Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 560

Chapter 560: 560-His Ego Won

Helanie:

"Whoa!" Cora said.

I had been staring at the screen in shock. And then he told me not to tell anyone. That made me feel so shy.

However, I tried to play it off and annoy him, so I told him I’d tell everyone. But honestly, that was what Cora suggested. She wanted to mess with him a little more.

"You know what? I shouldn’t have listened to you. Ugh! He must be so embarrassed right now, Cora. He’s not like others. He gets shy and then he—oh my—he’ll be so embarrassed that he’ll stay awake the whole night. He barely sleeps," I started shouting at Cora even though it was my responsibility not to do that to him.

"It’s not our fault he responded that way. At least it proves he’s into you," she said, making me clench my jaw and shut my eyes angrily.

"I’m sure he was just trying to tease me back and since his humor sucks—he ended up embarrassing himself," I defended him, feeling bad.

I called him to say it was okay and that I knew he was joking—just so he wouldn’t overthink it. But he didn’t answer any of my calls.

And that made me worry so much about him.

"Okay, I’m going to check on him, Cora." That was it. I couldn’t enjoy myself or rest knowing Norman might be so stressed.

I knew him really well. Just that one text would have ruined his mood. And I wasn’t even there to sing him a lullaby so he could sleep.

"Are you sure? I mean, he’s hard. What if he wasn’t just playing and actually got in his feelings? What if you go there and he—" She stopped when my body shuddered.

"Cora, that’s Norman. He’s my big stepbrother—" I bit my tongue at the weak excuse. But that’s how I used to see him. I never thought we’d ever get... close like that.

"Helanie, the tension was always there. Just admit it. You were just sure he didn’t see you that way, so you kept forcing yourself to keep him off the list of guys you could ever—" she went quiet when I grabbed my shoes to go see him.

"The palace will be packed with Zhorns," she reminded me, and I remembered how they hiss to cause distractions.

Their frequencies can give people headaches—but not me. I’d be fine.

"I don’t care, Cora. He’ll be up all night," I said, wanting to slap myself for that message.

"He’s not a child. You’re worrying too much," she finally stopped using that teasing tone.

I rushed downstairs to find the hallway almost empty. A few couples were making out in the corners, and I knew Lamar and Jenny were probably looking for a room to hook up in—same with Gavin and Salem. Penn must’ve already hit the bed.

So I was able to sneak out without anyone spotting me. Not that they’d stop me, but they’d insist on coming with me.

It was after midnight, so the full moon had passed too. That meant Norman didn’t need to worry about Maximus. He was kind enough to stay with me on the night of the full moon. But sadly, I was the one who caused him stress.