Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 350

Chapter 350: 350-The Wild Confrontation

Helanie:

Just when I decided to walk back home and think about Rayden’s comments later, a car passed by me. It suddenly stopped and then reversed, this time stopping right next to me.

My mood instantly soured when I saw Maximus and Kaye in the car.

“Why did you stop?” Kaye asked, rolling his eyes and refusing to look my way.

“Look, that’s our beloved stepsister. She must need a ride,” Maximus stated in a taunting tone, and I had to shake my head at him.

“Thank you, but I will walk back home,” I replied, continuing my walk when Maximus drove up to me again and stopped abruptly.

“Are you sure? Or maybe Rudy is on his way to pick you up?” Maximus mocked once again, this time using Rudy’s name.

I grunted, deepening my glare at him while Kaye only stretched his neck, cracking his knuckles.

“Dude, let’s go. She doesn’t need a ride from us,” Kaye once again seemed disinterested.

“Listen to your brother, he’s spot on. I don’t need a ride from you two,” the minute I said that, Kaye turned his neck to me and stared at me with a weird look on his face.

“Hear her, now that her wolf is waking up, she doesn’t need our help,” Maximus clenched his jaw, muttering the words through his teeth.

“That’s because I don’t want you to remind me you did something for me for the hundredth time,” I wasn’t backing down. I had just scared off Rayden, so I felt like I had it in me to respond to someone’s taunting the way they deserved.

Especially Maximus.

“Rudy?” Kaye nodded his head to himself.

“Stop saying his name. We are only academy mates, not even that close of friends,” I retorted before they could spread rumors and make it uncomfortable for Rudy and me to ever talk again.

“Of course, she won’t admit it. She does that a lot—one must wonder when Rudy will get replaced,” Maximus commented, steadily opening the door to his car and stepping out to face me. He folded his muscular arms over his chest and smirked, but there was pain behind his smirk.

Which was so fascinating to watch since I knew he lied about being in love with me.

“I didn’t play anyone, Maximus. I’m not like you,” I hissed back, trying to get past him when he sidestepped and blocked my path.

“What exactly is going on between the two of you? And what’s the deal with Rudy?” Kaye, who was never interested in anything related to me, was suddenly getting out of the car and walking all the way around to face me.

“She chose Rudy so quickly,” Maximus hissed.

“Quickly? Is that—Rudy is the reason?” Kaye muttered under his breath, and while his brother didn’t notice, I did.

“You two should be leads in Gossip Girl, you’re making stuff up—” I shut up when Maximus turned to his brother.

“The way she played me—” As Maximus scoffed and rolled his eyes, I watched Kaye zone out before staring at his brother in shock.

“What do you mean by that?” Kaye asked, pressing his brother now. I began to feel the heat of confrontation coming, and before I knew it, Maximus was already blurting it out.

“Let’s just say she had someone else in her grasp before she dumped them for Rudy.”

I watched Kaye take steady breaths while his jaw kept clenching.

“Do you know about us?” Kaye questioned, filling the air with tension. Silence hit Maximus before he shook his head, looking clueless.

“Huh? I was talking about—” He paused before finishing, “Me!”

The two kept staring at each other, and then Kaye looked at me angrily. “Wait—you two were a thing?”

“I don’t want to talk about it. It’s over.” I wasn’t a confrontational person, mainly because I knew they would side with each other and corner me.

I didn’t want to have this conversation here.

“No, wait,” Maximus grabbed my hand, pulling me back to stand between them. I felt the pressure, realizing how scary it could get once again to be caught between two powerful creatures.

“I want to know why you chose Rudy over me,” Maximus asked, knowing damn well he was just making stuff up to make me look guilty.

“Because you were playing me!” I yelled and freed my arm.

“What are you talking about?” Maximus took me seriously for once, reaching out gently to nudge my arm.

“Wait, you two were together?” Kaye repeated the same question.

“Huh!” He let out a laugh that stole Maximus’ attention. I closed my eyes because, at this moment, I realized they wouldn’t back off until we had this conversation.

“So all that time when I was suffering, you were with my brother?” Kaye stopped pacing, standing tall and nodding his head.

His glare was so empty it was terrifying. The new tattoo of a sword and a fishtail on his neck was such an attention-grabbing addition to his presence.

“What do you mean, Kaye?” Now it was Maximus’ turn to be shocked.

“Remember I had a breakdown? That was because she asked me to reject her, and I kept asking her who she had chosen over me,” Kaye detailed the conversation, causing Maximus’ eyes to go wide.

“Huh? Reject her? But why would you reject her? She’s my mate,” Maximus stated, shocking Kaye into staring at him.

The two kept looking into each other’s eyes before they turned back to me.

“You’re mates with me, right?” Maximus questioned.

I stood in front of them like a culprit and then steadily shook my head. “I’m not.”

I watched Maximus close his eyes and then shake his head while smiling, as if he thought I was joking. “But I felt something with you.”

“You claimed you did. I felt nothing, and I’ve told you that before too. And yes, Kaye and I are mates, but we were done long ago, before you and I had anything—” I explained quickly before one of them could cut me off.

“So you decided to jump into my brother’s lap?” Kaye phrased the question in a way that made my breath hitch in my throat.