Chapter 02191

“I’ve told the guards everything I know,” Lilliana said. “They’ll be watching you. Joseph himself just

assured me of it.” 4

I shook my head. I had no idea what she was up to this time, but I was tired of the schemes and lies. How many manipulative games would I have to endure during this competition? Every day, it felt like a new threat was emerging, oftentimes trivial, and I grew tired of dealing with it.

Especially when more pressing, life–threatening issues were just around the corner.

I had no patience for whatever new game Lilliana had concocted. Plus, when I looked at her, my anger spiked. I recognized the shade of lipstick she wore as the same that had marked Nicholas’s lips.

Nicholas had said it hadn’t meant anything. I wondered if the same was true for Lilliana…

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” I said.

“You can play dumb all you want,” Lilliana said. “We’ll let Joseph sort out all the truth. But no one is

buying your bullshit anymore, Piper.”

I blinked, surprised by her break of character. Since when did Lilliana swear?

As I watched her, open mouthed, she swiveled on her heel and stormed away. She pushed straight past

Susie, who had just started to emerge into the hallway.

“What was that about?” Susie asked me.

I didn’t exactly know how to answer, because truthfully I had no idea. “Same old drama,” I said, because

that at least, seemed to be the nature of it.

Yet even so, I felt a chill run up my spine. I felt like someone was watching me.

I glanced behind me quickly, but no one was there.

After last night, I had felt more on edge than ever before.

Was this feeling just my imagination?

That afternoon I met Nicholas in the gym for more self–defense exercises. We utilized the mats this

time, and took turns throwing each other down to the ground. I was thrown much more than I threw, but I felt like I was starting to get the hang of it a little at least.

Joseph and Lilliana began to pop up in my head. Joseph, as a traditionalist, already hated my presence in the palace. I knew he

out of the realm of possibility to think they might conspire some type of false charge against me, to have

worked this time,

and I had been meant to be grappling, but in that

mat.

hit the cushioned ground and a puff of breath punched out of me.

me, looking down, Nicholas crossed his arms. “You

lot on my mind,”

in the moment, Piper. You can’t

“Sorry,” I mumbled.

he reached down and offered me his

to

have a natural

a bit twisted. Through my shirt, I grabbed my

adjust.

looking… for

trailed off, I glanced up at him. He was staring at my chest,

my breasts to readjust the

now. But I liked the way he was

pushing up my breasts placed much of my cleavage on more obvious display: the upper swells of my breasts, the deep valley between them. He

the

gaping, with his

Opportunities, he said.

a perfect

causing not one, but two nipples to pop free over the top of my

snapped shut. He

down hard onto the mat. Unfortunately, the force of it also sent me off balance and I fell directly

a screen to hide our faces from the rest of the world.

believe what he was doing on the

sight of my nipples addled his thoughts?

movement in his pants, pressing up against

me too. My panties felt damp, all of

times and

wanted to kiss him. I wanted to grind my hips

senses too. This wasn’t the time or the place

I rolled away from him and bounced up onto my feet.

opportunities can be created with a solid distraction,” I said, parroting something he had earlier

training helped cool some of the fire in

forget that lesson.” Nicholas’s voice

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