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

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

wouldn't have let him inside, he

laughed a little at

at your door might open the way. My presence

"True."

who

little. "I talk about you often. You

hurt to hear

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

looked at it

her. "He

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

of her features. Then, in the next,

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

"Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want,

at the ring for another minute or two, before she

want to see

both headed for the doorway. With Susie leading, we

slid the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile.

Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself off when Susie and I returned

*Susie..." her mom said.

and his on her. Then his

word overflowing with obvious

moving closer to Susie's

deep bow. "Please allow

both went

am in love with your daughter," Mark said. "I cannot live without

know of her condition!"

She touched her husband's arm. "He

And I would raise it

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