Tasting Nora-Pleasing Her Stepbrother Mates novel Chapter 62

62–Their Eyes On My Friend 

Nora: 

“What was that?” Ryker asked as soon as we were alone. I took a deep breath and turned to face him, wondering what he was referring to 

now. 

“What?” I inquired. 

“You and Silas. Do you have any idea what would happen if anyone else had caught you with him?” Ryker hissed, mentioning that incident. I wasn’t very proud of myself, but it’s not like I had any idea that would happen. And neither was I answerable to him. 

“It wasn’t anything inappropriate. We were just wrestling,” I awkwardly tried to excuse, when I should have been straightforward about Silas hurting me and then applying ointment. But wouldn’t that have sounded even weirder? 

“He had his mouth around your—nipples, Nora!” Ryker clenched hist jaw, emphasizing exactly what state he found me in. 

“He fell on me accidentally,” the more I tried to come up with an excuse, the more I messed up. Besides, his angry glare was making matters worse for me. It was as if he was going to eat me alive. 

“Look at me. Just because you are in the mansion doesn’t mean you can go after your stepbrothers. Don’t forget, Dad brought you in as our stepsister,” he continued, wanting to make eye contact with me, probably to see the shame in my eyes, and I kept looking away to avoid that from happening. 

“What do you think I am?” I groaned, finally frustrated by his questioning. 

“My perception will depend on your actions,” he nodded his head, making me take a deep breath before I glared at him. I didn’t like the way he was portraying me as this horny bitch going after her 

stepbrothers. They were not any less either. They were the ones always instigating it. 

“What? What are you staring at me like that for now?” he snapped his fingers in front of my face, anger visible through his eyes. 

“Nothing.” I hissed, folding my arms over my chest and looking away. I didn’t know how else to tell him, but his perception of me really made me consider my own actions. 

“Nora!” his tone was much softer this time when he said my name. I started up and watched him stare at me with his head tilted and his beautiful eyes looking into mine. 

“I’m only saying this because I know my brothers, okay? They hate you. They will not leave a single chance to get you kicked out of the house. Don’t fall for their sweet words,” he shocked me with his words. I didn’t expect that from him. If anything, I thought he would yell or call me names again. But he was using a much gentler tone this time. 

“And why do you care if I get kicked out or not?” I shrugged, keeping my gaze steady to be able to look at his face. The way he watched my face after my question gave me a little goosebumps, but then he quickly shrugged and clicked his tongue, looking around casually. 

“You are right. I don’t care. But you have blackmailed me with the mate bond. I don’t want you to use that to re–enter the house,” he finally answered, but his tone was different this time. Was it truly why? 

“Don’t worry about that,” I mumbled, giving my shoulders a shrug too. 

“Good,” he echoed my action, and we both faced away before we saw Nash approaching us. 

“I think we know what needs to be done,” Nash returned with Silas and Cain, his eyes mostly on me. 

“You’re not going to lure in the monster using me as bait, are you?” I raised my brow, watching them not appreciate that I was joking in such a stressful time. 

“I wish!” Silas commented under his breath, thinking he was being sneaky, but everyone heard him. Or maybe he meant for everyone to hear it. 

“Call your friend, we need her here,” Nash suddenly brought up Natalya, and I felt like the world had been shaken from under my feet. 

“Natalya?” just to be sure I was not hearing things. 

“Who else? She fought with the monsters before. We will need her by our side,” Nash sounded confident that he was making the right choice. I knew it would have been the right choice had Natalya actually been telling the truth. I gulped and watched everyone’s face one by one, wondering how the hell could I save her a*s now?