Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 310

Chapter 310: 310-Found Out The Truth

Helanie:

"I heard you made an announcement about Helanie," Lord McQuoid asked Emmet, shifting his attention from his food to him during dinner.

I had been watching Emmet to make sure he was okay, and he seemed completely fine.

"It was needed to be done." I noticed the lack of confidence compared to last time in Emmet’s words. He was so determined on the academy grounds when making that announcement. But tonight, he looked troubled as he kept glancing at Kaye and Maximus.

It was then that I realized he might have gotten scolded by Maximus.

"He announced Helanie as his stepsister?" My mother put her fork down, her tone sharp and shocked.

"Yeah, Ursula, it was important. She was getting bullied nonstop," Lord McQuoid seemed to have known this would upset my mother, so he quickly tried explaining.

However, the look on my mother’s face didn’t change.

She looked unconvinced.

"The rising student needs someone to defend herself," Of course, Charlotte had something to add. She let out a snicker and then lowered her head. Her mother gently elbowed her while laughing under her breath with her.

"Charlotte!" Maximus yelled, causing her to suddenly stop laughing and raise her head to look at him.

"You think bullying is funny?" he asked her sternly, making me notice the anger in his eyes as he kept glaring at her.

"No—I didn’t mean to laugh," she stuttered while tearing up.

"Don’t speak if you can’t say anything useful," Maximus hissed at her while Emma shared a glance with Lord McQuoid. She wanted him to see how his son was speaking to Charlotte, who now had tears streaming down her face. She lowered her head and started wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand.

"Maximus, she has a mother for that. You don’t need to scold her," Lord McQuoid understood the situation and stepped in to defend Charlotte, who sat right next to my mother.

My mom looked visibly disturbed for Charlotte, so she wrapped her arm around Charlotte’s shoulder to comfort her.

"And her mother is not doing a great job. She was snickering along, did you not see that?" Maximus was beginning to get louder and louder.

I raised my head and noticed Emmet staring at me. He had his hand stretched out on the table while holding a fork in the other hand. His eyes seemed to hold secrets.

I shook my gaze away from him to Maximus and Lord McQuoid.

"Maximus, that is no way to speak about an elder," Lord McQuoid had made it clear that he was biased. He would go as far as to yell at his sons just for the sake of my mother’s friend.

"That is no way to speak to your son either. And please tell me, what did Maximus say wrong?" I guess at this point, we had all been waiting for Norman to speak up since he always did for his brothers.

He usually waits for some time to hear the full debate and then strikes while the iron is hot.

Lord McQuoid shifted his gaze to Norman. I could tell he was getting tired of Norman always speaking up for his brothers and going against him.