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."

my pocket near doubled, and I regretted holding

sitting room with

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

a little at

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

"True."

knew who I

about

lurched and I pulled her into another hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so sweet and kind, she deserved so many more than just

"Mark told me to give you this." I held my palm out

looked at it and

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

inspect

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

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

that," I told her. "Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want, Susie, you can't let it

the tears. She continued looking at the ring for another minute or two,

see him,"

the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't

onto her finger. I couldn't help my

consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself off

*Susie..." her mom said.

on her. Then his gaze dropped to her

said, the word overflowing

closer to Susie's parents, closer than even Nicholas

Mark said, dropping into a deep bow. "Please

parents both

daughter,"

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

She touched her husband's arm.

I would raise it as my child,

is my Beta