Chapter 0271

Terry narrowed his eyes a small margin. Julian had put him in a corner now. It would seem almost cruel to deny Piper, especially with Julian himself defending her.

“Hurry back,” Terry said, voice silky smooth for the watching cameras.

“I will,” I promised, a blatant lie, and hurried away from the table.

Outside the dining room, I turned to a lingering servant.

“Excuse me, can you direct me to the bathroom?”

But the servant, eyes downcast, gave no indication that he even heard me. This place was a hell–scape. God knew what these poor people endured on the regular.

I left the servant without a word and sought out the bathroom on my own.

After a few minutes, I easily found Nicholas. All I really had to do was follow the sound of his cursing.

The bathroom door was halfway open. He sat on top of the closed toilet lid with a small waste bin between his knees, as he callously plucked the shards of glass from his hand and dropped

into the trash.

I neared, I felt a sudden tapping on my shoulder. I turned, and it had been a servant. They held out

quickly. “Thank you,” I said, heartfelt. With the way they had obviously been trained to be obedient only to Terry, I knew this offering came

entire encounter did they look

on the wood

was on his feet in a second, body suddenly tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled long and

I said, coming into the

closed toilet lid. I dropped my gift basket onto

see,”

the glass out, but I can’t see the underside as well. There’s one piece stuck in there, I can feel

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work. The shard was clearly

teeth but didn’t otherwise react as I quickly removed the

“Better?”

in relief. “Yes.

the sink. We’ll

at me a little.

how demanding I

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