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 follow the sound of

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

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

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

nodded. Not once in the entire encounter did they look at me. Instead, they turned and scurried

I knocked on the wood

second, body suddenly tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled long and slow,

coming into the

gift basket onto

me see,” I

toward me. “I got most of the glass out, but I can’t see the underside as well. There’s one piece stuck in there, I can feel it.‘

it.” I set to work. The

react as I quickly removed the glass

“Better?”

in relief. “Yes. Thank

the sink. We’ll

a little. “Yes, ma’am.”

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