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.

sitting room with your parents," I said.

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

a little at

able to stop him before he did anything drastic. Nicholas had a plan, as he always does, that his arrival at your door might open the way. My presence was required for this. It is, after all, more

"True."

who I was..." I

talk about

was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such a hard time getting friends. She was so

ring from my pocket. "Mark told me to give you this."

looked at it and

says it's overdue," I told her. "He wants to ask you

ring from my palm and held it up closer to her, to inspect it. She touched it

pure awe covered her face, softening all of her features. Then, in

even if that didn't matter to me, Mark would be throwing his whole life away with this. He can't be

If this is what you want, Susie,

the tears. She continued looking at the ring for another

want to see him,"

leading, we didn't need

onto her finger. I couldn't help my smile. When

father was saying. He cut himself off when Susie

*Susie..." her mom said.

eyes were on Mark, and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where

said, the word overflowing with obvious

Susie's parents, closer than even Nicholas was

deep bow. "Please allow me to marry your

both

daughter," Mark

don't know of her condition!" Susie's father

touched her husband's arm.

And I would raise it as my

vouch for this man," Nicholas said. "He is my

well."

father said. "This is most