Chapter 0371

“Piper and I have been having an affair,” Joyce said into the microphone.

The King stepped forward and attempted to rip the microphone from his hands, but Joyce, younger and stronger, shook him off with relative ease.

“Let me speak my truth, father!”

“You are out of your mind!” the King snapped back.

“I’m not! I have proof!”

The Queen stepped forward then. “Joyce, please. This is not the this. Let us speak privately.”

way to go

go about

“So you can cover it up? So you can push the love of my life off onto Julian? No!” Joyce was frantic, so different from his usual, quiet persona. It was like looking at a different person.

I felt the accusation physically, like a blow, so I took a firm step backwards. Then I remembered Jane,

“What have you done?!” I shouted,

No one but Jane could hear me. The ballroom was now full of chatter and other commotion. Only Joyce on the microphone was louder than the rest.

“We slept together,” Joyce announced to the entire room.

My face burned. I’d only ever been alone with Joyce once, and that had been on the balcony that night he locked me out there. The entire conversation lasted all of five minutes, if that.

“I have proof!” Joyce said again. He lifted his cell phone high. Something might Thave been on the screen but I couldn’t see from this distance.

Nicholas made a move then. He snat ched the phone from Joyce’s hand and smashed it hard onto the ground. It shattered into pieces.

“Hey!” Joyce shouted.

A bit of hope shot through me. Nicholas was protecting me yet again. Whatever photos Joyce had, had to be doctored. If they were destroyed, then

Jane’s laugh interrupted my thoughts. “Your boyfriend is such a brute. So typical of an Alpha. It doesn’t matter though. You can’t think I wouldn’t have copies? Oh, you did? How cute.” Looking at my face, she laughed and laughed.

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same time, Joyce announced, “I have backups, which I would be happy to provide to the press

doing this to us?” the Queen asked her son. “Why are you

mom, I…” For the first time, Joyce seemed unsure. He shook his head. “No, I know what I’m doing.

Nichola s’s voice. He wasn’t as close to the microphone as Joyce. He was softer, farther away. But I would be able to pull Nichola s’s voice out of a thousand

second most-loved sound in the whole world, with the first being

having an affair with Piper. You are

“Nicholas!” the Queen gasped.

a look. He motioned to Joyce. “Does this seem normal

Queen said. She looked out over

tiny puff of air,

realized something then. The photos wouldn’t

if they weren’t

didn’t?!” I

terrible-looking. And he’s so sweet. Gullible really. Such

a

one who pulled him in first. Terry saw something in the brat, I couldn’t.

the time. I see it now.” She

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of

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at me. “For your

the kingdom! The people are already doubting

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dumbas s,” Jane said cruelly. Her smile fell into a vicious snarl. “I want the royal family to fall almost as much as I want to see you fall with it.” She schooled her face

Hardly.

from the

turned in time to see Julian descending. He sauntered straight up onto the stage and yanked the microphone away from Joyce. Joyce made a grab for it again, but Nicholas caught him by the upper arms and forcibly held him back. Compared to Nichola s’s

a smile. “I want to personally apologize for my wayward brother and his ridiculous

know?” someone shouted from

of the crowd into silence. He looked back to

chin in

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