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.

the sitting room with your parents," I said. Susie's eyes went wide as

away. If your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he would have scaled the walls and climbed

laughed a little

does, that his arrival at your door might open the way. My

"True."

knew who I was..." I

a little. "I talk about

how much it hurt to hear she had such a

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

looked at

I told her. "He wants to ask you

to her, to inspect it. She touched it with

her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the

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

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.

She continued looking at the ring for another

want to see him," she

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

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

is a personal matter, Prince 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 gaze dropped to her hand,

he said, the word overflowing

Susie's parents, closer than

a deep bow. "Please allow me

parents both went wide-eyed.

love with your daughter,"

her condition!" Susie's

mother was quicker. She touched her husband's

I would

my

well."

said. "This is most