was

lid with a small waste bin between his knees, as he callously plucked the shards of glass from his hand and

turned, and it had been a servant. They held out a basket for me. Inside was cleaning wipes and

the gift quickly. “Thank you,” I said, heartfelt. With the way they had obviously been trained to be obedient only to Terry, I knew this

once in the entire encounter did they look at

the door, I knocked on the wood and pushed it

in a second, body suddenly tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled long and slow, and his whole body relaxed

I said, coming into the room.

gift basket onto the edge of the sink

see,” I said.

I can’t see

work. The

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

“Better?”

sighed in relief. “Yes. Thank you.”

the sink.

smirked at me a little. “Yes,

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