Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 240

Chapter 240: 240-There Is Something Wrong About My Stepbrothers

Helanie:

"Good morning, how was your night?" Maximus uttered from behind me, joining me in my morning walk.

I’d suited up in the tracksuit early this morning as I was determined to work on my strength. I was determined to get used to doing things beyond my capacity.

"It was weird," I replied, taking long and big strides. Maximus looked fresh as hell. He was blushing red in the cheeks from the cold and was probably headed for his morning jog as well.

"You can go ahead, jog, I am only brisk walking," I said, acting like I didn’t know he was purposely walking slow so that he could spend time with me.

"My goal is right beside me, so I don’t need to run after it." He probably smirked. I know him so well now. Every time he talked and smirked, his voice sounded much more cheerful.

"Maximus," I cleared my throat, noticing him quickly jump in front of me and face me. He was now walking backward, making sure he got me to look into his eyes.

"You saying my name like that races my heart unlike any other exercise or workout could do," he was becoming so overly flirtatious that he could not talk without flirting.

"Can you please quit for a minute? I have something important to talk about with you," I groaned, making him look down dramatically like I had saddened him.

"Okay fine, break the innocent guy’s heart," he complained, changing his position and walking beside me now.

"Did you hear something last night?" I asked and noticed him shrugging.

"You mean to say the loud noise of someone shattering something on someone’s head?" I instantly knew Norman had told him about it. As I turned to look at his face, I found him smiling weirdly.

"It is okay. He is fine," he added.

"Actually, that was because I thought a lycan had broken into the mansion." He stopped dead in his tracks at the mention of the lycan. I noticed how quickly he turned to face me, and this time, he didn’t even look like he was in a good mood.

"Why would you think like that?" He was frowning hard now.

"I heard a howl, and then I saw—something outside my room. I got so scared," I uttered, genuinely petrified when I recalled those red eyes watching me.

It was not at all easy for me to let it go since I had felt the mate bond with that thing. And now that thing was outside my room, staring at me? That made me wonder if it came for me.

"What? Outside your room? Are you sure?" Maximus instantly pulled his phone out to text someone.

"I’m sure. Who are you texting?" I asked while he stepped away.

"Just the warriors to make sure any of them, umm, saw something," the hesitation in his body language scared me.