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."

near doubled, and I regretted holding it

the sitting room with your parents," I said. Susie's eyes went

your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have scaled the

laughed a little at

were 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,

"True."

who I was..."

blushed a little. "I talk about you often. You were my

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

from my pocket. "Mark told me to give you this." I

at it and

I told her. "He wants to

inspect it. She touched it with only her fingertips, treating it

a moment, pure awe covered her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?" I asked her, stepping

parents will never go for it," she said. "And even if they did. Or even if that didn't matter to

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

the ring

to see

we both headed for the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to guide us back downstairs to the

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

father was saying.

*Susie..." her mom said.

Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where she'd

he said, the word overflowing

stepped forward, moving closer to Susie's parents, closer than

dropping into a deep bow. "Please allow me

parents both

your daughter," Mark said. "I

know of her condition!" Susie's father

mother was quicker. She touched her

Mark confirmed. "The baby is mine. And I would raise it as

can vouch for this man," Nicholas said. "He is my Beta and a loyal man besides.