Emma's

POV

He looks at me shocked before chuckling.

"You never give up. Do you?" he asked in amusement.

"Not this time. You have to tell me what happened," I insisted. He was about to reply when we heard Alexander and Julian's voices. I quickly got up in shock, trying to look for my clothes. Right. I forgot it's all wet.

"What are you doing? Calm down," he said with a chuckle.

"Is this amusing? Help me replace something to wear. They are right outside," I whispered.

"Why are you whispering?" he asked, placing his hand on the back of his head as his eyes roamed over my body. "I can watch this all day," he said, biting his lips lightly. I start to feel hot all over again, my core getting moist and throbbing with need. His eyes darken. "What a lusty little mate," he said, his voice hoarse. He gently caresses my thighs, I was just about to close my eyes and give in when I heard Julian's voice again.

"Where can I replace something to wear?" I asked nervously.

"Closet," he replied curtly, closing his eyes. I quickly get up from the bed, thinking his eyes are still closed. I gasp when he spanks my a*s. I blushed, dragging the sheets from his body and covering myself with them.

I looked away quickly when I saw his naked body, and he laughed out loud. I quickly walk to the closet. I picked a big shirt and oversized joggers. I put them on fast. I threw some clothes at Philip, who was still feasting on me with his eyes.

I heard the door opening and I quickly rushed in front of it.

"Hi," I squeak at Julian.

"Emma, where is Philip? Is he here?" he asked curiously.

"He's sleeping?" I mutter, not even sounding convinced by my own lie.

"He's clearly teasing you, Emma. They know everything and they've been here for a while," Philip said with his eyes closed. I glanced at Julian in shock, and he smiled at me. I blushed brightly out of embarrassment. They heard all I was screaming to Philip. "Drag his a*s out!" Alexander yelled from the living room, and Julian moved past me towards Philip. He jumps on the bed and Philip groans.

"Are you coming, or do I have to drag you across the floor?" Julian threatens. Philip lay on the bed without responding. Julian jumped on him again.

"Alright, fine. I'm coming," he gave up, standing from the bed. He wore the shorts and shirt I gave to him. Julian drags him out by the arm. I followed afterward.

"Where the hell have you been?" Alexander scowls at him.

"Nice to see you too, brother," he replied dryly, sitting on the sofa.

"We've been searching for you for hours. Mum has been calling repeatedly, clearly worried. Did you even pick up her calls?" Julian asked in disbelief.

"I wanted space to clear my head. My phone was home, and I was busy," he replied with a yawn.

"Let me guess. You got yourself beaten up again," Julian deadpans. They knew he was beaten?

"You boys know what happened to him?" I was surprised.

"You boys know what happened to him?" I was surprised.

"We knew he would do that. We just didn't know where. He has this habit of wrestling with many wolves and losing purposely, so they can beat him up," Alexander explained.

"There's a wrestling place a few minutes from here, but we could not replace him there. I'm sure he went to a place we don't know of," Julian continued.

"But why? Why would you let people beat you up when you can easily win over them?" I asked, sitting beside him with a confused look.

"It gives me some kind of relief and after what happened this morning I desperately needed it. I apologize guys you were dragged into all this because of me...,"

"What the f**k, Philip? What are you still apologizing for? What happened then is not your fault. It's that rogue's fault for killing that boy and Xander's for testifying wrongly. Why do you keep doing this? We willingly agreed to follow you, didn't we? Did you force us?" Alexander mutters, clearly angry.

"Philip, you know we always got each other's backs. I'm sure you would have done the same for us too," Julian added. Philip smirks.

"You all sound so serious, especially Alex. I never knew you both could speak so emotionally. I'm so touched" he said, wiping a fake tear from his eyes. Alexander and Julian both jumped on him as they wrestled and laughed. I chuckle at the sight. I never knew they could be so...boyish.

"Dude, you have such a weird habit. You could have just told Alex and me, we would have given you such a beating that you will wish you never picked up this habit," Julian said to him.

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agree. You would not have been able to heal for three days," Alexander replied.

"No guys, thank you for the offer," Philip hurriedly refuses, and they all laughed. I smiled as I stared into space in deep thought.

"Emma? What are you thinking so hard about?" Julian asked curiously, startling me from my thoughts. They all gave me their full attention. I fiddled my fingers nervously.

"Don't you think we are past the stage of you not telling us what's on your mind?" Alexander inquired. I sighed, sitting properly on the sofa.

"I was just thinking that I know so little about you boys. I never knew Philip had such a habit," I admitted my feelings to them.

"Not a lot of people know of this. I just do it when I'm going through a lot of stress. It's no big deal," Philip responded with a smile.

"I bet Hailey knew," I mumbled. They are so close. I'm sure she knows every little detail about their life.

"Oh, so this is about Hailey," Julian smirked knowingly at me. I scoffed.

"No, of course not. I was just thinking about how I don't know anything about you guys and since you guys and Hailey practically grew up together, I'm sure she must also know. We literally also grew up together, but we were just like strangers. So, what I mean is...." "Emma, calm down. You are rambling. Just so you know, Hailey knows nothing about this Philip...crisis...," Alexander trailed and Philip nudged him with his elbow.

"It's not a crisis," he replied, his tone expressing his displeasure.

"Whatever. Our parents don't even know about this," Alexander continues.

"Really? Even your mum?" I asked in shock. I know how much they dote on their mum.

"Hell no. If she replaces out, she will freak out. It's just us and now you. I hope you can keep this Philip's...not a crisis a secret?" Julian asked with a smile. Philip threw a pillow on his head.

"It's not a crisis. It's actually therapeutic for me," he mutters, glaring at his brothers.

"That's what I said. No need to get aggressive. You are so weird," Julian replied, shaking his head in disbelief. He throws another pillow at him, and they start to squabble. Alexander just sits between them with a bored expression. I giggled at the scene. "Do you also think I'm weird, Emma?" Philip asked me. I glanced at them all for a while.

"I don't think you are weird but the habit sure is. You should stop, even though you heal quickly, it's still dangerous," I said worriedly. "But I promise not to let anyone catch wind of this, so you don't have to worry," I continued with a smile. "I'm not worried about anyone replaceing out from you Emma, I know you will never do that," Philip replied.

"The article has been taken down. Mum said they could not replace the person who wrote the article. They could replace absolutely nothing about him. He disappeared without a single trace," Alexander informs us.

"Which proves my suspicions that someone did this to screw us over. Did you have an argument with someone?" Julian asked Philip. We all turned towards him. He looked puzzled.

"What? Me? I'm the easy-going one. I never fight with anyone. We should be asking you. You are the troublemaker," Philip retorted. We all turned towards Julian.

"I'm not a troublemaker," he defended himself, and we all looked at him like he was speaking an alien language. Everyone knows he's the most troublesome.

"It really wasn't me. I've been minding my business these days," he replied, and we all turned towards the last person, Alexander.

"I don't have the time for anything like that," he responded nonchalantly. We all nodded, it couldn't possibly be Alexander. But if it's not the three of them, who could have been the motive for this? Possibly me? Suddenly, we heard the doorbell ring. I wanted to go get it but Julian stopped me. He walked towards the door and opened it.

"Just the person I've been meaning to see and look you came here with your own two feet," he mutters glaring at the person outside coldly.

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