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."

of the ring in my pocket near doubled, and I regretted holding it back even

know. Mark. And Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room with your parents," I said. Susie's

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

laughed a

at your door might open the way. My presence was required for this. It is, after all, more likely they'd

"True."

parents knew who I was..."

about you often. You were my

Though how much it hurt to hear she had such

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

at it and

says it's overdue," I told her.

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

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

even if they did. Or even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing

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

looking at the ring for

to see

the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the

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

Prince Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself

*Susie..." her mom said.

eyes were on Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze

said, the word overflowing

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

a deep bow. "Please allow me to

parents both

love with your daughter," Mark

of her condition!"

quicker. She touched her husband's arm.

And I would raise it as my

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