Tasting Nora-Pleasing Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 351

351–The Old Me 

Nora: 

I had cleaned up nicely. When I wore a brown dress, braided my front hair, and tied it back while leaving big curls of my hair to flow freely, I almost didn’t recognize myself. 

“You’re all set,” the woman doing my hair and makeup stepped back, exiting the room while I continued to stare at my reflection. For a moment, I saw the old me–the unruly and detached version of myself. 

And I hated that image. 

I quickly got up and fixed my shoes, making sure to hide the anklet behind them as instructed. Despite everything being in place, I still felt incomplete. In that moment, it was as if I was dead inside. Even the faintest light and colors were overwhelming. 

“Brody wants you to come to one of the big bedrooms and pretend you’ve been in there-” Rollo knocked on the open door, startling me when he suddenly fell silent. 

“You’re the first person to knock on my door,” I commented, avoiding his lingering gaze. 

“So, he wants me to act like I was in the master bedroom?” I asked, finally noticing how long he had been staring at me. 

“What’s wrong?” I glanced down at my dress, wondering if something was amiss. 

“Wow!” He shook his head and looked away. “Yeah, Brody wants-” He closed his eyes, making me raise an eyebrow in confusion. 

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“Are you okay? Having stomach issues?” I asked, genuinely concerned, and he immediately burst into laughter. 

“You’re just too cute, you know that, right?” His words stunned me. For a second, I couldn’t move. 

I had heard that word before–right before people used and betrayed me. 

“I’m not cute–I’m a mother of four children,” I replied bitterly, clearly catching him off guard as he hurried to correct himself. 

“You’re more than just a mother, Nora,” he said, though I had no interest in finding out what he meant. I was done trying to understand things I no longer cared about. 

“Anyway, I-” I paused when I noticed him holding something in his 

hand. 

It was my ring. The ring that had kept me safe for so long. Now I realized the importance of it. 

I thought I had lost it when I took it off the first time. I never really felt the need to wear it again. Akira was what mattered now. In fact, she was the only one who mattered. Without her, this pack would have disappeared from the charts. 

“Brody wants you to wear this,” he held the ring out to me, and I silently stared at it. The memories of the past few years made me feel numb. 

“I thought I had lost it,” I extended my hand and grabbed the ring. 

“Brody had it,” Rollo answered. “Listen, I know he won’t tell you this, but I don’t think he plans to let you meet your babies until the alpha kings leave,” he whispered, as if sharing a secret. 

“He’ll make up excuses, but-” he stopped abruptly and stepped back. 

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I had started out as an enemy with Rollo, but over time, I began to wonder if he could be trusted. Of course, I wouldn’t trust anyone except myself and Akira, but he did seem more like a friend than a foe.