Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee

119-The Girl In His Room

“The Mountains?” Helel asked me to be double sure he heard me correctly.

“Yeah! The mountains that everybody is talking about,” I said, and he kept staring at my face in silence.

“Not everybody, only Zane. He is the only one who decid- ed the entire trip with Mr. Mykel. None of the other brothers agreed on it. In fact, Akin and I have been meaning to have a talk with Mr. Mykel to cancel this so-called trip to hell. And now you want me to not only tell Akin I have changed my mind but invite him to the trip too?” Helel had a very bland ex- pression on his face when he asked me if he heard me cor- rectly.

I had to roll my eyes and breathe through my nostrils to express my exhaustion with these brothers.

“The volcano is not going to erupt. At least not right now.” I tried explaining, but his constant shaking of his head stopped me mid-sentence.

“Fine, let’s hear what plan you can come up with,” I said, folding my arms over my chest. He watched my face in silence and then shrugged his shoulders.

“The mountains are fine, I guess. I don’t want a weredrag- on to transition into a pack,” he finally agreed with me. We discussed a few more things, and then he got up to leave.

“And by the way, it’s not like I am jealous or I want to be official with you. I just don’t want you to befriend someone out of frustration and then regret it later,” he murmured, stealing his eyes from me.

my eyes at his desperate need to not sound needy.

It will be more like our family trip. And if Gwen is indeed a

the door, we realized there was no one near the stairs. But as Helel and I turned around to my room. again, we saw Maddox standing beside his room’s door

Helel questioned, looking around and then walking up to his brother, who was staring

asked because the tim- ing was odd. Did Maddox hear us talk?

lowering his face and gently rubbing his chin, “You two —,” he then raised his head to

me a nod. We had to look less suspicious, so Helel was left with no other choice

her with her studies,” he murmured

helping her with her studies?”

I could tell Helel was not the best at lying, so the chances of him getting caught in a lie

to leave before Maddox throws some more questions our way and catches us

me know if you need any more help,” Helel awkward- ly itched his temples before he walked past

out a sarcastic laugh, muttering

he apologized,” I said, not getting why I have to

thing,” he paused only so that he could walk closer to me and when his body was only a foot away from mine, he questioned me, “Did you lose your virginity to

him in the eye and then folded my arms over my chest to compose my posture.