Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 339

Chapter 339: 339-He Is Back With His New Mate

Helanie:

Lamar and Gavin wore gray suits, just different shades. The two had dressed up nicely, had their hair done, and stood close by. It was odd to see them talk so much until I approached them.

“Hey!” I greeted, bowing down dramatically as I felt like a princess in this heavy gown.

“Hello,” both of them said in unison, offering their hands to me. I held both their hands before walking between them and standing in the corner with the decorations.

“Are you finally relieved?” I asked Gavin, who nodded with a smile.

It was nice that he had shown guilt. He had even stayed in the mountains and proved that he was willing to go above and beyond to fix the mistakes he made.

I just couldn’t wait to see Lucy again. I heard she was spending time with her family and wasn’t allowed to meet anyone at the moment.

But that was enough for now.

Our eyes moved to Penn and Jenny arriving with their parents, and a knot formed in my stomach.

“Speaking of them, I’m so sorry for what they have been doing to you,” I guessed Lamar had filled Gavin in on what had happened when he was gone, including Rayden being expelled and me being the trainer’s stepsister.

“Their sight makes me sick to my stomach,” I grimaced, looking away from Penn’s parents. But Lamar elbowed me, and I looked back at them, only to find Jenny and Penn coming our way.

“Someone is going to outshine her mother,” Penn complimented, his white suit making him look like a prince.

“Thank you!” I said with a smile.

Jenny rocked a gray gown, but her eyes kept moving to Lamar, who hadn’t even looked her way once.

“Hey,” came Sage in a long fishtail green gown with Rudy behind her in a black coat and white shirt.

The two always came together. They were childhood best friends, and at first, I thought they were dating too.

But I realized later on that wasn’t the case.

“Hello, gorgeous people,” Rudy greeted, but his eyes stayed on me. Whenever he was in view, the girls would start giving him heart eyes.

Even Sydney had been watching Rudy and biting her bottom lip. I didn’t get her obsession with every handsome man. And recently, she had been staring at Rudy every chance she got. Both Sydney and Salem had their eyes toward us, each looking at a man of their interest.

The two had come wearing brown and black satin corset dresses. They stayed with their family, whereas Salem kept her eyes on Gavin. I noticed he wanted to see her too, but I guess he was afraid of jeopardizing his friendship with us.

“What is going on?” I asked Gavin since he kept looking over at Salem. Whenever she tried to smile at him, he would look away, and her smile would fade.

“Nothing.” Gavin smiled awkwardly.

“Go talk to her, she has been really worried about you.” The minute I suggested that, I watched Lamar and Jenny look at me with puzzled eyes.

“No! I don’t want to,” Gavin retorted.

“She is also your enemy,” Jenny muttered, her eyes shifting to Lamar, who had told her repeatedly that he didn’t want to befriend anyone who was friends with our so-called enemies.

“It is different, Jenny,” I shut her down. “Besides, Salem looks guilty to me. She has apologized too. And honestly speaking, I don’t see why Gavin has to keep punishing himself.” I was ready to forgive Salem for Gavin, as long as she behaved and redeemed herself. She didn’t have to suck up to us or always praise us—just not mess with us or cause trouble.

“Then why can’t you be friends with me?” Jenny asked in a low voice.

“You are our friend,” I reminded her, but I noticed her eyes move to Lamar, who clearly thought otherwise.

“Come on, go ahead, I am okay with it,” I said to Gavin, who had briefly looked hopeful until he probably took Jenny’s words too seriously.

“No! Because of me and Salem—Lucy—I don’t want to do it.” Sadly, Gavin was drowning in too much guilt to move on with his life. And I couldn’t force him to.

“You have a nice, forgiving heart,” Penn whispered from behind me, right into my ear. My eyes landed on Maximus in the distance, his gaze narrowing at us.

“Thank you,” I replied.

“Umm, but why am I not able to win this sweet heart of yours?” Penn continued, making my skin break out in goosebumps.

“Well, your parents hate me,” I reminded him playfully, getting my message across in the most casual way.

“I am an Alpha, Helanie. I will make a decision, and they will have to respect it.” He wasn’t joking—he actually sounded offended that I didn’t believe he had it in him to make them accept me.

Well, I had heard many such claims before. One of them came from Maximus, who was looking at us like he was completely shocked. Did he forget that we had broken up? That our fake relationship was over?

“Well, I am not ready for a relationship yet,” I gave him the same excuse as before, and he sighed.

“If you keep making me wait, I might fly away,” he joked, but he wasn’t wrong. No man was ready to wait for me.

Only I was the fool who had agreed to wait for Altan to confess to his parents about me. I guess only girls could be such fools.

Sage had slid closer to Emmet, making small talk with him. Her body language seemed interesting. She was all shy and bubbly in front of him. That was unlike her usual self.

The brothers had a corner on the stage where they kept meeting up to talk about random stuff. It was indeed a busy day for them.

And then—something happened.

Everyone’s eyes moved to the side when someone arrived dramatically. Gasps erupted, and heads turned to the newly arrived couple.

It was Kaye holding hands with Kesha.