Mated to the Alpha triplets novel Chapter 25

Olivia

“What do you mean she is not on the bus, Lucien?” Mrs Pearson asked.

“We came out together but she is not here,” Lucien replied.

We all turned to look at ourselves as if we would find her seated beside one of us. Mr Scott alighted from the bus. He instructed Mrs Pearson to stay with the rest of us while he went to look for Helen. The triplets followed him worriedly. I scoffed inwardly and crossed my arms where I was seated. 

"Where did she go off to?" Josh asked from beside me.

"How would I know? She's probably hiding somewhere knowing the triplets would be worried."

"So cynical of you."

"I'm not being cynical, I'm being practical. Helen is a master of games and manipulation."

He tsked at me and I ignored him.

She's doing all this just for attention from the triplets, how pathetic. I thought to myself.

I knew she wanted all the attention on her after what Lucas had done on my behalf. Just then Mrs Pearson called my name. I looked at her surprisingly, she called on Tina and another girl, Trisha and asked us to join in the search for Helen.

We all grumbled. “Ma, Helen is not a baby, she will be here soon and also we have four people searching for her already,” I said.

Everyone looked at me and started gossiping. I heard a girl behind me talking, “How can she be selfish, we waited for her earlier when she went to pee and now she can’t help her friend out.”

I flushed with embarrassment. Fighting with Helen or trying to make people see her true colors always ends up with me looking like the villain. 

Mrs Pearson told everyone to keep quiet before turning to me “Olivia, Helen is not a baby, but we are on a trip. Anybody can lose his or her way around here. And I asked you girls to go search for her as well because the males won't be able to search in places like the women's bathrooms.”

Tina raised her eyebrows at me before alighting the bus. Josh patted my arm and I reluctantly got off the bus.

How on earth did I even end up in this mess? Why will Mrs Pearson call me to search for Helen and together with Tina at that? 

Tina turned to me and Trisha, “I don’t need to tell you that we need to search for Helen in different directions, do I? I will go with Trisha, Olivia. I’m sure you can look for Helen alone.” 

She drew Trisha closer and without waiting for my response, they headed off in opposite directions whispering to each other.

“Hmm, so her name is Trisha,” I muttered.

I was glad Tina offered to walk with Trisha. I heaved a sigh of relief before I walked off in the direction of the building. I went into the lobby and glanced around the room. I sighed when I didn't see the creepy tour guide. I smiled and waved to the receptionist, pointing to the student tag I had around my neck, before heading off in the direction of where we had begun our tour. As I went around a corner, I bumped into a warm, hard chest and looked up to see that it was Lucas.

“What are you doing here, Olivia?” He asked angrily.

“Aren’t you supposed to be on the bus?” He added.

“Mrs Pearson asked us to help you guys in search of Olivia,” I replied.

"You alone? He growled.

I unconsciously took a step back and watched fascinated, as he clenched his jaw and glared at me.

"N…no. Tina and Trisha are also looking for her…somewhere." 

“You should be careful not to bump into the tour guide or better still you should head back into the bus. We will search for her.” He said. 

“Helen is my friend too, Lucas... well kinda." I tossed my hair back, choosing to ignore the way his mouth tilted up on one side. "Anyways, joining in the search will make things easier as you guys can’t get into the female bathroom.” 

“Okay, but you should be careful.” He said as he walked off.

I stood there, confused. I couldn't figure out if he was trying to protect me or not. I remained still staring after him as he walked off, until a voice jolted me out of my daze.

“Are you supposed to be flirting right now, Olivia?”

She must have seen me talking to Lucas. I turned to her and gave her a cold glare before walking off in the opposite direction. I was certain she had also been sitting idle somewhere dumping the search on Trisha.

I went to the female bathroom to check if Helen was there. I couldn’t find her. I called out her name but she was nowhere to be found. 

“Where the hell is this scheming bitch?” I muttered angrily and immediately flushed as the words came out of my mouth. I hated the way I had always reverted to the worst version of myself whenever I was involved with Helen.

I was so frustrated and then I saw the stairs leading to the manager’s office. I sat down at the entrance of the stairs.