The Luna Choosing Game by Jane Above Story

Chapter 0622

The butler showed me to Susie's room, and then quickly excused himself outside of her door. When he was gone, I knocked.

"Go away!" Susie called in a watery voice. She was crying.

I knocked more insistently as I pushed open the door.

*I said -* she started, cutting herself off she say me. "Piper?"

"Hi, Susie," I said.

"Oh, Piper!" She was sitting at her desk, the tears running down her cheeks. As I entered the room, closing the door behind me, she jumped from the chair and ran to me.

We shared a hug. Relief flooded through me.

I stepped back after a moment, to look her over. She didn't seem too worse for wear. Other than the crying, she didn't show any signs of abuse or neglect.

"What are you doing here?" Susie sniffed. "I'm sure word has gotten around by now."

*Rumors don't matter. Come back to palace."

*If you've heard the rumors, you know why I can't."

"Everyone will forget, the moment you appear. They'll all just think it's gossip and it won't matter," I say. "Since Jessica is the only other contender for Joyce, you wouldn't even have to face elimination."

*Piper," she sounded so sad. "I can't come. It's just not rumors. My parents... They know the truth about me."

*How could they?" I asked. She wasn't showing yet. Sure they might suspect, but to have real proof?

"I told them," Susie said.

I startled, speechless.

"I didn't want to lie anymore about any of it," Susie said. "I don't want to have to pretend to have feelings for Joyce, when the only one I really want is Mark."

The weight of the ring in my pocket near doubled, and I regretted holding it back even this long.

in the sitting room with your

your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have scaled

a little at

had a plan, as he always does, that his arrival at your door might open the

"True."

knew who

blushed a little. "I talk about you often. You were

hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so sweet and kind,

pocket. "Mark told me to give you this." I held my

looked at it

it's overdue," I told her. "He wants

to her, to inspect it. She touched

Then, in the next, she began to cry again. "What's the matter?" I asked

even if they did. Or even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be

worry about that," I told her. "Nicholas will find a way to get it to work. If this is what you want, Susie, you can't let it get away.

blinked away the tears. She continued looking at the ring for another minute or two,

want to see him," she

both headed for the doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler to

Susie slid the ring onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile. When she saw it,

Nicholas, as I've consistently said "Susie's father was saying. He cut himself off when Susie and I returned to the

*Susie..." her mom said.

his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where

word

stepped forward, moving closer to Susie's

a deep bow. "Please allow

parents both

love with your daughter," Mark said. "I

know of her condition!" Susie's father

was quicker. She touched her husband's arm. "He

mine. And I would raise it as my child, with Susie

can vouch for this man," Nicholas said. "He is my Beta and a

well."

said. "This is