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."

pocket near doubled, and I regretted holding it

sitting room with your

think anything 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

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, more likely they'd let me in to see

"True."

who I was..." I

"I talk about you

into another hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear

ring from my pocket. "Mark told me to give you

looked at

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

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

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

will never go for it," she said. "And even if they did. Or even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing his whole life

I told her. "Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you

the ring for another minute or two, before she

to see him," she

With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to guide

I couldn't help my smile. When

said "Susie's father was saying. He

*Susie..." her mom said.

Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where she'd already

he said, the word overflowing with obvious

closer to Susie's parents, closer

deep bow. "Please allow me

parents both

am in love with your daughter,"

know of her condition!" Susie's father

touched her

would

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