Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

403-The Drunken Mate

"What the fuck are you saying, Lazio?" I couldn't stay silent anymore. The only thing I was left with was my dignity and my self-esteem, and tonight he was trying to snatch that from me.

"I watched you go on a date with Zander, Enya. I watched you die for Thiago. I saw you regret ever leaving Maynard. I was on the call with you when you were in a room with Corbin. You came back to the room smelling like him that day. I — was there to suffer," he yelled at the top of his lungs, leaving me shocked.

"But you agre--ed to me accepting my mates. In-fact-," I paused when my sobs choked me, "you begged me to accept you. You convinced me you will never talk about it, you will never be bothered about it," I was sobbing, the rise and fall of my chest even more prominent this time.

"I lied, okay? It broke me," he yelled and pushed me until I landed in the bed.

"I loved you, and you didn’t care. I was always your last choice because the powerful Enya was too into herself to realize Lazio was also in line," he yelled, spreading his arms and then scoffing at me.

I couldn't even say anything as I watched him with silent tears leaving my eyes. He had kept so much in his heart, and my dumbasses married him, thinking at least I have one of my mates with me.

"And yes! I didn't take you with me because I didn’t want Maynard and Christina to suffer because of you. Their relationship had been so awful because of you." Lazio then hunched over, resting his foot on the bed, to point his finger in my face.

you. Now tell me, how the heck did you expect me to take you to their place? I have seen Christina cry in silence every time we met her," he finished, stepping away from the bed and closing

you should be the last one to feel

awkward between them," he warned me before walking out of the room. Slowly slipping back, I

changed sides and curled into a ball to sob in

far away from Maynard and let

them in the morning but didn’t attend it myself to minimize my

I stayed behind. I had planned to skip work until Maynard and

them when my phone kept ringing. I ignored it the first few times after looking at

now?" I answered

inform you about this meeting," he said but paused to drink a little, "So," he continued, making loud gulping noises, "The alphas and their lunas are acquired at my place on the 15th of this month to talk about some new rules." He finished, and a

just took over the business and everything and was already making changes to

hung up the call

rejection again. He hadn't rejected me yet, so the mate bond was

way to my room when everybody barged in. Lazio and Maynard

and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, assisting him in standing