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

the

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

heartfelt. With the way they had obviously been trained to be obedient only to Terry, I knew this offering came with a risk

entire encounter did they look at me. Instead, they turned and scurried

on the wood and pushed it open.

body suddenly tense. When he saw it was me, he exhaled

coming into the

down on the closed toilet lid. I dropped my gift basket onto the edge of the sink

see,” I said.

but I can’t see the underside as well. There’s one piece stuck in

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work. The shard was clearly visible.

otherwise react as I quickly removed the glass and dropped it into the

“Better?”

relief. “Yes. Thank you.”

over to the sink. We’ll clean you up.”

a little. “Yes, ma’am.”

how demanding I had sounded. “I didn’t mean…”

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