Helanie:
I began to realize he wasn’t wrong, though. What if something like this happens? The Moon Goddess must have given them more mates for a reason. I knew the brothers were special.
"No, no, no. I don’t want anyone. If you guys want, you can have other mates to help you. I’ll stay with Helanie," Maximus said.
It was expected of him, but then Emmet started shaking his head.
"No, you can’t, Maximus. You cannot have all the luxury to yourself."
His comment brought a slight blush to my cheeks. He got up, walked over to me, and stood face to face, hunching down.
"And I will suggest to you, Helanie, please convince them to accept their mates. You don’t want to be on the receiving end of the curse that’s going to hit us all. Let them have other mates. Let the mates do their job. Let everyone see how hard it is to be our mate," he said, his voice very soft.
I forgot to look away from his eyes for a few seconds. I guess sometimes I wondered if he knew how much impact he had on me. So with that being said, I stepped back and turned to look at Norman.
"He is right. You should accept your mate." As soon as I said that, Norman’s face hardened.
"And I’m not saying this because I’m scared of taking care of you all. But I won’t be enough. So if one of you is going to accept their mate, then all should. I don’t want any unfairness or any messy stuff going on. There’s already a lot on my mind. So please, I’m asking you to accept your mate." I was in the middle of talking when Norman interrupted me out of anger.
"I will accept them," he said, his voice full of anger. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
"You’re not getting it, Norman. I’m not saying this because—"
I was cut off again when he showed his disapproval even more.
"No, no, no. It’s fine. We will accept them. But you know they’ll have to be there with us. Are you ready for that? Are you ready to let them be in our bedrooms? Are you ready to see Jessica in the room with me?" he asked, snapping his fingers so I would look at him.
And honestly speaking, no, I was not ready for it.
And since he had already left the decision on me, I spoke up.
"It’s okay. You can accept her."
The minute I said it, I saw Norman look so sad. Even I was sad, but I had no other choice. Sadly, I would have to let them mark and bring their mates home, and share a bedroom with them.
They kept watching my face as I began to walk away, back to my bedroom, which was going to be a guest room from now on. I knew what I was doing.
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