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I have never seen Emmet lose his calm like this before.
He didn’t even listen to us and grabbed his wine bottle to head out of the mansion.
"I’ll go after him," Kaye gave me a hand gesture to stay behind. Since Kaye had been going through his own messed-up phase of the curse, he didn’t want to be around Helanie for too long. It would be a disaster if he attacked her.
As for Emmet, he needed someone with him in case he forgot everything and went missing.
As Kaye and Emmet left the mansion, my attention went back to Helanie. She was standing alone in the hallway while Jessica was all over Norman.
The awkward look on Helanie’s face was no mystery. She had probably realized that she acted on her feelings.
Now what kind of feelings—that’s what concerned me.
And then there was Norman. He was holding her hand, not letting her walk away, and staring at her, while Jessica was clearly more interested in talking to him than letting him get distracted.
But I was bothered.
Deeply bothered.
I had never seen my brother let a woman jump at him like that. It was such a terrible sight for me. freēwēbnovel.com
"Helanie," I had to step in and get her out of that awkward moment. And to also remind her that Jessica was my brother’s fiancée, and it should be her with Norman.
She finally snapped out of it and walked toward me, walking past Norman and Jessica—but a bit too slowly.
She approached me and gave me a head nod so that we could walk away.
I followed her outside, straight to the garden.
"I must say I am disappointed with you," I started, watching her lower her head even more. "Jessica is a nice girl. You should have thought of her before—" I wanted to make her realize she needed to keep her distance from Norman, but when I saw her lower her head even further, I stopped.
"But then again—it’s not like you did something unforgivable," I changed my tone, but it didn’t affect her. She had her hands in her lap, rubbing them together and blinking nonstop. She probably wanted to hold back the tears. Was she hurt that Jessica caught her with Norman, or was it something else?
Could it be that she was jealous?
No!
I shook my head to dismiss the idea. Norman isn’t even her mate.
"Helanie! Come on, it wasn’t a big deal. You were just feeling guilty that Norman got arrested because of your case, so when you saw him free, you got emotional. It’s not that big of a deal. I’m sure Jessica didn’t mind it either," I wanted to keep talking until she felt better.
"I will go rest in—" she finally looked up from the ground but instantly went silent. I narrowed my eyes at her, waiting for her to finish what she meant to say.
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