Helanie:
"Wait, Are you going on a ship?" my mother asked on the phone call, sounding so confused. I realized I hadn’t told her what kind of trip it was.
"Oh! Sorry, did I forget to tell you? Yeah, it’s a cruise party," I said, sounding defeated because since the morning I’d arrived at the academy, everyone had just been talking and talking, and I was, like, really drained of energy.
I was showing my full support to my friends, and I was truly very happy to be here. But then, in the back of my mind, I did remember yesterday’s incident, and that saddened me.
"Wait, Helanie, you—"
Suddenly, Penn came and snatched the phone out of my hand.
"Uh! Dear Lady Ursula, your daughter will speak to you once she comes back. We have to go because we’re getting late. Bye," he said, cutting the call and handing my phone back.
"That was so rude," I groaned at him, noticing my phone already had low battery.
"Come on. We promised Gavin we’d spend this time with him. There will be no cell phones, nothing there. So put it back in your bag and save the battery, so when you get off the cruise ship, you can contact your mother again," he demanded, pointing at me to turn it off.
"No, I’m going to talk to my mom. She was saying something," I uttered, but before I could do anything about it, Jenny came from the other side and stole my phone, turning it off.
"There you go. I did it for you," she smiled, rushing over to hug Lamar, who was laughing at them.
"Oh my God, you guys are so unbelievable. Where is Gavin?" I looked around for him.
"He was just here," Jenny replied.
"Oh, there he is," Lamar said, as we watched Gavin come out from the main academy. I guess he had finally submitted the last papers to switch his classes.
"Hey, everyone. All set to go?" he said, trying to act normal.
"Yeah, let’s go. We’re getting late," Penn said, eyeing me to make sure I didn’t touch my phone again.
As I began to walk toward the car, I noticed the brothers standing outside the academy. They were watching someone.
It was Emmett. He was slowly coming over with a suitcase. I heard the brothers talking to each other in the morning that Emmett had taken Azura to the rogue community they were building. free\we,bnovel.c o(m)
But since everything was still under construction, Emmett had informed his people to build the walls around the community first, so that it would be a safe place for them to stay.
Obviously, they were building shops, malls, and homes, so Emmett had decided to stay in one of the finished ones.
I didn’t know how I felt about it.
There was a part of me that kept whispering that leaving Emmett alone with Azura wasn’t a good idea. But ever since he told me they were fated mates, and then personally picked her up, it just didn’t sit right with me to go and fight him about it.
Besides, I was still upset about the fact that he chose to hurt me, just so he could bring her back.
And if you really look at it. He brought her back, and he felt the mate bond with her. It felt like everything else he’d said about not wanting her, about not choosing her, had just been excuses to save face.
Because if he really didn’t want her, he would’ve stayed at the mansion.
And then there was Lucy. She suddenly came out of nowhere, blocking my way.
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