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.

a few minutes, I easily found Nicholas. All I really had to do was follow the sound

bathroom 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

and it had been a servant. They held

they had obviously been trained to be obedient only to Terry, I knew this offering came with a risk to

encounter did they look

knocked on the wood

tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled long

I said, coming into the

my gift basket onto the edge of the sink and

me see,” I

“I got most of the glass out, but I can’t see

to work. The shard was clearly visible.

otherwise react as I quickly removed the glass and dropped

“Better?”

relief.

to the sink.

smirked at me a little. “Yes,

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