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

open. He sat on top of the closed toilet lid with a small waste bin between his knees,

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

way they had obviously been trained to be obedient only to Terry, I knew

they look at me. Instead, they turned and scurried

the door, I knocked on the wood

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

coming into

the closed toilet lid. I dropped my gift basket onto the edge of the sink and came

see,” I

of the glass out, but I can’t see

work. The shard

react as I quickly

“Better?”

sighed in relief.

over to the sink.

smirked at me a little. “Yes, ma’am.”

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255