Helanie:
I felt so bad for Maximus. After hearing everything, I realized we broke up because of a misunderstanding.
"He’ll be fine," Emt elbowed as we walked together. I was kind of perplexed myself, why be mated to more than one? And why to the three brothers?
I was supposed to be at the hotel soon, but I couldn’t get Maximus’ face out of my mind.
"Did Charlotte do sothing?" I stopped and turned to look at Emt.
"He said sothing, but it was so vague that I couldn’t make much sense of it. But I’ll talk to him, don’t worry," Emt reassured , his fingers brushing against mine as we strolled together.
"Thank you for everything, Emt," I spoke softly, letting him intertwine his fingers with mine.
"Thank you for letting walk beside you," he tightened his grip on my hand, holding it firmly. "Let drop you at the hotel. You should get so rest. There’s a big ceremony coming up, and I want you to attend it."
Our fingers slowly untangled as he walked toward his car to open the passenger-side door for .
"What ceremony?" I asked.
"Rember that woman from one of the family functions?" Emt asked, almost zoning out as if he was struggling to rember which event he was referring to.
"Kesha?" I guessed, but he shook his head.
"Jessica. She’s been Norman’s fiancée for a long ti, but now they’re finally planning to tie the knot in two weeks," he explained, smiling as he helped put on my seatbelt.
"Oh, that’s great news! Sad for the woman, though. How is she able to put up with soone like Norman?" I hissed, pouting as I recalled what an asshole he was most of the ti.
"Ehh!" Emt laughed. "He’s not that bad. And as for Jessica, she knows how to handle him. She keeps him calm, and well—even though Norman isn’t your typical boyfriend type, she understands him and rarely complains. I guess that’s why he stays with her," Emt spoke so softly, his deep voice so soothing that I could listen to him for hours.
"Maybe that’s why I’ve never actually seen him with her," I muttered, trying hard to recall any mont when Norman had gone on a date with Jessica.
"That’s Norman for you. He laid out his terms, and she agreed. They almost broke up once, but one night—when we were struggling to control Maximus and I had given too much blood to my brother to the point where Norman had to drag away—Jessica stepped up and gave Maximus her own blood."
It seed like Jessica was truly a good person.
"She had always been there for us. In fact, she was always there to support Kane whenever Mom would ignore him. And I guess that’s why my brother chose her. He always wanted soone who would love his brothers the way he does," Emt sighed, and I instantly realized he wasn’t okay with the idea of it.
"You don’t like her?" I noticed his reaction, so I asked. But he was quick to shake his head.
"That’s not true. We’ve all been friends since we were kids, and I respect her a lot. It’s just that I don’t like how my brother thinks his wife or mate has to be just as devoted to his brothers as he is. Don’t get wrong, it’s great if she wants to be there for his brothers, but—I think choosing her just for that makes wonder if Jessica is purposely working so hard just to be accepted by him. She needs to understand that she deserves soone who will love her, take her out on dates, and not expect her to beco just another brother to Norman’s brothers," he spoke in a sad tone, with a hint of disappointnt.
"You said Norman laid out the terms, and she chose to accept them," I shrugged, not understanding why she would agree to that.
Why would anyone want to marry soone who shows no compassion for them? But then I shook my head and smiled, rembering my own stupidity—how I used to go out of my way to please Altan just because I wanted to marry him.
We wrapped up the conversation on a much lighter note before Emt dropped off at the hotel where my friends were staying. They were already in the suite, I had heard.
"Goodbye," Emt puckered his lips, making blush as I shyly glanced at him—only to see Salem stepping out of the hotel, looking upset.
"Now go," I mouthed, and he gave a look as if leaving was the most painful thing he had to do.
Once he drove off, I walked over to Salem, who probably hadn’t even noticed . She was on a call with soone, pacing around anxiously.
"Dad, she is my friend. I don’t care what Sydney says—Helanie didn’t do anything. Helanie was with us the whole day, so back off," she muttered, hissing angrily.
But it was the ntion of her father that caught my attention.
Her father was talking about ? What did I do now?
"I don’t care. I’m telling you, Helanie was with us." She hung up and sighed, staring at the sky.
"What happened?" I didn’t want to startle her, but she was so lost in thought that she almost yelped. Her hand flew to her chest before she smiled.
"You scared ," she complained, but then she hugged and cupped my face in her hands. "You okay?" she asked softly.
It made feel so good. Her hands were warm, and her touch was so soothing.
"Salem, tell what’s going on. Is your dad mad at you for staying over with ?" I noticed her body flinch a little at my question.
"That’s not it. I didn’t want to tell you, but—" she sighed, biting her bottom lip.
"Tell , please," I insisted.
She finally opened her mouth, but what she said next left in shock.
"Zellu has gone missing."
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