Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates - Chapter 439

Chapter 439: 439-The Truth Comes Out And Momma Bear Is Angry
Helanie:

“Charlotte, she came here to meet me—who the heck told you to yell at her?” Maximus lost it out of the blue, yelling so loud that it made her face turn pale.

“Maximus, please calm down,” The minute I turned to look at him, he checked his behavior.

“I’m sorry,” he mumbled like a lost puppy, lowering his head sadly.

“Are you serious? You’re way too nice to her,” Charlotte complained, and Maximus gritted his teeth at her.

“I’ll go check if Emmet is done showering. I wanted to check on him anyway,” I quickly added, hoping Charlotte wouldn’t think I came here only for her fiancé. But before I could leave, I turned to Maximus and smiled at him. “You can’t blame me for everything. Her standing here should remind you of something.”

It was my way of telling him that he can’t expect me to still be crazy in love with him after he decided to accept my abusive cousin.

I briskly made my way past her, intentionally hitting her with my shoulder because I had so much anger inside me at that moment.

Once I was at the stairs, I saw Norman coming back up, frowning as if trying to understand what happened.

“You’re a good guard, huh? Slacking off on your duties?” I teased, noticing he was supposed to stay outside the door to make sure his mother or anyone else didn’t come shouting at me.

“I had to go to the restroom,” he complained, briskly walking after me. I was making my way through the passage to see Emmet when he kept following me.

“You can take a break from here. I’ll be fine when I’m talking with Emmet,” I turned around, not realizing how close he was until he stopped when my nose brushed against his chest. I awkwardly stepped back and gestured at him to leave me alone with Emmet.

“How about no? What is it that you have to talk to him about that you can’t do in front of me?” he placed his hands on his waist, making me narrow my eyes a little.

“No! You can squeeze those big buttons all you want, but I won’t leave you alone with him,” he said, knowing that was bound to happen. He had probably noticed something between me and Emmet from the way I reacted when Emmet was taken and how Emmet and I always seem to get in trouble together at odd times.

“Fine,” I shrugged, trying to convince him nothing was going on. I wasn’t ready to give up everything for a love story yet. I had deep feelings for Emmet, but I was sure my revenge would come first, and my love story with him could wait.

I just hoped he would understand and not act like his brothers.

We made it to his room, and that’s when Emmet came out too. He almost bumped into me before stepping back and flicking my forehead.

“Little birdie,” the way he cheerfully greeted me, while tilting his head, made me smile. He was so present and cheerful. The sadness I had been feeling after the attack that night was all gone from just a look at his face.

He probably had no idea how important he had become to me now.

“How are you?” I asked, acting all shy when I was really trying my best not to be because Norman had been watching my every move.

“How do I look?” he questioned, taking a step back so I could get a good view of him.

I should have just said “fine,” but instead, I began to blush.

“All done? She has to go back to hostel,” Norman snapped his fingers between us, causing me to turn my head to him and hiss at him.

“I’m sure she can stay for a while,” Emmet added. “Right?” I bet he knew that by talking like this to me, he was making me blush hard, and he still didn’t stop.

“Why would she stop? Why don’t you ask her why she was out of the hostel that night?” And then, the evil queen arrived.

I watched Lady Darcy briskly make her way through the passage with Charlotte behind her. So, she had told her mother-in-law about me.

“When have you ever cared about your sons so much?” Emmet laughed, teasingly pinching my black shirt to pull me behind him.

As he did, his mother grimaced harder.

“I always did. Ask her—ask her why she was outside the hostel,” she kept yelling as she approached us.

“She almost made my sons lose their lives!” she yelled, making sure I could hear her screams.

“She’s family, mother. We would have done that for each other too, so why is it a big deal that we did it for her?” Norman spoke up, stepping steadily to the side, standing next to his brother, shielding me.

“Oh right, and wouldn’t you have asked your brother why he was outside?” It seemed like she was certain I did it on purpose, and what she said next confirmed it.

“She’s like her mother, she wants to get rid of all of you so that only her mother and she are sitting and enjoying the luxuries!” she screamed, causing me to hug myself and then step forward. The brothers didn’t need to defend me all the time, especially when I had a surprise for her.

The brothers were shocked that I had come to the front when I faced their mother.

“Oh, you!” she groaned, clenching her jaw at my sight. “Why were you outside, huh?” she asked me directly.

“You really think you can handle the truth?” I asked, watching her frown. Charlotte had her eyes narrowed at me.

“Tell me, I can swallow any of your absurd excuses for being outside that night that almost ruined my sons’ lives,” she said, mimicking me, hissing and grunting.

“Well, why don’t you ask your sweet nephew?” I folded my arms over my chest, while she looked at her son, who was also facing me to hear me out now.

“Romeo? Why do you have his name in your mouth? Don’t tell me you left the hostel to meet him—” she had no idea what the truth was, so I decided to give that to her.

“Romeo hit me unconscious and then left me tied to a tree,” I announced, feeling so proud of myself for finally being able to tell them what I had been going through.