Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 845

Chapter 845: 845-Goodbye Old Friend.

Norman:

A man has many wishes and many regrets. I had one too. Watching Jessica take her last breaths in my arms made me realize one of my wishes would never come true. I wished Jessica had stayed my friend. We had far more potential as friends than as a couple.

I remember when she first brought the idea to her father, and he started pressuring my mother about it. My mother was so happy to be on board. Even though I told them, over and over from a young age, that I didn’t see her that way.

I remember when Jessica came to me and asked why I wasn’t entertaining the idea. I told her it was because I didn’t feel that toward her, and I didn’t want her to waste her life chasing me when she could find her mate somewhere else.

I tried to be supportive, telling her I would always stay her friend. But she didn’t want to listen. She threatened me with her life and gave me the one excuse no one should fall for, that I should give it a try, that she wouldn’t be upset if I tried and later told her it wasn’t working.

Of course, that was just an excuse to start something and then make me feel guilty for stepping back. She used that same tactic on me again and again. But I was angrier at her father and my mother, the ones who had planted all these ideas in her head from a very young age, and the ones who later used her, when she wasn’t in her right mind, to fake a mate bond with me. My mother was the mastermind behind all the disasters that followed.

I took a deep breath and carried Jessica in my arms, just as she had asked. I started walking toward the well. My heart ached, not only from losing her but from remembering how she tried to take my daughter’s life, deciding my child didn’t deserve to live. That thought tore me apart. The false hope had twisted her into someone vindictive.

When I reached the well, I took a deep breath and looked at her cold, lifeless body in my arms. She could have moved on. She still had time, but she didn’t want to. She didn’t want to accept that one action could lead to her own demise. Then I tossed her into the well.

Her body hit the ground with a thud, and I clenched my fists. Losing a friend is never easy, but losing a friend to such cruelty is worse. A sharp pain struck my chest at once, my heartbeat reviving,and then it was gone.

I began to hear a strange overlapping of heartbeats. Placing my hand on my chest, I felt them merging into one. But there was one heartbeat still reluctant, and that was tied to Emmet.

"Goodbye, Jessica," I said, turning around and walking away. Then I sped up, knowing someone was waiting for me. Someone who could ease my mind.

With that, I returned to the mansion and found Helanie sitting at the entrance, waiting. The moment she saw me, she stood and rushed into my arms, hugging me. I held her close, rubbing her back.

"It’s okay. How is our daughter?" I asked.

She nodded against my chest, letting me know she was fine and that she had cared for all the babies.

I finally broke the hug and held her face in my hands.

"She did this to herself," I reminded Helanie, before she could blame herself. In response, she only sniffled and nodded.

"How are you feeling?" she asked, her eyelashes wet.

"It all started with your mother, Norman. I refuse to believe she doesn’t know more. We have to get our hands on her. We have enough evidence of her wrongdoings now," she said, reminding me that even though the council was already investigating to get her arrested for good, we were running out of time. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

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