Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 270

Chapter 270: 270-Maximus Served Them With Spice

Helanie:

“You!” she stood before me, hands on her waist, and her eyes showing how angry she was. She was so negative, always like that towards me.

Charlotte stood behind her, pouting and looking sad because she faced rejection right before my eyes.

“What is it? Why do you look so mad?” I asked casually, looking down at my hand again. Maximus had made some requests.

“What am I hearing?” Emma demanded my attention, using a harsh and loud tone.

“How would I know? I’m not your ears,” I replied, looking up and giving her a smile that seemed to make her even angrier.

The funny thing was that Maximus stood right behind them, leaning his back against the wall and tapping his foot so silently that they couldn’t hear him.

“Listen, don’t be smart with me. And you’re not cooking in our kitchen. Get the heck out of here and go tell Maximus that you’re not cooking tonight,” she was very stern, using her angriest look to try to scare me off.

Well, it would have scared off the other Helanie, who everyone intimidated. I used to get so frightened when someone raised their voice at me or looked slightly upset with me. I would get teary-eyed and wouldn’t even speak up for myself.

Times have changed. I was no longer that Helanie and certainly not scared of any harsh glares.

“Why would I say that? You go ahead and tell him that you don’t want me in the kitchen,” I argued back, not wanting Maximus to jump in right now. I wanted to handle this myself. I was slowly getting annoyed with myself for always waiting for someone to come to my rescue.

“So that’s your behavior now? You think you can take charge of us? You think you can defy me?” Emma yelled, hoping I would back down, but I didn’t. I stood my ground and kept watching her with a smile on my lips.

“Remember when I came here for the first time, and you made me believe I should take breakfast for Kaye? You got me in trouble, and then you stepped back when I wanted you to tell them that it was you who had pushed me into Kaye’s room. Do you think I’m going to repeat the same mistakes and listen to you?” I spoke in a much calmer tone. I didn’t want to waste my energy on someone like her.

The issue with these people is that they think just because they aren’t going to admit to the truth, they’ll get to fool me over and over again.

They can convince others they’re innocent, but they won’t be fooling me anymore.

“Then let’s see how you get to use my kitchen tonight. You need to get out—” she suddenly lunged at me and grabbed my arm to try to kick me out of her kitchen. But she had only turned to head toward the door when she suddenly stopped.

“Release her!” Maximus ordered, his jaw clenching.

“Oh, Maximus, when did you come back?” Emma let go of my hand and smiled. “I was just telling her that there’s no way I’m letting her work in the kitchen. She’s like a daughter to me, she shouldn’t be working,” she was so quick to change her tone and words.

“Hmm, I see,” Maximus nodded to himself. “Was it before you were yelling at her about how this is your kitchen and she shouldn’t defy you, or after?” He looked her deep in the eye, making it clear to her that he had heard everything perfectly.

Where Emma was a confident player, Charlotte seemed to have lost her composure when she yelped and covered her mouth with her hands.

“I—” Emma stuttered, now that she was caught lying red-handed.

“It’s a shame that a woman your age is lying like this. Is this what you’re teaching your daughter as well? And who told you this is your kitchen?” Maximus started to get more aggressive with every passing second. He walked over to tower over her, making Charlotte step away and not even stand beside her mother for support.

“It’s just that she’s a messy girl. She’ll cry tonight and tomorrow she’ll claim we made her work,” there was no end to Emma’s lies. She was the type to keep lying until she convinced others she didn’t do anything wrong.

“I heard what you said to her, and I also heard your tone. The fact that you keep going on makes me wonder if you have any shame at all?” As he started to get bitter with her, Emma’s body began to shake visibly.

“I’m sorry, I won’t advise her again—” once again, she made a failed attempt to sound like a woman who was just looking out for me, but Maximus was stubborn. So stubborn, unlike what I had perceived of him before.

“No! You’re going to say clearly why you came here to yell at her. Say you were trying to control her because your daughter was upset that Helanie got to cook and she felt left out,” he raised his voice, even making me squeeze away from them.

Now it was getting too much to watch. I could feel the intensity of his gaze that he kept on Emma.

“I—I’m sorry. I came here feeling all angry because I didn’t want Helanie in my kitchen,” Emma quickly admitted, making Maximus nod and then point at me.

“You see, this is how you deal with bullies,” his voice was so hostile before he forced a smile when talking to me.

“Now, both of you get out of the kitchen. Helanie is cooking tonight,” he pointed at the door, and the first one to run outside was Charlotte. She brought her mother into the kitchen and then left her to get yelled at. Emma seemed to have had a hard time finding her composure again.

She forced herself to straighten her spine and then took very slow and steady steps to walk out of the kitchen.