Chapter 0350

Nicholas

I was relieved to see Piper rush away, but I was also furious at myself. All my talk about protecting her, and I couldn’t stand up against my own father.

Julian was right. I was a coward. And my cowardice was what was going to cost me Piper in the end.

“Father,” I said, ready to try again. Piper wasn’t here anymore, so his anger should dowIL Maybe we if we just talked, I could reason with him.

“I don’t want to hear anything from you, Nicholas, except agreement for what I’m about to say.”

Except, his anger didn’t disappear. Instead, it simmered at a high boil. He didn’t shout anymore, but the ferocity in his voice left little room for argument.

“Do you have any idea how lucky we all are that it was me who caught you, and not the cameras? Have you considered the optics of this at all?”

‘Piper is a candidate in the contest, and I’m a prince. It would have been scandalous but

know at all! Everything we’ve worked for. Every plan we put in place. Ruined! Piper is a candidate, and you are a prince, but you are not the correct

public. They would

It’s yours.” The King sighed. “If you are to be my successor, you must be seen as strong, with a capable family

and not Julian. Then no one would be embarrassed – ”

recover from the embarrassment.” He shook his head. ” You need to stop seeing, or fooling around, or whatever

For Piper, I had to fight harder, even against the man whose opinion

braced my shoulders,

think I’d ever said that

reaction.

you say?” he asked, like he needed

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Piper. “I said, no. Piper is important to me,

was a different person. A stranger. An enemy. He narrowed his eyes. I felt my skin itch. Going against my father went against the perfect

important enough to

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