The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0350

Nicholas

I was relieved to see Piper rush away, but I was also furious at myself. All my talk about protecting her, and I couldn’t stand up against my own father.

Julian was right. I was a coward. And my cowardice was what was going to cost me Piper in the end.

“Father,” I said, ready to try again. Piper wasn’t here anymore, so his anger should dowIL Maybe we if we just talked, I could reason with him.

“I don’t want to hear anything from you, Nicholas, except agreement for what I’m about to say.”

Except, his anger didn’t disappear. Instead, it simmered at a high boil. He didn’t shout anymore, but the ferocity in his voice left little room for argument.

“Do you have any idea how lucky we all are that it was me who caught you, and not the cameras? Have you considered the optics of this at all?”

‘Piper is a candidate in the contest, and I’m a prince. It would have been scandalous but

you are a prince, but you

by the public. They would forgive any altercation

you must be seen as strong, with a capable family behind you. Piper is an embarrassment to you, worse if she

with me, and not Julian. Then no

a commoner? Ridiculous. Our family would never recover from the embarrassment.” He shook his head. ” You need to stop seeing, or fooling around, or

had to fight harder, even against the man whose opinion and advice I

braced my shoulders, and I said, “No.”

visibly startled. I didn’t think I’d ever said that to him before, and it showed in

you say?” he asked, like he

I would not betray Piper. “I said, no. Piper is important to me, and I’m not willing to give

a different person. A stranger. An enemy. He narrowed his eyes. I felt my skin itch. Going

was important enough to

silence stretched. It was more unnerving