Chapter 110: 110-Everybody Needs To Stop Kissing Me
Clementine:
Seeing Yorick back and fine was really comforting. But what twisted the whole situation was when Ian spoke up. Like always, his version to Yorick was different. This time, he didn’t mention Troy. He wanted Haiden to feel less important and Yorick to think I was prioritizing him over Haiden, as if there was no competition. I wanted to slap Ian, but I was afraid he’d slap me back. I could expect that from him, so I didn’t. Then what Yorick did next froze me completely. I watched him sprint toward me at full speed. He only had a few steps left, but he took them so fast I couldn’t react. Before I could even breathe, I felt his breath mixing with mine.
He crashed his lips against mine, his hands gripping my waist. His kiss was more aggressive than Troy’s, and the moment his tongue pushed into my mouth, I felt him get pulled away. It was Haiden. He’d pulled Yorick off me and stepped between us.
"What the fuck, Yorick?" Haiden yelled, his body radiating heat and anger.
"What do you mean? She’s my mate," Yorick snapped back, pushing Haiden.
They were so aggressive, they didn’t realize I was right behind Haiden. When Haiden stepped back from the push, he bumped into me, and I landed on my butt. Troy rushed over and put his arm around my back to help me up.
"Are you two fucking crazy? You almost hurt her!" Troy yelled at the two, who were still holding each other by the collars like they were about to tear each other apart. Their attention turned to me, and then they let go, rushing toward me and bumping into each other along the way.
"Stop it!" I yelled, and thankfully, everyone stopped. I wiggled out of Troy’s arm and stepped away.
"Boy, I need popcorn," Ian said. I clenched my jaw but didn’t turn to speak to him.
"You all need to stop kissing me," I said, frustrated, not because I didn’t like the kisses, but because of the mess they caused.
"You all? Who else has been kissing you?" Yorick asked, narrowing his eyes at me.
"Wait, I didn’t get to kiss her," Haiden complained, tilting his head at me.
"I did," Troy raised his hand sneakily and gave a stern look to the other two, who were now watching him.
"Why the heck do you have your lips on my mate?" Yorick stepped up again, this time arguing with Troy.
I rubbed my face with my hands and stepped away. I didn’t like this kind of attention. It was too messy.
"She’s not just your mate. She used to be my ex-best friend too," Troy tried to argue, but his reasoning didn’t hold up. Then he said something I didn’t expect, "I liked her way before you two even came into her life." Heat rushed through my body. I rubbed the back of my neck nervously and squeezed into the corner of the room.
"Wow. Nobody saw that coming," Ian added, sitting against the bed’s headrest and waving his leg excitedly. The three fell silent for a moment, exchanging glances before looking back at each other.
"You liked her? You had a crush on her?" Yorick pointed at me while asking Troy.
"Yeah, so what?" Troy immediately got defensive.
"Yeah, but she fucking friendzoned you, didn’t she?" Haiden pointed again, mocking Troy for always staying in my friend zone and never getting out.
"That’s none of your business. You don’t get to decide. You were her fucking bully," Troy fired back, almost forgetting he was my bully as well.
"As if you didn’t bully her. You started a rumor about her. You even told me she slept with you," Yorick pointed at his chest.
All this time, Ian kept looking at them, then at me, like he was waiting for my response. I hated him sitting there.
"You know what? I don’t want to hear my name from any of you three again." I finally snapped. They went quiet, looking at me with their freaking beautiful eyes.
"I don’t want to deal with this. I don’t want any of you to like me. I don’t want to accept any of you as my mate. Did I make myself clear?" I pointed at my chest, watching them look at me with eyes that made me feel so guilty.
Suddenly, the three fucking strong alphas looked like lost puppies.
But then we were interrupted by an announcement from the speaker.
"Everyone is expected to come for lunch, and then we will discuss the new mission with you all." It was Mr. Rick speaking. For a moment, we all just stared at the ceiling, then looked at each other.
"Already?" Troy asked, complaining that we’d just finished a mission two days ago.
"Let’s go, let’s eat some freaking lunch," Ian scoffed, getting out of bed. He wasn’t smirking anymore. He quickly put on his shoes and started to leave, then paused and turned to smirk at me.
"Are you sure you want to be left behind with the three? I mean, they’re pretty horny for you. Your best option right now is to walk out of this room with me."
That kind of came out of nowhere. The three alphas squared off against Ian for even suggesting I shouldn’t be left alone with them. But honestly, I kind of agreed with Ian. So, without saying anything, I briskly walked after him.
He chuckled before leaving the room, and I followed right behind him. Then the three alphas started following us out, grunting and huffing.
I turned back just for a second and noticed them bumping into each other with their shoulders. Do they have to walk in a single line? They could just spread out or walk behind each other. But no, their alpha egos were hitting new levels. We reached the main hall, we realized how few squad members were left.
"It’s sad to announce that, although a few babies were rescued, we lost a handful of squad mates and babies in the process." Mr. Rick took the stand this time while we all stood at our designated tables. "Sadly, the blue team now has only four Crusaders left, green has four, black has five, and red has only three. Luckily and surprisingly, my team, the white squad, returned with all members alive. So, let’s give a huge round of applause for the white squad, who always come through as successors. Even if they weren’t the first ones in the last mission, they’re definitely picking up speed. The team that was first last time is now among the last," Mr. Rick announced.
When he mentioned his team, they got cocky and happy, but I didn’t forget what they did in the mansion. I was glaring at them, and I noticed Joshua looking back at me with a smirk on his lips. Then he winked. That’s when I quickly looked away.
"I want you all to enjoy this meal as a celebration of slaying Carapamingus Rex—the creature you found this time," Mr. Rick said, finally revealing the creature’s name to us. "The creatures you killed to save the babies."
We all began to sit down when Miss Lenora stepped forward to give us more bad news.
"Tomorrow, you will have a new mission. This time, it’s in the big city. From there, you’ll go deeper and deeper. I suggest you take the same route as before because it will be easier to track back to the train station. The farther north you go, the less chance you have to remember the path."
Miss Lenora gave us all goosebumps—at least I did.