Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 540

Chapter 540: 540-The Weird Crush Of Romeo

Maximus:

"What are we going to do there?" Lamar asked us.

I had been speaking with Lamar for two days. I realized that if I wanted to win Helanie back, I might as well befriend her friends. Even if it would be a little awkward since I’m their professor, I didn’t care anymore.

"So—Byron needs to talk to him," I pointed at Byron, who nodded.

"I feel kind of guilty for him ending up like this. And it’s not like I bullied him just to be a bully," he added quickly, not wanting to seem like the bad guy. "I just didn’t like that he was hanging around those guys."

He finished just as we arrived at the house. But when we turned around, we saw Benita rushing toward the house like a headless chicken.

"I’m sorry, don’t you have a café to take care of?" Byron asked as he watched her open the main door for us.

"No, not really. The waitresses will handle it. I have something to do at home anyway," she said, hurrying in before us, clearly trying to make sure her son wasn’t alone when we got there.

"Benita, my dear," Byron gave her a smirk and turned to her. "Why don’t you go wait in the café? You can come back and finish your business here later. It’s your pack alpha’s order."

The way Byron glared at her while keeping his voice cheerful must’ve been enough for her to realize her time was up.

Did she really think she could hide her son and the problem would just go away?

Especially when her son didn’t even want to stay hidden?

"Then let me speak with him first," she said, her body language full of hesitation and nerves—enough to make us eager to know what was really going on.

"Sure," Byron replied, giving her the space. She rushed straight downstairs.

"Are we going to wait for her to come back up?" Lamar asked, and I exchanged a glance with Byron before starting to chuckle.

"Of course not. Let’s go catch her red-handed," I said, and we followed her down to find her quickly trying to unchain her son. She had him tied to a bed, with wolfsbane needles all around the room.

"What a heartless mother," Byron muttered, making her jump and step in front of her son like she could block our view.

"Step aside, lady," Byron gestured with his hand. I let him do most of the talking—I wanted to save my energy for now.

"But he’s my son and he wants me in the room," she stuttered, clearly panicking.

"Or maybe not," I added, stepping forward and walking up to Kaidon.

I guessed that after his last outburst, she had chained him up and drugged him so much he couldn’t even fight back. As if he even could escape those chains.

It was just so heartbreaking.