Owned By Her Triplet Bullies
Chapter 61

Emma's

POV

"Do come in and make yourself at home," he said icily, moving away from the door for the person to come in. I'm completely sure he definitely does not mean that.

Xander? Oh dear! What is he doing here? Didn't he see the article, or doesn't he know that the boys are furious at him right now? The person who wrote this article just reopened old wounds and anger. Now I understand why they dislike Xander so much. Even I am starting to see him in a different light now.

He betrayed them in the worst possible way when they trusted him as a friend. Julian slammed the door with a bang.

"What the hell do you want?" Alexander growled, standing abruptly from the sofa, as soon as he sighted Xander.

"That is really not our concern. All that matters now is that he's here in our room. All alone. What were you thinking? That we would welcome you with smiles and a hug for a job well done?" Julian mutters sarcastically. He doesn't respond, so Julian lounges towards him and punches him right in the face. Xander staggered towards the other sofa. I gasped when Xander wiped the blood from his busted lips.

"That felt so good. "I've been wanting to do that for years," Julian said with a wild smile. Xander chuckled, wiping his lips.

"You can still throw a good punch, Julian. Can I sit?" he asked, lowering himself on the sofa.

"Hi Emma," he said with a smile. I stared at him disapprovingly, not saying anything in response.

"You sick bastard, what do you think you are doing?" Philip asked in disbelief, standing up to join Alexander.

"I saw the article. Are you guys okay? Especially you, Philip. I know you must still be traumatized...

"How dare you! My brother is definitely not traumatized. It seems like you want another punch. My fists feel itchy anyway; we can do this all day long," Julian threatened.

He raises his hand in mock surrender. "Alright then, I apologize for what I said. Look, I came here to apologize...

"Don't you think an apology is long overdue?" Alexanded asked coldly.

"You did this, didn't you?" You definitely deserve another punch," Julian growled, moving close to him.

"Can you please calm down? I didn't come here to argue. I only came to apologize for everything. After I saw the article, I realized I haven't really apologized for what I did," Xander said calmly, glancing at the boys.

"This is absurd. After all these years, you've just realized you were wrong and haven't apologized? My brothers and I were treated like murderers because of you. It took us a while to get over that, only for you to dig out the article again, and you have the nerve to come here and apologize? Julian I think you are right. He definitely needs more punching in the face.

Remove one of his canines while you are at it. He should also feel the pain we went through," Philip mutters with so much anger.

"If you don't take your sorry excuse of an apology and get the hell out of here, then I might just be tempted to do as Philip says," Julian threatened angrily.

"If you don't take your sorry excuse of an apology and get the hell out of here, then I might just be tempted to do as Philip says," Julian threatened angrily.

"What was I supposed to do?" Xander suddenly screamed, getting up from the sofa. We all glanced at him, surprised by his outburst.

"Did he just yell at us, or are my ears playing tricks on me?" Philip whispered to Alexander.

"I had no other choice, but you wouldn't understand because you are the most perfect, well-behaved triplets that everybody adores," he said.

"All my life, my father has always compared me to you boys. If you win or achieve something, he expects me to do the same. I won a medal in school once, and I was very happy to tell him about it. Do you know what he said? He said that it was silver; why did I have to win a silver medal when you boys won a gold one? I started to compete with you boys, but whenever I tried, it felt like I was proving myself to be much more unworthy.

My father never appreciates anything I did. He wanted me to be just like you; it felt as if you were his sons. Everything I did, he criticized and praised you boys instead. He was like your father, not mine. You have absolutely no idea what that feels like. Do you?" He utters a sound of hurt.

I have never seen Xander this way before. He was always the jolly type of person who smiled all the time. The room was so silent that only the heavy breathing of Xander could be heard until Alexander spoke. "That does not justify what you did."

Xander nodded his head. "It doesn't. When that kid was attacked by rogues that night, I froze, but Philip helped him out, which is why he was covered with so much blood. And when the kid died, I thought I could finally prove that I was better than you boys if I changed my statement. I didn't think it through; I just did it because I knew if I thought about it for too long then I would not do it."

"So? Did you finally prove yourself worthy after betraying your friends? Wait, did you ever consider us friends?" Philip asked, gazing at him skeptically. Xander sighed.

"Believe it or not, I did consider you friends, but I let jealousy get to me, which was a terrible idea because it still didn't help me in anyway. I tried to apologize, but I thought apologizing would really mean I was wrong, and I did not want to accept that. Look, I didn't say all this so you could pity me or forgive me. I just wanted to get this burden off my chest and move on. Emma, I also apologize to you," he said, turning towards me.

Me? He's apologizing to me for what? He seemed to have noticed my confusion.

"I might kind of have used you to rile the boys up a little bit. I knew they liked you, so I got close to you to make them angry. Childish and immature. I know," he smiled awkwardly at me.

"But I realized you were really a nice person, and I like you genuinely," he hurriedly continues. I scoff at him.

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"

"No, of course not. I just wanted to..." he started sniffing the air close to me.

"What?" I mumbled, gazing at him out of confusion.

"You smell different. You smell just like...them," he said, pointing towards the boys. I squirm in my seat uncomfortably.

"Are you guys... Did you...?" he trailed off and chuckled. The boys narrowed their eyes at him.

"Wow, my suspicions were right. She's your mate, which was why you all were so protective of her," he said, looking amused.

"We said we were going to replace our mate before you, and we did. Just like we promised. Your purpose here is done, right? You can leave now," Julian mutters, but Xander was busy trying to turn on the air conditioner. "What the hell?" Philip cursed.

"Why is it so hot in here?" He mumbles, still trying to turn it on. "Ahaa, that's better!" he exclaimed, sitting back down on the sofa.

"Alexander, can you get me some food? I would have asked Julian and Philip, but I don't want to die of food poisoning. I'm sure you can make something fast. I'm starving; I had to come here early today for some important work without having breakfast. You still remember that I'm allergic to garlic, right? Whatever you do, don't add garlic to the dish. Thank you," he said with his legs crossed. I gaped at him. He sure is bold to order Alex around like that.

"You must have a death wish," Alexander growled at him.

"Can you scoot over Julian? I'm trying to get the TV on," he said, looking at the screen without glancing at the furious boys.

"Okay, that's it. Get out now. Go back to your pack," Julian ordered.

"You can't order me around. This hotel is also part of my pack, so I can stay here for as long as I want," he replied nonchalantly.

"If you didn't dig out that article, then who did?" Philip asked curiously.

"How would I know? Maybe you should ask your homegirl. Alex, how many years will it take you to move your legs to the kitchen?" he whines. He just does not sound like someone who was traumatized by his father's actions just a while ago. "Homegirl?" Philip and Julian mumbled, and suddenly she entered.

"Hey boys, I'm so sorry I'm late. Are you okay?" Hailey asked in a worried little voice, moving towards the boys.

"Her again? Call for the devil's spawn, and she will appear right before you".

"Damn right," Xander said, laughing out loud. Hailey glared daggers at me.

"What did you just call me?"

I gasped, covering my mouth in shock and staring at them with wide eyes. Did I just say that out loud?