Sharing Beatrice A Luna To Her Stepbrothers by Alexis Dee novel Chapter 164

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"What did you say?" In shock, I inquired from Maddox. His claims left me speechless. He was staring into my eyes with much pain.

"I heard you and Helel talk about Colt," he paused, closing his eyes and walking away to calm down first. I watched him wander around, run his hands through his hair, and fix hist posture before returning to me.

"I knew Colt was a weredragon. I also knew Helel was looking for him, so---- I did what I could to-save your friend. I found him first and hid him in the cabin. I was going to help him escape the country. I couldn't give him any cellphone to contact you or anyone else because I didn't want anyone else to get blamed for associating with and helping the weredrag- on." Maddox admitted to doing so much for me and not even telling me about it.

I was just watching him with no idea how to respond to him.

"You didn't even tell me---," I sighed, feeling like an idiot for thinking nobody would help Colt.

"I didn't have to. I just wanted to help him with you." He whispered, "But then what did you do? The instant you are in pain, you went over to him and he---," Maddox's expressions changed again as misconceptions clouded his mind.

"You are wrong. Nothing happened between us. You think I cheated on you just because you saw me naked in his bath- tub? Did you not see all the bruises on my body or on my face?" I asked because, as I recalled, he did lock eyes with mine.

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"Maddox! I was in pain, and he only helped me," I said,

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shaking my head at him for thinking I would do something so

gross.

"Did you know from the start that he was a weredragon?" Maddox asked, and a gulp ran down my throat. I wish I could tell him a lie, but that would only make things worse between us. Prior to coming here, I had made up my mind to break up with Maddox, but after he told me what he had done for me, I just couldn't break it off with him.

He gave me a little hope. A sliver of hope that if he can hide and protect Colt for me, he will do the same for me.

"I knew," I mumbled, watching him close his eyes and sink in the information with fresh pain that he might have felt in- side his heart.

"I knew about him from the start," I said, and he nodded

to himself.

Before Maddox could say a word, we heard someone's footsteps approaching us. I stepped back from Maddox and forced a smile across my lips. Whoever it was, they didn't need to see the tension between us.

"Oh! Look who is not asleep tonight." Flynn walked out. into our sight and mumbled as he stared at me and Maddox.

"What are you doing here at this hour of the night, Beat- rice?" he asked me, clenching his jaw secretly.

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"Let's go inside," Once Maddox was done here, he held my hand and walked me past Flynn without caring what im- pression holding my hand would give.

After we entered the mansion, Maddox slipped my hand free and gestured at me to go back to my room.

The night was so difficult to pass. I kept having night- mares and then waking up in the middle of the night.

When I finally woke up in the morning and dressed up to join everyone at breakfast. I saw Maddox miss out on the fam- ily dinner. I assumed it was because of what we had talked about at the last minute before the arrival of Flynn last night.

"Beatrice! Your brothers will drop you to school today." Lord Vasquez said my name, and everybody turned to me.

"Besides, I heard you haven't told anyone that you are go- ing to be my stepdaughter. Don't tell me you are ashamed of being related to me," Vasquez joked while I awkwardly passed a quick glance to the brothers.

"No! it is not that. I believe she was waiting for a set date for our mating ceremony," Mom jumped in for my defense, "but now she can tell everyone and even invite her friends to the wedding, right Beatrice?" Mom turned to ask me, and I had to awkwardly nod my head. I have no friends.

"Very well then, Flynn and Beatrice can send out invita- tions to their teachers and fellow students today," Lord Vasquez grouped Flynn and me, and everything turned awk- ward.