Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates-Chapter 687-Her Last Love

Emmet:

’Take a deep breath, Emmet, and try to comfort Helanie. Or else she will feel guilty for not being able to help you,’ my wolf uttered amidst the storm within me.

I cleared my throat and turned to her, watching her squeeze into the other side of the seat and look out the window.

I had a bad feeling she was tearing up. I wished I had thought about my words before speaking them.

"Hey," I stretched my arm out and gently nudged her elbow to get her attention. She only shook her head, letting me know she wasn’t going to listen.

’She is so adorable. We will miss her the most,’ my wolf made me smile through the tears.

Everything about her had always been special. I guess I was thinking too far ahead.

Marrying her would have been just an easy way out.

Of course, the forces are way stronger than my will to change my future—our future.

"I was honestly just blabbering out of my mind. There’s no issue. We’re cool. Probably in the future, I’ll have a talk with my brothers and understand what is bothering them about me," I mumbled, and she slowly turned to me.

And just like I had suspected, her eyelashes were still wet from the tears she had shed.

"You said you needed saving tonight," she uttered, rubbing the back of her hand over her eyes.

It broke me, the realization that now we can never be together. Some wishes just never come true.

"My wolf was just anxious. I mistook his anxiety and thought we were running out of time. You know, the whole memory thing," I lied with a straight face. Telling her the truth would mean nothing now.

The time had passed.

The minutes she waited for my brothers to respond to her, the time spent during the arguments, and the way she looked so guilty while speaking to them—

That’s when I changed my mind. If not in this life, maybe in the next. I will get to have my Helanie.

For now, I will make sure she stays with her mates, that their love grows and doesn’t get complicated because of me.

"You’re losing your memory again?" she asked, looking so concerned.

"Not really, for a minute I thought I was," I said, trying to get out of the conversation with any excuse.

I just wanted to stare at her face deeply. At the same time, I couldn’t help but wonder why?

What was it that made my brothers so upset with me?

"Now, keep up with the lie that I spoke to my brothers. We were just pranking them."

Even when I wanted to tell her again that we would never be together, that the idea of our marriage was long gone—I wouldn’t. She would feel guilty when it wasn’t even her fault.

"But I want to be honest with them." As expected, she couldn’t even lie for herself. freewёbnoνel-com

"Helanie, let’s not upset them." How do I tell her not to upset her mates for someone who wouldn’t even be around her anymore?

While she kept watching my face, I closed my eyes, giving her the notion that the conversation had ended. In the silence, I pondered my brothers’ behavior. I tried to recall every interaction we’d had before I went insane and was locked in the cage.

But I couldn’t figure out what I had done so wrong for my brothers to make an exception out of me.

In fact, they had stopped reading my texts. Norman did respond, but his replies were always cold and short.

’It’s just that if I said something wrong, they should let me know. Maybe I forgot, so telling me again would help me understand my mistake,’ I complained to my wolf, who was just as clueless.

And now that we were marked mates with Helanie, the pain in my chest from not being able to have her was so intense.

The journey passed in silence. Neither Helanie said anything, nor could I manage to say a word. My heart was aching. Every now and then, a flicker of hope would rise in my heart—if only there were a way. But then I’d feel, once again, that nothing could be done now.

Too much time had passed. And then we reached our mansion. I took a deep breath when I saw my brothers waiting ahead. They were eagerly waiting for Helanie.

As soon as the car stopped, Maximus was the first to quickly open the door for her.

Norman just kept watching. His eyes were fixed on me. For the first time, I couldn’t tell whether he was looking at me with anger, or with hatred.

As soon as Helanie stepped out of the car, Maximus pulled her into a tight hug. Norman finally looked away from me and hugged Helanie next.

He never had an issue with Maximus. The problem was only with me. He didn’t want me around his wife.

For the first time, I wished I could lose my memory, just to forget this moment. That accusing look Norman had given me, I never wanted to remember it again.

Maximus didn’t even glance at me, and Norman just gave me a head nod. I felt like asking what was going on, but by now I had already asked a dozen times, and every time I’d gotten the same answer:

"It’s getting too crowded."

Then I saw her coming outside. My body stiffened for a moment. She stopped and smiled at me, there was a strange sparkle in her eyes.

I puffed out my chest too, seeing her walking toward me. She ran toward me. I took a step forward and let her come into my arms.

They say, if you can’t escape trouble— then hug it.

Now the plan has changed. I was on a suicide mission. My eyes stopped on Helanie, and I made a promise—

’No matter what happens, I won’t let her happiness be ruined.’

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