Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 283

Chapter 283: 283-He Won’t Stop Flirting.

Helanie:

"Helanie? What are you doing here?" Rayden seemed shocked to see me coming back to see him. I had heard from the nurse that his parents had just left and would be back in a few hours.

I didn’t really tell her my name or anything. I just knew everyone was allowed to come see him now, and since he was an alpha, he was getting many visitors.

"I needed to speak with you," I said, trying to rush through my words. It was so hard to face him, not because I was guilty of being the reason behind the attack on him, but because I hated his face.

Breathing in the same air as him was like inhaling charcoal.

"Okay. What is it?" The fact that he was so casually talking to me after making me his victim surprised me.

He never showed any guilt, though, and I wondered what kind of cold-hearted monster he was.

"Umm, I wanted to tell you—who actually—made me do that to you," I noticed his expression instantly change.

"What do you mean? You said you didn’t do anything," Rayden almost hissed as he remembered the conversation he had with Norman.

"That was a lie. The truth is that—," I held my breath, "it was someone who blackmailed me into—doing this to you." I felt like the world under me was shaking. Every time I played a game with him or spoke with him, I couldn’t help but have flashes of that night. His laughter was still echoing through my ears.

"Wait, someone made you do that to me? Who was it?" he asked, his eyes narrowing as he looked at my face.

"It was—Arlo," I finished and watched him frown and shake his head.

"Why would he want to do that to me? It doesn’t make any sense," he was, of course, not going to believe me just like that.

"That’s because he is jealous of you. He wanted you to look like a fool and probably even wanted you out of his way," I said, noticing him zone out.

"Anyway, I just thought I’d tell you the truth because you didn’t deserve what happened to you." I could already tell he was ready to throw hands.

"That’s why Arlo was hiding in the tree. He knew the plan wouldn’t work. He had sabotaged it, but can you please—please not tell anyone? I don’t want to be under Arlo’s radar?" I pleaded, showing him how genuinely scared I was of Arlo.

"Hm, don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone," Rayden was zoned out when he said that, "but you shouldn’t have betrayed me like that, Helanie." Now that he had finally regained his senses, he was ready to threaten me as well.

"And for that, you won’t be spared either," he hissed. It was a clear threat to me that once he got better, he would make sure I suffered as much as Arlo.

"I am so sorry, I didn’t mean---," I began to speak, but he shushed me, glaring at me and wincing when his body probably hurt from trying too hard to get after me.

"Just get out of here. I’ll see you soon," he muttered, eyeing me angrily. I nodded repeatedly and ran out of the room.