Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 417

Chapter 417: 417-My Mate Says She Is Better Than Me
Helanie:

“Really?” I was hurt but masked the frustration with a shocked look on my face.

“Then reject me and be happy with her.”

I expected him to reject me out of anger and free me from this pain of jealousy, even though I didn’t want to be jealous of him.

“You would think it would be that easy?” he laughed to himself, clicking his tongue. We both went silent before he continued, “I didn’t mean to say those words.”

That was unexpected, but maybe he would add something to insult me more, like a surprise humiliation.

“That’s nothing new with you,” I groaned.

“I’m serious. I don’t know what it is about you—,” he paused, and I wondered what he was going to say next, “that gets under my skin.”

“All I can think about is hurting you and strangling—” he shut up before he could panic me more.

What the heck was he talking about?

I had no words to speak after what he said.

“That is why I believe you should just stay away from me,” it didn’t make sense. In one breath, he was talking about me staying away from him, while in the other, he offered to drop me home.

“You should have told your father that you couldn’t drop me off,” I hissed.

“I know. I just don’t know why I accepted the offer. I guess I just want to—I want to live happily with Kesha,” his tone changed, and my jaw clenched.

“She is so sweet and humble, unlike you,” the straightforwardness from him was affecting me. He was happy with her, good for him. But he didn’t have to put me down to raise her up.

“She doesn’t go around falling in love with others or lying to them—” he closed his eyes and then cleared his throat, looking around in confusion.

“Just shut up,” he said, causing me to frown because I wasn’t even talking. It was the most odd drive I’ve ever had to share with anyone.

Thankfully, we didn’t speak for the rest of the ride. But when we arrived at the hostel, I saw Rudy and his group sitting on the front porch, enjoying the rain from afar.

“You said you were headed over to the academy to grab something? I have to get my notebook from my locker too,” even when I didn’t want to speak another word to Kaye, it was also true that I wanted to avoid Rudy and the other top seniors. I wasn’t very happy with how he had been acting lately.

“Okay,” Kaye said, turning towards the academy’s driveway.

Once he parked, I jumped out and rushed towards the entrance, standing there and waiting for Kaye. He took his sweet time, strolling while the rain fell on him.

He arrived and opened the door for me.

I had already informed Lamar that I would be late so that he wouldn’t go picking me up from the mansion.

I rushed ahead of Kaye and sighed at the dark hallways.

He didn’t stop to ask me any more questions and went straight ahead to his office. I lit my flashlight and walked toward the lockers. During the daytime, this place is so crowded that it seemed like a ghost town now that it was dark and empty. The thunderclaps would occasionally shake the windows, and my body would get startled.

I reached the lockers and stood next to them before picking up a register that I could use as an excuse to be here.

But then, I began to feel a certain way towards Emmet’s office. There were weird noises coming from inside.

I felt as if it was the sound of needles clicking.

I looked around to make sure there was no one nearby and tried to open the door. Of course, it was locked. Grabbing a stool from the side, I climbed on it and stared inside through the window.

I swear I’ve heard such clicking before. Then it came back to me. It was the noise from the compass.

The compass we had used in the test.

I sat down on the floor and opened my phone’s browser, typing,

“Whisper compass.”

There were many results that popped up. The compass had been found washed ashore by some rogues.

There were pictures of the compass, but no other details were available online. Sometimes I wondered if these things were truly magic. How did anyone find it and conclude it was magic?

That sounded absurd.

After spending a few more minutes, I got up to leave when I heard someone walking in the direction of the office. Panic struck me, and I ran to the side, trying to hide somewhere. It didn’t seem to be Kaye. Or if it was, I would be doomed. He would ask me what I was doing next to Emmet’s office.

I hid behind the wall and stayed there, hearing the footsteps stop.

“Whoever you are, come out,” the voice was thick and heavy but not threatening. The minute I realized it was Emmet, I came out from behind the wall and caught him staring at me in shock.

“Helanie?” he asked, worried.

“I came here to look for my register when I heard some noise from inside,” I uttered softly, noticing him keep staring at me.

“What noise?” he inquired, slipping his hand in his pocket while holding a door in his other hand. I remembered watching him with Sage earlier. Did she give him that piece?

“I don’t know. I’ll leave now,” I hissed, my mood souring. But when I was passing him, he grabbed my hand, and my steps came to a halt.

“What is going on?” he asked.

“Nothing. By the way, I took care of Demi and Davon tonight. But thanks for not showing up,” I don’t know why I embarrassed myself by acting like that, but I surely caught his attention as he forced me to turn around by holding my hand.

He made me stare into his eyes, almost like asking for an explanation for my comment.

“You told me you would drop me home. I had to ask Lamar, and he was also busy, so—” I stopped talking, realizing how much I had been expecting from him that one time he didn’t remember keeping his promise, and I was so hurt.