The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0622

The butler showed me to Susie's room, and then quickly excused himself outside of her door. When he was gone, I knocked.

"Go away!" Susie called in a watery voice. She was crying.

I knocked more insistently as I pushed open the door.

*I said -* she started, cutting herself off she say me. "Piper?"

"Hi, Susie," I said.

"Oh, Piper!" She was sitting at her desk, the tears running down her cheeks. As I entered the room, closing the door behind me, she jumped from the chair and ran to me.

We shared a hug. Relief flooded through me.

I stepped back after a moment, to look her over. She didn't seem too worse for wear. Other than the crying, she didn't show any signs of abuse or neglect.

"What are you doing here?" Susie sniffed. "I'm sure word has gotten around by now."

*Rumors don't matter. Come back to palace."

*If you've heard the rumors, you know why I can't."

"Everyone will forget, the moment you appear. They'll all just think it's gossip and it won't matter," I say. "Since Jessica is the only other contender for Joyce, you wouldn't even have to face elimination."

*Piper," she sounded so sad. "I can't come. It's just not rumors. My parents... They know the truth about me."

*How could they?" I asked. She wasn't showing yet. Sure they might suspect, but to have real proof?

"I told them," Susie said.

I startled, speechless.

"I didn't want to lie anymore about any of it," Susie said. "I don't want to have to pretend to have feelings for Joyce, when the only one I really want is Mark."

doubled, and I regretted holding

sitting room with your

have kept him away. If your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have

laughed a little at

able to stop him before he did anything drastic. Nicholas had a plan, as he always does, that his arrival at your door might open the way. My presence was required for this. It is, after all, more

"True."

who

talk about you often.

Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so sweet and kind, she deserved so

the ring from my pocket. "Mark told me to give you this." I held my palm out with the ring

looked at it

it's overdue," I told her. "He wants to ask

to her, to inspect it. She touched it with only her fingertips, treating it as a

Then, in the next, she began to cry again.

did. Or even if that didn't matter to me, Mark

find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want, Susie, you

continued looking at the ring for

see

the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't

help my smile. When she saw

Prince Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father

*Susie..." her mom said.

and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to

said, the word overflowing with obvious

to Susie's

a deep bow. "Please allow me to marry

parents both went

in love with your daughter," Mark said.

don't know of her condition!" Susie's

mother was quicker. She touched her husband's

mine. And I would raise

is my Beta and a