Tasting All My Mates

Chapter 273

273-The Red In His Eyes

Enya’s POV:

“Hello?” Maynard answered my call, and all eyes turned to me.

“Umm! Hey there. Where did you go? We thought you were in the bathroom.” I was trying to sound normal while Christina was staring at me with big tears in her eyes.

“Oh! I was not in the bathroom. Thiago and I left earlier to go to a bar. We have been stressed out so much that we decided to take some time off for ourselves.” Maynard sounded normal, way too normal.

“Christina has been calling you.” I felt awkward talking about her when she was right there.

“I am so sorry; I might not have seen her call. Okay, let her know I am fine and I will catch up with her in a few hours, okay?” Maynard seemed to be in a hurry. What‘s weird is that there was no noise behind him. In fact, I heard birds chirping as if they were in the open air.

“Thank goodness everything is fine.” I disconnected the phone from my ear and cleared my throat, acting like there was nothing to be worried about.

“No comments on why he picked up your call and not his mate‘

s?” Zander let out a chuckle, shaking his head while lying down on the bed.

“But why is the window broken? You heard someone inside, so who was in here if none of us were in here?” Lazlo was the only one who decided to skip the drama around and think more properly. NôvelDrama.Org holds this content.

“You guys are going to act like everything is fine? You can play the detective game, I am done here,” Christina finally spoke up after remaining silent for a few minutes.

“Christina!” I ran after her to make her understand there was nothing going on between Maynard and me.

“No! stop. Just admit it, he will never love me the way he loved you. It is obvious.” Christina stopped in her tracks when we were in the hallway and turned to look at me. She was crying and hyperventilating.

“I‘m such a moron to think we can ever be mine.” My heart broke seeing her like that

“You are thinking it all wrong. If he loved me, he would never have left me. He loves you. The changes he displayed and the maturity he showed in the last few months are because of you. He used to be so aggressive and so demanding, but with you, he is an entirely different person. He wants to be a better person, the best alpha for you. Please don‘t let Zander get into

your head.” I requested her to not ruin her relationship with Maynard for her bitter brother. This was the first time she didn‘t jump on me for calling her brother manipulative.

“So there is nothing going on between you two?” She asked softly, her eyes staring at me for a genuine response.

“You are the one with the mark. Decide for yourself who he wants.” I gave her a smile before walking past her into the room. Lazlo was still trying to figure out the mystery of the broken window in the bathroom.

“You heard someone in there?” He asked me the moment entered the room.

I replied, “I did.”

“It is not looking good. What if the monster was here?” Lazlo seemed on the edge of his seat. I know he was worried about my safety.

“Let the others come back and then we can discuss this,” / suggested, and we all mutually shook on it. Sitting in an awkward silence where Zander would once in a while either scoff or taunt us was very uncomfortable.

“Hey,” Lazlo sat in my bed and whispered, “I saw you arguing with Oswin in the hallway. I am assuming things didn‘t go well,” he said, stroking the mark behind his ear.

“Well, it appears as if my mother was not a very nice person to him and his mother,” I felt weird talking about my mother who I always remembered as this kind, polite and selfless woman.

“Oh!” he exclaimed in sorrow. “It is weird how we think we know someone, but we don‘t.” He added.

“Where did you get this scar from?” I asked him and he frowned, making me turn to him and gently reach for the scar behind his

ear.

“This has been there ever since I remember it,” but he didn‘t seem too interested in talking about it. Or maybe it was because there was nothing special about that scar.

“So, are you going to speak to Oswin again?” He asked, and I rested my head back against the wall.

“I am not sure if he wants to speak to you. Lazlo, I need to find out all about my family. There has to be a reason why I got all these powers and mates as a curse. “Please, no offense,” I said, and he laughed sweetly.

“I understand,” He agreed with me. Before our conversation could even proceed, the door opened and Maynard marched inside with Thiago, who looked all wasted.

“Oh!” Lazlo got out of bed to support Thiago, but was rejected. Thiago nuzzled him away and landed in his bed. It was weird to

see Maynard and Thiago hanging out together.

“How much did he drink?” rolling out of the bed, I asked Maynard, who scratched the back of his neck and cleared his throat but then didn‘t answer me.

“So, you guys were worried about us? Did something happen?” The way he dodged my question kind of got me curious.

“We heard someone in the bathroom, but then there was nobody in there except for a broken window.” Lazlo proceeded to talk while I got near Thiago.

I watched him open his eyes and then look away instantly. Something didn‘t seem right. I could smell the booze on him, but there was more.

He was avoiding looking me in the eye.

“Oh! That‘s weird.” Maynard seemed rather chill. Somebody was in our bathroom and that‘s all he had to say?

“Hey babe,” Maynard then focused on Christina, who clearly avoided him.

... “I am so sorry I couldn‘t hear my phone.” He apologized,

flopping down with her and trying to reach for her hand.

“I will see how you react when I ignore you and attend

somebody else‘s calls,” That taunt was a clear warning to Maynard.

He let out a chuckle and then hugged her, trying to make amends with her. But I couldn‘t look away from Thiago.

“I know you are hiding something from me, and I will find it out.” I bent over Thiago and whispered in his ear. He opened his eyes in shock, and that‘s when I noticed.

His crystal gray eyes had turned muddy. There was a little corner that was turning red now.

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