Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates

Chapter 741: 741-Following Emmet

Helanie:

I kept staring and staring. Although Norman had already given me a heads-up, I was surprised to see that he didn’t act on his threat. He was lying on the couch while Jessica was all alone in the bed, and I could see him. He had placed a lot of pillows on the side of the bed where I used to sleep, so he probably wasn’t even allowing her on my side.

I pouted, feeling bad because Norman was in pain because of me. I felt so angry with myself that I decided to punch the wall. However, I forgot I needed both my hands to hold on to the pipe. And when I freed my hand to punch the wall, I slipped and fell. The next thing I knew, I was falling.

And it was such a silent fall because I knew the moment I screamed, I would announce to almost everyone in the mansion that I was a jealous and controlling mate who was going around peeking through windows. I didn’t want a few of the people inside to have the satisfaction of watching me act out in jealousy.

I closed my eyes, waving my arms around. My hair and clothes were flying with the wind. I was coming down pretty fast, and then I was met with two strong pillars. It was such a strange landing that I didn’t feel any pain. In fact, I instantly got a whiff of a beautiful sandalwood smell. I quickly placed my hand on the chest of this handsome man and opened my eyes to look into his.

He tilted his head and then smirked.

"I didn’t know the goddess was throwing angels down from heaven, but I’m glad I caught one," Emmet commented, making me shyly look away, but my fingers were still holding on to his shirt.

"You can put me down now. I’m safe," I said, not trying to be rude but not trying to be overly sweet either.

"Are you sure?" he uttered, but there was a playfulness in his voice.

I nodded, and then he let me down.

I began to balance my body and fix my clothes and hair, all the while avoiding eye contact with Emmet. I could tell he was watching me, waiting for me to explain myself and my actions.

"By the way, how did Maximus end up marking Charlotte, even when it’s a full moon? And how is he not out there, turning into a lycan?" I uttered, quickly looking away from him.

"Oh, you know, since he found two fated mates, Mom said it kind of helped him with the curse. Same with the rest of us. We’re not in as much pain as before, but she said it’s temporary. So he will be turning on another full moon night or maybe next," Emmet commented, and I began to nod.

"Are you going to talk about what you were doing up there?" He then leaned down to my level, his eyebrows straight, his eyes narrowed. noveldrama

"What? I was just checking the pipes to see if they were working fine," I said, annoyed that I was caught by him of all people.

If it was Maximus, I could hush him down. It was easy. With Kaye, I could just be angry with him and he wouldn’t utter a word. With Norman, I’d just give him a kiss and he would forget. But with Emmet, I couldn’t get too angry. I couldn’t boss him around for long, especially not when we were alone. I definitely couldn’t kiss him just like that. I felt shy around him.

"Helanie, Norman wouldn’t do it. He’s much more relaxed, and I’m pretty sure he’ll even fall asleep now that you’re back," Emmet said, and I nodded.

"Well, not everybody thinks like you, or Norman, or Maximus," I uttered, fidgeting with my fingers.

"Yeah, well, Maximus—he’s not even sleeping in his bedroom tonight. He’s in the basement because, you know, it’s unpredictable. We don’t know when our curses will become active again," Emmet said, his hands slipping into his pants pockets.

"Well, this one full moon—"

As I tried to speak again, Emmet put his hand out and showed me his finger, wagging it as if to say no.

"You skipped Kaye," he said, and I pouted, folding my arms across my chest.

"Well, he’s an asshole cheater," I hissed. The playfulness escaped from Emmet’s face. I felt like maybe I had upset him by saying that about his brother, but then he started to speak.

"What did he do?" he asked.

"Well, remember how you all told me that you didn’t want your mate, and even when I asked you to, only so that you could get help with the curses—Kaye lied. I just caught him kissing and making out with Kesha in his room," I muttered with my teeth grinding every word out.

I was so angry I was hissing like a snake, but more than I was angry, Emmet seemed lost.

"She is in the bedroom with him?" Emmet asked, surprising me with how shocked he looked.

"And not just in his bedroom. They were making out. So yeah, Kaye is a fucking cheater," I repeated my words, but Emmet began to shake his head.

"Of course you’ll defend him," I added, and I didn’t even realize how soft my tone had turned.

"No, Helanie. Fuck," he groaned and stepped back, his hand on his waist. With the other, he scratched his forehead.

"Why is it so shocking to you?" I asked him, wondering if maybe Kaye had said the same to him, or maybe they had talked about not touching their other mates.

"Helanie, there’s something going on with Kaye and Kesha." As Emmet removed his hand from his forehead and placed it on his waist, just like the other, he looked at me and said those words.

"I know. There’s an affair going on between them," I said, pointing upward in the direction of his bedroom on the other side of the mansion.

"No, no, no. That’s not it. Come to my room," Emmet said, and as he took only one step forward, he stopped and turned to look at me with a very tired expression on his face.

"You think if I have to fuck you, I can’t do it here?" The minute he said that, a chill ran up my spine.

"Why are you saying stuff like that? It doesn’t suit you," I uttered, even though I knew exactly how Emmet became very bold with me. But I guess it had been so long that I didn’t expect him to do it again.

In response, he only smirked before his smile started to fade away.

"Right. I won’t talk like that. Come on. I need to show you something."

The sudden change in his mood made me realize that he didn’t know I had started to slightly doubt myself for ever thinking he had pushed me, because of what Maximus had told me. But right now, I needed to know what he was trying to show me, so I began to follow him to his room.

However, as I raised my head while walking toward the main gate again, I saw Kesha standing in the window of Kaye’s room with a cigarette between her fingers and a smirk on her lips. She fucking looked so scary that all my gills, my fangs and my fur shook.