Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 304

Chapter 304: 304-My Monster Mate Attacked My Friends.

Helanie:

Everyone went silent after hearing the announcement. And by everyone, I mean everyone—including Maximus and Kaye.

Maximus looked so restless that he avoided making eye contact with me. It seemed like his eyes kept filling with tears, but he was trying to distract himself by fiddling with the watch on his wrist, pretending to fix it nonstop.

Kaye had a habit of going numb—staying still in his spot, clenching his jaw without much movement. Norman just wanted the speech to be over. That much was obvious.

After Emmet announced it, he told everyone to say goodbye.

"Now, Rayden! Come with us," Emmet pointed at Rayden, who looked like he had been struck by lightning.

The brothers barely moved. Norman had to pat them on the back to get them to follow Emmet into the academy. He was the only one among the three who passed me a quick glance before turning around and leaving after his brother.

I knew a huge confrontation was waiting.

Rayden turned to me with horror on his face. It seemed like the announcement hit him harder than my betrayal.

As he walked away, the others started looking at me.

"You live with them?" one of the girls asked, her eyes wide open. I awkwardly nodded, and the others behind her gasped too.

"Hey!" While Sage was all set to walk away with Rudy and Sumit by her side, she gave me a quick wink and a nod.

She was pure class.

I had never seen her act strangely. In the beginning, I was fooled by her little jabs at the juniors or her smirks, but that was as harmless as she got.

Salem and Sydney were looking my way, and Sydney was constantly muttering under her breath. Salem tried giving me a little smile, but I looked away from her.

"Stepsister of the rogue kings, huh?" Penn wrapped his arm around Jenny to comfort her. She looked slightly concerned for Rayden. _{frёewebηovel.cѳm}

"Why didn’t you tell us before?" Penn asked in a joking tone.

"She was waiting for the announcement of their engagement ceremony," Lamar quickly added to my rescue.

Jenny remained quiet, her head down and eyes on the ground. Why was she so upset over Rayden? I just didn’t understand.

It really made me wonder if she was being mistreated by him too.

"Yeah, sort of," I answered.

"Anyway, I’ll take her home. She doesn’t seem to be feeling well," Penn said while tapping his fingers on his sister’s shoulder.

The two walked away, and now it was Arlo who had come to have a word with me.

"Wow! How is the mansion? I heard it’s really beautiful," he asked in the tone he usually used with the top senior students.

Lamar and I frowned, exchanged a look, and then stared at Arlo in confusion.