Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 23

Chapter 23: 23-You Can’t Break Me

Helanie:

I saw his eyes stare at my face in silence before the intensity of them began to shift. It was as if he was realizing what I had just comprehended now. He quickly pulled back and then gasped. I managed to adjust my dress strap and get up in haste. I needed to escape from here. Why the hell did I end up in a room with my stepbrother? What if things had escalated? As if what happened wasn’t bad enough already.

Within minutes, I was running out of the room like a madwoman. Thankfully, the guard had left. Other rooms were occupied by some elites, and all I could hear were moans and grunting from inside. So the elites did take it far after the initial consent from the hostess. What if that was what had happened between us?

I was losing my mind at the thought of being with my stepbrother. I covered my ears to drown out the voices in my head, accusing me of landing in this mess because of my desperation. I rushed back to the dressing room and changed quickly, putting on my old clothes. At this point, I just wanted to get away from him and never face my stepbrothers again. By the time I grabbed my bag and was on my feet to the exit, the guard spotted me.

"Why are you out already? Did you mess it up?" I heard him yell after me while I ran past him to the outside. Thankfully, he had a new girl with him that he needed to escort to the dressing room. Not wanting to scare her by grabbing me, he had to let me go. This was their motto; they didn’t force anyone here.

I was able to run away and make it to the street where I would meet Lammar after midnight. But it was too early, and I was now beginning to feel the cold weather too. With nothing else to do, I recalled the way Maximus ran his hand over my body and then under my dress. He had cupped my breast and touched my nipple too.

I squeezed myself together and closed my eyes, feeling awkward and weirdly aroused. And that made me hate myself even more.

"What the hell was that?" However, another shock hit me when I heard an aggressive grunt from behind me, a hand turning me around to face him. It was Maximus. He had taken off his mask and had come after me.

I was beyond ashamed and guilty. Even looking into his eyes took me back to the moment when I had to deepen my stare just to recognize him.

"You were—what were you doing there?" He quickly blinked his eyes, as if to show he was feeling the same awkwardness that I was. He had to shake my body by grabbing onto my arms to drag me back to reality.

"I needed money—for the admission," I stuttered, unable to look back into his eyes.

"Ugh!" He pushed me back and paced away, his hand covering his eyes as he rubbed them.

"Do you have any idea what just happened?" he spoke with difficulty, his breaths heavier than his words.