Chapter 0266

Where could I hide? Behind the desk? But wouldn’t that be the first place someone would go to if they came to this room? There weren’t many other spots to hide. A couple of high–back chairs were dotted around, but they wouldn’t provide much cover.

“Piper?”

My thoughts came to a screeching halt.

That was Nicholas’s voice.

I rushed back to the door. “Nicholas?”

“Oh, thank God,” came Nicholas’s voice, muffled with the barrier between us.

“How did you know I was in here?”

“I was snooping around. When I didn’t see you with the tour group, I came looking for you.”

“Did they move on without me?” I asked. If they had, Terry likely immediately noticed my absence.

“The servants were taking them back, from what I could tell,” Nicholas said. “Terry wasn’t with them.”

A pit opened in my stomach. Did that mean he was looking for me too?

“I want to get out of here,” I said, fear apparent in my voice, even to me.

“Step back, Piper.‘

“What are you going to do?”

to get you out of there.”

door! I rushed away at

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

the hell do you think

in there. I’m getting

making it clear we’ve snooped through the room. Stop.

in

came close to the door again.

civilized person,” Julian said back. “Just

The lock clicked.

said with pride. “There we go. No brute force

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

and the door pushed open. Suddenly, Nicholas

down, his face serious. Julian smirked.

Piper.

moved between them both, and pulled them both into a hug at the same time. My relief was palpable. I had been even more scared

Terry had found me first…

longer than they needed to. For a long, special moment we stood together, united in our relief and happy with our reunion. Then, too soon, we began to separate.

his absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms around me, holding me closer.

get going,” I

my uncle’s office,” Julian said,

anything in here.”

Julian held up a finger. “But did you look in the

I stepped away from each other.

the drawers,” I said.

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