Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 330

Chapter 330: 330-Mine Forever

Charlotte:

Tears sprung down my eyes, whimpers forcing to leave my lips.

My heart seemed to stop beating as I heard them talk. Maximus had never spoken to me like that. He was so soft, so willing to submit to her.

The fact that I had seen his car pull up in the driveway and ran to the door to welcome him—only to hear him and Helanie talking outside—blew my mind. Why wouldn’t he notice me?

He was begging her to accept him so he could take a step like stopping his father’s engagement to Ursula.

That shocked me.

“And what about my academy?” I heard the ungrateful, manipulative witch ask him.

She wanted to continue her academy even after he told her he loved her?

I would have left my whole world behind for him.

That was the problem. Why couldn’t Maximus see the difference between us?

“You can continue the academy, just that I won’t be the trainer here. But rest assured, you will continue your academy. Norman will make it happen for me,” he said.

I was losing my mind listening to them.

It was basically just him begging her to be with him.

I ran back to my room to avoid getting caught by them. Tears welled up in my eyes as I slammed the door shut and locked it.

“Where have you been? I was waiting for you—” My mom was sitting on my bed, cutting fruit for me when she saw me struggling to breathe.

“It’s over—” I uttered with difficulty.

It felt like the world had collapsed on me.

Nothing looked alive anymore.

Just the memory of hearing Maximus talk so sweetly and profess his undying love for Helanie had scared me enough that I slid against the door and dropped to the floor with a thud.

“Char! What’s wrong?” The only person who truly cared about me jumped off the bed and rushed toward me.

“Baby! What’s wrong? Why are you crying? Did someone say something to you?” She started wiping my tears, but there was a whole sea ready to pour out, a volcano ready to erupt.

“Mom! It’s all over,” I continued, sobbing and hiccupping.

“Char, I can’t see you like this. Please tell me what’s wrong,” my mother broke down just watching me cry.

I didn’t want to worry her, but I couldn’t hold it in anymore.

Helanie stole my Maximus from me.

“She—she stole him from me,” I broke down even louder this time, covering my face with my hands before I started slapping and hitting myself.

My mother’s fingers tightly gripped my wrists as she did her best to stop me from hurting myself.

But I was already hurting so badly. A few hits were nothing compared to losing Maximus.

“Listen to me, look at me!” My mom finally got a hold of my face and forced me to meet her eyes.

“Now tell me, what happened? Who stole whom?” she asked, her eyes already filled with tears before she even knew the full story.

“That slut—Helanie—she and Maximus—”

I didn’t even have to explain further. My mother already knew what I was going to say next.

The widening of her eyes showed me her shock.

“They are… having an affair?” she whispered, trying to keep the words from reaching the walls.

I gave her a nod, enough for her to cover her mouth in utter disgust.

I told her everything I had heard between hiccups, and she listened to my cries attentively.

“I will fucking expose her to the council for this forbidden affair. I will make sure she dies a horrible death, a death like a pig’s—” My breathing was out of control. My emotions were all over the place.

With every word I spoke, I gasped and then hiccupped.

“No! You won’t do anything,” my mother’s stern voice pulled me out of my trauma, and I glared at her.

“You want me to sit and watch her have Maximus? Don’t you know how much I love him?”

I shouldn’t have to tell my mother about my love for Maximus. She knew everything about it.

“I grew up only loving one man, Mom. I never even wished to have anyone else in my life. I just wanted Maximus. I could go live in the woods with him, work hard, and even clean houses if that’s what it takes. I just want Maximus. If I have him, I don’t want anything else,” I said.

Saying those things out loud took me back to the moment I stood outside and heard Maximus convincing Helanie to accept him.

Why did he need to beg her?

Why?

If he had asked me, I would have bowed at his feet.

But he overlooked my love for him and went after the obvious seductress. Of course, he did.

Women like her are so clever. And girls like me—shy and innocent—are always left behind in these situations.

“You’re not getting my point. It seems like the only reason they aren’t together is because Helanie is afraid of everyone finding out. So if you expose them, Maximus will just take her and leave. Once the truth is out, Lord McQuoid will definitely tell them to go. Do you really want to help them? Let’s keep it a secret for now,” my mother argued.

She wasn’t getting it.

Every passing second was dangerous for us. Maximus and Helanie could tell his father about them, and then it would all be over.

“I can—I can get her killed.”

I snapped out of my misery and looked back at my mother, hope shining in my eyes.

“You’ve gone mad. Just shut up and do as I say. I will make sure they never happen. I just need to pass the right information to Ursula at the right time. Ursula will take care of her messy daughter herself,” my mom grunted, her eyes filled with tears as she watched me cry.

I would go above and beyond to have Maximus.

He is mine, and he will only be mine.