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."

in my pocket near doubled, and I regretted

the sitting room with

him away. If your parents wouldn't have

a little

and I were able to stop him before he did 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, more

"True."

parents knew who I was..." I

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

was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard

you this." I held my palm out

looked at it

I told her. "He wants to ask

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

all of her features. Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?" I

didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing

work. If this is what you want, Susie, you

the

want to see him," she

both headed for the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to guide us back

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

said "Susie's father was saying.

*Susie..." her mom said.

on Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to

word

to Susie's parents, closer than

a deep bow. "Please allow me to

both went wide-eyed.

in love with your daughter," Mark

don't know of her

mother was quicker. She touched her husband's arm.

Mark confirmed. "The baby is mine. And I would raise

is my Beta and a loyal man besides. He