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."

ring in my pocket near doubled, and

They are down in the sitting room with your parents," I said.

anything would have kept him away. If your parents wouldn't have let him

a little at

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 you than some strange

"True."

knew who I was..."

little. "I talk about you often. You were

how much it hurt to hear she had such a

to give you this." I held my palm out with the

looked at it and

I told her. "He

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

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

if that didn't matter

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

at the ring for another minute or two,

see him,"

Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to

the way, Susie slid the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile. When she

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

*Susie..." her mom said.

Susie's eyes were on Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze dropped

said, the word overflowing

moving closer to Susie's parents, closer than even Nicholas was

deep bow. "Please allow me to marry your

parents both

with your daughter," Mark

don't know of her condition!" Susie's

quicker. She touched

confirmed. "The baby is mine. And I would raise it as my child, with

said. "He is my Beta and a loyal man besides.