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

place. Ruined! Piper is a candidate, and you are a prince, but you are not the correct one. We built Piper with

by the public. They would forgive any altercation

The King sighed. “If you are to be my successor, you must be seen as strong, with a

and not Julian. Then no one would be embarrassed –

to wear my crown someday, dating a commoner? Ridiculous. Our family would never recover from the embarrassment.” He shook his head. ” You need to stop seeing, or fooling around, or whatever you are doing with

No, I wouldn’t be a coward. For Piper, I had to fight harder, even against the man whose opinion and advice I valued above

my shoulders, and

King visibly startled. I didn’t think I’d ever said that

reaction.

asked, like he needed to be

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no. Piper is important to

different person. A stranger. An enemy. He narrowed his eyes. I felt my skin itch.

Piper was important enough to

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