Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 117

Chapter 117: 117-He Knows!

Helanie:

“I hate to admit it, but maybe he is right,” I repeated myself with a much bigger frown this time.

“I am never wrong,” Lamar sounded cocky, which made both Lucy and me give him a judgmental glare.

“Except for the time when I—” he looked down, mentioning the night we didn’t want to talk about again. It wasn’t the worst thing that had happened to me, so it didn’t really traumatize me like the other night. I guess it’s because of how much worse my previous trauma was.

“At least you look apologetic. Your girlfriend doesn’t even seem to care,” Lucy rolled her eyes when mentioning Sydney. But somehow, Lamar looked so lost at the mention of his girlfriend.

“My girlfriend?” Lamar raised his brow, asking us in a mild tone.

“She’s talking about Sydney,” I rubbed my temples, my voice full of exhaustion.

“She’s not my girlfriend,” he scoffed at Lucy, who stared at his face before hugging herself. I wondered what she was thinking in that moment. Probably the fact that she slept with someone who sleeps with everyone—literally everyone. Hopefully, Lucy wasn’t keeping many hopes up with this man.

“Okay, take a shower, and then we’ll see what we can do to find something to eat,” I told her, pushing her toward the bathroom to freshen up. I was starving too, and my legs were hurting from the hike. I wasn’t like them, who had their selves’ help. Once she went into the bathroom and started the shower, I turned to look at Lamar, who was still roaming around the room, occasionally glancing at me.

“I know about your situation,” he muttered, making me fold my arms over my chest and watch his face in silence. I was just waiting for him to say another joke or make another foolish comment.

“Do you know who the father is?” The moment I heard those words from his lips, my posture shattered, and my lips parted to let out a gasp that I quickly tried to cover up.

“Huh? I didn’t know you had gone crazy,” the awkward smile on my lips must have given away the truth.

“Helanie, you cannot act like it’s nothing. You will start showing signs soon, and then what? What about the physical changes?” he attempted to come closer, speaking in whispers. I stepped back and held up my palm to silence him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Is this your way of torturing me? Are you trying to start a rumor?” My voice was shaky as I kept trying to deny the truth, but he looked so confident about his statement.

“Okay, if you don’t want to admit it, that’s your choice. I’m just trying to help,” he said, using a much more understanding tone before walking away to sit on his bed.

I kept staring at him as he used his phone. “There’s a place I can take you two for lunch since we all missed lunch.” He sounded so casual, as if he hadn’t just given me the biggest shock of my life by telling me that he knew my secret.

“How—how can you help?” I stammered, and everything went silent almost instantly. He steadily raised his head, and our eyes met.

“I don’t know what to do,” I continued, and he put his phone down, sighing tiredly.

“Do you know the father? Was it a one-night stand?” he asked, not trying to sound sarcastic or mocking.

With a shaky feeling in my body, I shook my head in answer to his questions.

“Do you want this baby?” he inquired. I lowered my head. My hand very steadily moved to my belly, and I rubbed it, wondering what I truly wanted.

“Helanie, you make the decision, and I’ll take care of it for you,” his voice was so comforting that I kept looking down and let him speak. “And if you want to keep the baby, I can manage that too.”

I thought I didn’t want this baby, but there was a strange feeling inside me that made me wonder if it would be wrong to not want this child.

“Hey, don’t think too much. I can try to get a leave for you—” he began, but he was interrupted when I raised my head and spoke up.

“I don’t want this baby.”

“It’s not my baby,” I didn’t know why I thought about it, but I just couldn’t accept this child.

“Okay, you don’t need to say anything else, and trust me, it will never reach anyone’s ears ever,” he said, giving me a warm head nod. By then, Lucy walked out of the bathroom wearing a blue dress.

“How about you two girls get ready, and we head out for lunch? There’s a small pack nearby with the best cafe, I’ve heard. How about we go try that?” he suggested, and Lucy looked over to me.

I was too stunned to speak. I didn’t even know what had just happened. Did I really just speak to Lamar about my pregnancy? Could I even trust him?

“Okay,” I uttered, rushing into the bathroom to take a hot shower. My body needed it so badly.

After I dressed in baggy jeans and a white shirt, I topped it with my purple sweater and walked out of the bathroom, thinking I might catch Lucy and Lamar making out again. However, that wasn’t the case this time.

The two were sitting separately on their beds, using their phones.

“All set? I’ve called in a favor from a friend at the hostel. He’s lending us his car,” Lamar slipped his phone into his pocket and got up from the bed, inviting us to join him. We followed him to the door, and then I knew I had to take the elevator. But instead of going alone, I noticed Lamar passing me to enter the elevator before me.

Lucy seemed to have no choice but to join us in the elevator as well. I used to be the only one who frequented the elevator, but today, it was the three of us.

When we exited the elevator, we came face to face with Jenny and Gavin. The two were standing at a distance. Jenny was with the board, looking at the notice, while Gavin was on his phone, texting someone.

I had a feeling things weren’t going smoothly now that we had encountered the two on the ground floor—practically not together, but still present in the same place at the same time.