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

Every plan we put in place. Ruined! Piper is a candidate, and you are a prince, but you are not the correct one. We built Piper with Julian, and the

They would forgive any altercation but her.”

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

be with me, and not Julian. Then no one would be embarrassed – ”

son, the prince most likely to wear my crown someday, dating a commoner? Ridiculous. Our family would never recover from the embarrassment.” He shook his head. ” You need to stop seeing, or fooling

this battle. No, I wouldn’t be a coward. For Piper, I had to fight harder, even against the man whose

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

startled. I didn’t think I’d ever said that to

say?” he asked, like he

I would not betray Piper. “I said, no. Piper is

and looked at me like I was a different person. A stranger. An enemy. He narrowed his eyes. I felt my skin itch. Going against my father went against

was important enough to rebel for.

more unnerving than the yelling.