Helanie:
"You’re shameless enough to approach her again? And even corner her?" Vontson yelled, his eyes bloodshot with rage.
"I didn’t do anything!" Rhiz snapped, his voice rising. "I didn’t know she was coming here. I was looking for a restroom when I found her in the room. I had just come out of the bathroom when she was standing by the door, locking it. Then she took off her pendant—and seduced me! But when I started fighting it—she hit me. She attacked me."
"The only reason I gave in to her pheromones before was because I thought she wanted me too. I didn’t know she’d turn around and call it rape. But this time, I was fighting hard—"
Rhiz had been rambling since he got caught. I had a feeling he was going to blame everything on my pheromones.
"But you need to understand," he added, grasping at straws. "Her pheromones make you commit a crime."
Gavin’s expression hardened. He’d clearly been waiting for that excuse.
"Take it off," Gavin ordered, his gaze shifting to me.
"What?" Rhiz blurted, thinking Gavin was speaking to him.
"I said take off that pendant," Gavin clarified, looking straight at me. "Let’s see if anyone in here loses their mind."
I nodded and stood up from the sofa, unfastening the pendant. I knew it might get awkward, but I had to show them my pheromones weren’t as dangerous as Rhiz claimed.
As I stood tall, everyone exchanged uncertain glances before turning their eyes to me.
"I’m sensing something... but it’s very mild. Like a faint scent," Lamar said, turning to Penn for confirmation.
"Yeah. I smell something faint, but it’s not seductive," Penn agreed.
"I don’t even sense anything," Vontson added with a shrug.
Rhiz looked like he’d just lost a major battle.
"It—it didn’t use to be like that. She—she got marked by her mate, right? That’s why—listen—" Rhiz started to stammer, his words growing more suspicious with each pause.
"But didn’t you just say her pheromones made you lose control?" Rudy said with a smirk, his tone dripping with disbelief.
"You stay out of it! You’re the problem. Why would you bring her here?" Rhiz snapped, pointing accusingly at Rudy.
"Because I wanted to expose you," Rudy replied coolly.
Everyone turned as an omega entered the room, carrying a laptop. With all eyes on him, he set it on the table and pressed play.
The room filled with silence as a video began to play—a recording of my earlier interaction with Rhiz in the bedroom, where he confessed to everything.
It was a moment of undeniable relief. The truth was finally out.
Rudy’s mother stared at his face in shock—and so did everyone else.
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