Middle Child Syndrome - Chapter 304

Chapter 304: Ch 304: Calm down
“Suzie, stop saying things like this. I respect you, but you are making me angry at you. I won’t be able to control my temper if this continues.”

Mark wanted Suzie and Rika to see the signs of his temper flaring. He was getting to a point where he was usually unable to control himself and used force.

That was what Rika knew of her brother. She had seen Mark’s angry and violent side too many times.

But Suzie had never seen Mark angry at her. She had never seen him raise his hand or show any angry reaction.

So, she was clueless about what could happen if Mark lost his temper and decided to take it out on her.

Rika was eager to witness a scene like that and observe Suzie’s reaction if Mark lost his temper with her.

But simultaneously, she knew this was not the place for such a thing to happen. They needed to be somewhere without prying eyes, looking at every action and considering what would happen next.

“Rika, should we do something about this? Mark Goodwill looks ready to bite someone’s head off. And while I am sure that he would not do anything to Suzie, I would rather extract ourselves from this situation beforehand.”

Andrew asked tensely while keeping his eyes on Suzie and Mark constantly.

As an alpha, he had not missed the sudden spike in dual pheromones in front of him. Mark threatened Suzie, and she let out her warning pheromones in return.

The mixture of scents suddenly rising in the hallway made Rika’s stomach swirl. She did not think she could handle simultaneously smelling them, and she was beginning to feel sick.

“I also think we should get away from here. Smelling all these intense smells is making my headache flair. I want to get to somewhere else where I can relax.”

Rika placed her hand in Andrew’s outstretched hand, and the man was about to take her somewhere else when Mark acted fast and grabbed Rika’s hand.

“Where do you think you are going? I did not permit you to leave. I was still talking to you, Rika!”

Mark grabbed Rika and tugged her back. It made everyone gasp and turn toward them to see what would happen next.

Rika tried to tug her hand from Mark’s grip, but it was useless. Her wrist was bruising under his tight hold, and Suzie was glaring at Mark’s hand.

“Mark Goodwill, I will give you a last warning. My patience is thinning, so I want you to let go of my partner’s hand before I decide to act.”

Andrew almost growled as he watched Mark manhandle Rika right in front of his eyes.

Andrew felt challenged by his pride as an alpha, and his pheromones also entered the threatening mix.

Rika had already overdosed on her meds and scent blockers, but being grabbed and put in the middle of a pheromone shower this intense made her want to react to the situation as well.

At this rate, Rika was sure she could not control herself and joined the pair in letting her pheromones out.

“Mark, let go! I cannot do this right now! I am beginning to feel sick.”

Since Mark knew Rika’s condition, she felt like she could reason with him. But Mark was too caught up in his Alpha pride to hear what Rika was saying to him.

He ignored her words and glared at Andrew’s hand on Rika’s shoulder instead.

The two alphas had a stand-off, and no one dared to interrupt them. Even Rocxx decided to keep his distance and not head toward the two alphas to get his date back.

No one in the hallway could stop these two, but there was no need for people to do anything.

The show’s real stars had finally arrived, and people turned toward them with a relieved look.

Rika instinctively looked up as soon as Emily and Damian entered the room. Their combined pheromones were too strong and drowned out everything inside.

It was a familiar scent that made Rika relax and go boneless where she stood. The relief almost made her slide down, but the hands on her shoulder and wrist kept her standing.

The pair instantly headed toward Rika, and she felt tense suddenly. The expression on Emily’s face was anything but relaxed.

“Oh my! Look at what we have here. Alpha Tweten and young Master Goodwill are fighting with each other. I wonder what could be making them fight like this. Would you let us join as well?”

Emily asked in a friendly smile. But her smile showed the dangers she possessed.

Everyone shuddered at Emily’s smile; no one wanted to address her first.

Mark was the only one who dared to growl at her and answer her questions.

“You stay out of this, Steinz! This has nothing to do with you. Whatever is going on here is between Rika and me! The only one I will allow to interfere is Andrew Tewten because he is getting too ahead of himself and needs to be taught a lesson.”

Mark’s anger spoke through his mouth. He was making it difficult for people not to feel afraid of him.

Rika knew that Mark would regret all this as soon as he could calm down. Her brother took such episodes of his seriously.

She did not even know why she cared about all this after what Mark pulled on her. But Rika did not want Mark to regret his outburst later.

That’s why she yanked her hand out of his grasp and regained the distance she had with him initially.

Emily noticed what Rika was doing, and her reassuring smile did wonders for Rika’s frayed nerves.

Just one smile from Emily was enough to assure Rika that things would be fine and that she did not need to feel burdened by caring about the situation.

“Young Alpha Goodwill, you need to calm down. You will get more chances to make things right if you want these chances. Hurrying up like this will be no better for you in the long run.”