Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 246

Chapter 246: 246-Not A Gold Digger

Helanie:

My mother’s words had left me deeply bothered. I went straight to my room and lay down in my bed, sleeping until midnight.

The howls were louder that night, and I could tell they were different from the howls of a werewolf. They were of lycans.

At this point, I thought I could differentiate between the howls easily. I stayed in my bed until the howls turned deadly. My body shuddered, and I jumped up, sitting straight and looking around at the windows that I almost never cover up.

Soon the commotion in the mansion made me run out of my room to find everyone gathered in the living room. Some of the housemaids and the chefs, who were mostly at the maid’s corner, had also come out.

My mother’s eyes helplessly lingered on my face before she looked away. I joined them silently, standing between Charlotte, Emma, and my mother.

“Lord McQuoid is confirming with his warriors that the mansion is safe,” my mother whispered, probably relaying the information to me since Emma and Charlotte already knew.

“It is. I am sure it is. These kinds of noises are just normal,” Charlotte, even when shaking at the whole situation, still managed to shrug her shoulders.

“I hope it is. It seems like someone’s arrival always brings in troubles,” Emma scoffed, making me roll my eyes at them.

“I will go see what is going on at the front gate.” I didn’t want to stay behind with these women and hear them throw jabs at me. But the minute I began to pace forward, my mother hastily rushed to block my path.

“And what will you do? Just because you passed some tests, you think you are stronger than my mate? He will deal with it and come back with the information. As for you, don’t get yourself in trouble just for wanting to be saved by someone,” she was yelling her head off. Honestly speaking, it came so out of the blue that I didn’t even know how to respond to her, so I went back to my room.

I slammed the door shut and went back to bed. I was sure everything was fine. And sure enough, after a few minutes, everything was back to normal.

Morning was rather dull. I didn’t leave my room, and the maid assigned by Maximus for my comfort brought my breakfast to my room.

After I was done showering and changing into blue skinny jeans, I held my sweater and wondered when it would dry out. The weather was bad outside, it had been raining, and I washed my clothes early in the morning.

I sighed as I put my sweater down again and grabbed my uniform’s shirt. It was in that moment that the urgency of buying new clothes hit me.

“I don’t have a penny,” I groaned at myself for living so carelessly as if I didn’t have to buy stuff for myself.

“What can I even do to earn money,” I hissed at myself as I left the room. Since my room was right at the entrance, I walked out on Lord McQuoid leaving for work.

“Helanie,” he smiled, greeting me on the way.

“Good afternoon,” I replied awkwardly for missing the meals with them. When the brothers are around, it is much easier to sit and eat because the others don’t act messy around them. But when they are not around, Emma, Charlotte, and my mother just become unbearable.

“You didn’t come to breakfast—oh! The academy is off. Why are you still in—” he was having a hard time understanding what was going on as he noticed my uniform’s shirt but then realized I was wearing pants under it.

“I, umm—washed my clothes, and they aren’t getting dried anytime sooner,” I smiled awkwardly, pinching the space between my fingers.

“Why did you wash them yourself? Give them to the maids; they will dry them out. And—why do you not have—oh!” he had his hands in his pockets as he nodded his head, probably realizing why I didn’t have clothes.

“It is not easy getting a job as a rogue and a student who has to be at the academy till 3 p.m.,” he was speaking to himself now.

“You know what—why don’t you work at Maximus’ garage? He needs someone to help him out with the writing of the weapons. He is preparing some new weapons, and it is hard for him to test them and then write about them at the same time. You could be a writer for him,” he suggested with his whole heart, definitely happy to help me.

“Uncle! You left your phone behind—” Charlotte, who was running up to Lord McQuoid, saw me standing with him and talking to him.

“Thank you, Charlotte,” Lord McQuoid smiled at her when accepting the phone, but then he returned his attention back to me. “So, let me know what is your decision? It will help you with the job thing and Maximus with his work. You are anyway off at home for a month; might as well make money too,” he was not wrong. Besides, working with Maximus would not be as hard as the last time.

But then I remembered all the flirting he would be doing. If I were a dumb and naive person, I would probably not come to the conclusion, but I wasn’t. And it wasn’t a secret that Maximus would be so happy to have me around without anyone else around us.

“I will think about it, but thank you so much for the offer.” I was genuinely happy that Lord McQuoid was nothing like his ex-wife, my mother, or most of his sons.

By ‘most,’ I mean, Norman.

“Great, let me know then.” Lord McQuoid gave me a little pat on the head before he left.

But that’s when Charlotte jumped to confront me.

“You are not taking this job,” she hissed, ordering me sternly.

“And you will make the decision for me?” I asked her, watching her roll her eyes at me.

“If you want to prove you’re not a gold digger, you will not accept this job.” Really? She thought that would scare me?

“Doing a job equates to being a gold digger? You know what, I wasn’t really going to accept the job, but since you challenged me, I guess I will take it.” I was already considering it, but there’s no harm in messing with the messiest person around me. And as I made my decision, I watched a satisfactory sight—her face turning pale.