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."

my pocket near doubled, and

Mark. And Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room with your parents," I said. Susie's eyes went wide as saucers.

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

laughed a little

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,

"True."

who I

little. "I talk about you often. You were my first

grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to

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

looked at it and

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

plucked the ring from my palm and held it up closer to her, to inspect it.

her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she

even if that didn't matter to

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

the ring for another minute

want to see him," she

we didn't need the butler to guide

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

I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying.

*Susie..." her mom said.

his gaze dropped to her hand, where

the word

to Susie's parents, closer

a deep bow. "Please allow me to marry your

parents both

daughter," Mark said. "I cannot

of her condition!" Susie's

She touched her

mine. And I would raise it as my child, with

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