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.

few minutes, I easily found Nicholas. All I really had to

waste bin between his

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

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

in the entire encounter did they look at me. Instead, they turned and scurried

knocked on the

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

I said, coming

lid. I dropped my gift basket onto the edge of the sink and came near him.

me see,” I

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

get it.” I set to work.

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

“Better?”

relief. “Yes. Thank

the sink. We’ll clean you

at me a little. “Yes,

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