Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 181

Chapter 181: 181-Cold War Between The Brothers

Helanie:

After Lucy came out of the bathroom and we were set to go, Jenny called her brother, and the boys had already come to our hut. We spoke for a few minutes, which was basically just me giving them the same lie Norman had told me.

But now that we were all set to go and had come out, I saw Sydney and Salem standing outside their much smaller hut.

The two were talking, wearing blue and pink shirt dresses with a cut on the thigh, which was so high that their G-strings could be seen. The neckline was deep, as if they were ready to take off these dresses anytime soon when going for a swim.

Their cheery morning smiles faded when their eyes landed on me.

Sydney did a double take, whereas Salem rubbed her eyes to confirm it was indeed me she was seeing.

The two started to stare at each other and whisper while I smiled widely, walking alongside my friends.

“What is wrong with them?” Lucy asked as she slid closer to me, definitely noticing how weird the twins were acting.

“They are probably just wondering why I am smiling,” I replied, my gaze narrowing at Salem, who was staring at me like she was contemplating how I was here on the beach with them.

“And why are you smiling?” Lucy continued to inspect me. It wasn’t hard for anyone to notice the body language of us three.

“Umm, Helanie, Professor Norman is asking you to meet him behind the huts. As for the rest of you, breakfast will be served in five minutes. So why don’t you go sit in that hut?” A warrior walked over to us, letting me know that I was being asked for. As for the rest, they were escorted to the long cylindrical open canopy that they called the big hut for breakfast.

I made my way to the three huts at a distance. Norman was sitting on a chair on the beach, a big umbrella over his head and a table full of refreshments. It was Kaye on the other side of the table that made my skin itchy.

Seeing him sit before me was hard. It took me back to the kiss and moments we had shared. But I had to be professional since I had worked hard for where I was today.

“Yes, sir?” I asked, watching him take off his sunglasses.

“I didn’t want to ask you about it right away in the morning, Helanie. I knew it would cause you a lot of stress, so I asked my brother instead,” the fact that he talked about not wanting to cause me stress really took me off guard.

“I don’t understand, what is going on?” Kaye instantly straightened his back in his chair to question us.

“I asked Kaye who had found the Flame if lust during the test,” Norman continued, and I side-eyed Kaye, who had been staring at me as if I would open my mouth and he would enter my body.

“Wait a minute, why is Helanie stressed about it? Did something—wait a minute, did you get drugged?” Kaye quickly get up and slipped closer to me as he tried sniffing through my hair.

“Kaye, we are not dogs,” Norman shook his head, alarming him about the fact that I was looking awkwardly at Norman when his brother was sniffing through my hair.

“She stayed behind because of that?” Kaye asked again, and this time when I knew Norman had told me to lie about it, I felt like it would become messier if he found out Norman had stayed in the guesthouse.

He would think we are lying, and I don’t want the brothers to turn against each other.

“It was Salem—,” I announced, watching the brothers look at me. “I saw Salem run out of the guesthouse after she had sneakily placed the Flame of Dust in my croissant.”

Kaye’s body language suddenly changed as he turned to me, facing me and blocking Norman out of my sight.

“Why didn’t you—wait a minute.” He was asking for a lot of waiting today.

“You were drugged, did you do something? Did someone hurt you?” Kaye instantly grabbed my arms to pull me against his chest, which caused Norman to jump to his feet and come between us.

He had to manly untangle Kaye’s fingers from my arms to release me.

“What are you doing?” I was so shocked that I just lowered my head when Norman asked Kaye that question.

If Kaye didn’t stop acting like this, his brother would find out and then things would get so messy. He’ll think I’ve been trying to pursue Kaye all this time.

“I’m just worried because you know what that FOL can do to someone,” Kaye continued to express his worry.

“I know, Kaye. I’m a trainer too. But rest assured, she was fine. I took care of her. I personally stayed in the guesthouse to make sure nobody came to her or that she left,” as Norman tried to comfort him, I watched Kaye shift his body weight on his one leg and question his brother with his eyes.

“You stayed in the guesthouse when she had FOL in her system?” The way Kaye posed that question sounded more like an accusation. I could be wrong, but I swear I’ve heard better tone from him.

“Yeah, but I had given her a sleeping pill so that she—,” Norman tried to speak, but Kaye only shook his head, which made Norman shut up.

I’ve never seen such a look in Norman’s eyes, but it was as if he didn’t like his brother watching him with so much negativity.

“You gave her a sleeping pill and you stayed in the guesthouse? Did something happen before that?” Kaye proceeded to ask Norman, making it so awkward between the two of us.

And I could tell that Norman was not lying because I did find the pill bottle in my room.

Now that Norman was being questioned, I also felt like it was a question to me.

I just needed to remind him that I wasn’t his problem anymore. Especially when Kesha came out in a pink bikini from her hut, which was on the side of the two brothers’ hut.

“Sir, I am fine and I am grateful Professor Norman took care of me. As for the culprit, it is Salem,” I lifted my chin, my tone not shaky at all as I told my truth.