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.

Nicholas both. They are down in the sitting room with your parents," I said. Susie's

away. If your parents wouldn't have let him inside, he

laughed a little at

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 likely they'd let me

"True."

parents knew who

blushed a little. "I talk about

hug. How grateful I was to be in her life! Though how much it hurt to hear she had such

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

looked at

I told her. "He wants

closer to her, to inspect it. She touched it with only her

awe covered her face, softening all of her features. Then, in the next, she began

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

way to get it to work. If this is what you want, Susie, you

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

see him," she

doorway. With Susie leading, we didn't need the butler

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

as I've consistently said "Susie's father was

*Susie..." her mom said.

and his on her. Then his gaze dropped to her hand, where she'd already put

he said, the word overflowing with obvious

Susie's parents,

bow. "Please allow me to marry

parents both went

am in love with your daughter," Mark

of her condition!" Susie's father

was quicker. She touched

mine. And I would

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

well."

Beta?" Susie's father said. "This is most