Claimed And Marked By Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 293

Chapter 293: 293-The Pregnancy Test

Emmet:

I returned to my room with so many theories running through my head. I noticed that Helanie didn’t look happy about her mother marrying our father. That was probably because her mother didn’t want her around either, so celebrating her good news wasn’t likely on her list.

I didn’t care about her mother. She could marry or not marry my father—it didn’t matter to me.

But my brothers were upset; that much was obvious. Kaye and Maximus missed their childhood, hence there was something missing in their maturity. They blamed Ursula too hard for ruining my parent’s relationship, but my parents weren’t innocent either. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}

"Emmet!" A knock on the door—two quick taps followed by two louder ones—already told me who it was.

"Come in, Norman," I called, glancing at the clock. He walked in but suddenly froze when he noticed what I was doing.

"It’ll be midnight soon. Are you okay?" Norman stood beside me, his eyes also fixed on the clock.

"Yeah, I’m always ready," I replied, my tone cold.

"Emmet, don’t you ever feel tired?" he asked, though he already knew my answer. He’d asked me this many times before.

"I don’t. It is what it is," I said, turning to him and giving him a small smile. I didn’t like seeing him worried about me.

"I’ll be fine. I always come back alive, don’t I? You don’t need to worry about me. I think you should be careful yourself. You’re in a much tougher position than I am," I said, urging him to focus on himself.

If he got caught at midnight, he’d face a serious backlash. He’d worked incredibly hard to get where he was today, and it wouldn’t be fair if he got into trouble just because of those two hours.

"Anyway, I’ve eaten plenty, so I’ll be fine," I reassured him, walking away to grab the file I needed to work on.

That’s when I noticed the colorful, poppit notebook in his hands.

"What’s that you’ve got there? Don’t tell me you brought this as a gift for me," I joked, making him roll his eyes.

"If this is your kind of thing, I’ll get you one too," he shot back, joining in on the joke before walking to the table and setting the notebook down. "Maximus asked me to give this to you. Helanie wrote down the details of the weapons he tried today. He said you wanted the info for your book," Norman explained, leaning against the wall and sliding one hand into his pocket.

"Hmm, Maximus couldn’t come himself?" I tried not to sound like a child craving his brother’s attention. We were too old for that. But that didn’t mean it didn’t bother me.

Maximus and Kaye were my younger brothers, and they meant the world to me. Sadly, I couldn’t tell them how much I cared for them because that would mean we’d have to start talking and being close again. And that would lead to them digging into my life. I couldn’t let that happen.