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."

the ring in my pocket near doubled, and I regretted

And Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room with your parents," I said.

would have kept him away. If your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have scaled the walls and climbed through

a little at

door might open the way.

"True."

parents knew who I

blushed a little. "I talk about

into another hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so sweet

to give you this." I held my palm out with the ring

looked at it

I told her.

closer to her, to inspect it. She touched it with only her

her features. Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?" I asked

if they did. Or even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing his whole life away with this.

her. "Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want, Susie, you can't let

tears. She continued looking at the

to see him,"

Susie leading, we

the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile. When she saw it, she

consistently said "Susie's father

*Susie..." her mom said.

on Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her

word overflowing with

Susie's parents,

said, dropping into a deep bow.

both went

love with your daughter," Mark

her condition!" Susie's father

was quicker. She touched her husband's arm. "He

mine. And I would raise

man," Nicholas said. "He is my Beta and a loyal man