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

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 glass

been

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

in the entire encounter did they look at

on the wood and

suddenly tense. When he saw it was

said, coming into the room.

gift basket onto the

me see,” I

most of the glass out, but I can’t see the underside as well. There’s one piece stuck

I set to work.

otherwise react as I quickly removed the glass and dropped it into the

“Better?”

in relief. “Yes.

sink. We’ll clean you up.”

me a little. “Yes, ma’am.”

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