Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 358

Chapter 358: 358-One Last Laugh
Helanie:

I was a bit confused about what the main event was. But I could tell it was related to Emma. She had been running around making preparations while there was no sign of Charlotte. I had assumed she was one lazy girl and wouldn’t help out her mother with anything. But to be absent for that long was odd.

Not to mention, on any other occasion or clarification, Charlotte is all around her mother, asking about her gown or when the hairstylist would come. But today, she was just silent.

What if she had convinced Lord McQuoid to get admission to the academy? I didn’t want her to come and ruin things because I knew that’s what she would do.

I left my room again to see if the maids needed my help. I’ve actually helped them with a few recipes since they asked for it.

They were nice and hardworking people. I loved interacting with them.

But as I was about to walk toward my room and briefly passed the living room, a disturbing sight awaited me that made me stop dead in my tracks.

It was Kaye and Kesha. They had arrived earlier and had been sitting in the living room ever since then. The maids had to run around and do extra miles to please that princess.

Kesha was pretty spoiled. She wouldn’t even say hello to anyone else other than the brothers and their father.

She would clearly avoid my mother and Emma too. That’s how she was. But I noticed how she would stick her arm around Kaye’s, as if trying to tell the world he belonged to her.

But this particular sight was a bit hard for me to swallow since Kaye had made it seem like I played him.

But here he was, moved on, with her tongue down his throat. He sat with his arms spread on the back of the couch, his neck stretched back, leaning comfortably, while Kesha sat beside him, her legs folded under her body and her hands tightly holding onto his face. She had her mouth all over his, kissing him passionately and getting all excited. He barely moved, not even a finger, but she was doing the most.

She was constantly getting up and down in her spot, holding his face like she wanted to devour him. Her face was moving side to side, not letting him breathe either.

“Helanie! Don’t just stand there. If you want to be a part of it, just help,” Emma yelled from the kitchen as she saw me standing outside the living room.

That pulled the kissing couple apart. Kesha broke the kiss but didn’t instantly turn her head around. She was breathing heavily while sitting still until she finally turned to glare at me.

I noticed her eyes changing color in a threatening way. I immediately stepped back and rushed away, while Kaye didn’t even bother to notice that I had seen him.

I mean, I wouldn’t care because it was over. But the acceptance from his side and the mate bond was the problem. However, the weird part was that I didn’t feel the pain of cheating. Maybe a mere kiss doesn’t cause such pain or maybe because my wolf isn’t fully awake yet is why I hadn’t felt the excruciating pain. It could be anything.

“Are you coming?” Emma yelled again.

“No! Go do your own work,” I yelled back, annoyed, watching her get shocked when she should have known I’m no longer the nice one who does her errands.

But the time had arrived when we had to gather for lunch. I wouldn’t have been invited, but Lord McQuoid insisted I join them like family every day, so I did.

Everyone looked all dressed up, with Norman in his office suit and Emmet in his black suit. It appeared he had briefly left for a meeting and then returned to join us for lunch.

Emma had a huge smile on her face as she stood in the living room, excitedly rubbing her palms together and giggling.

Thankfully, the couple wasn’t tangled in each other’s tonsils anymore. Kaye seemed distant, but Kesha still had her arms wrapped around his and her body pressed tightly against his. She was giving off the vibe of an obsessive girlfriend.

“What is it, Emma? You’ve prepared everything so well. I’m excited to know what the occasion is,” Lord McQuoid had his arm around my mother’s back as he asked Emma to make the announcement already.

She checked her phone and then nodded her head, taking deep breaths.

“Okay!” she calmed herself, a hand to her chest. “This is a huge thing for me, so I wanted everything to be perfect. Without delay, I want to include you all in a happy moment of my life. Ever since I gave birth to my daughter and have been a single parent, I wanted nothing for myself but a mate for my daughter. She had been very lonely but never lost her faith in the Moon Goddess.” As she continued, it all made sense.

Charlotte found her mate.

But where was she?

“So, as you all already suspected, my baby has found her fated mate—” She broke down in tears from immense happiness while my mother ran to give her a hug to support her in this joyful moment.

The brothers shrugged and tiredly clapped their hands, while Lord McQuoid seemed genuinely happy.

“And—today—you’re going to meet him,” she added, still hugged by my mother.

That’s when someone arrived in the living room. It was Charlotte, holding hands with her mate.

My heart didn’t just skip a beat; it fucking stopped when I saw Maximus standing beside her, all smiles and happy with his mother behind him.

Emmet and Norman looked shocked as they stared at each other and then at me.

I stood silent while Maximus and Charlotte joined the living room, asking for blessings from Lord McQuoid, who seemed too happy to utter a word.

Things started to blur for me, but then someone’s whisper brought me back to reality.

“Good luck feeling that pain of betrayal. I didn’t know karma would strike you so quickly. You left me for him, and now he left you for your cousin.”

It was Kaye, having one last laugh in my ear.