Owned By Her Triplet Bullies
Chapter 63

Emma's POV

We all sat in silence after Hailey ran out of the room in tears. Is she really innocent? It was very hard to believe her because of how she is.

"Is someone not going to get me any food? I'm going to die of starvation," Xander whined, breaking the silence of the room.

"I don't think Hailey did it," Julian said, totally ignoring what Xander said.

"Why not?" Philip asked, narrowing his eyes at him.

"I agree with Julian. She knows the implication of doing such a thing. This isn't just about our image, it's about our pack's image too. She would never want to incur father's wrath, trust me. Not when she could lose everything she has. We all know Hailey loves her wealth, status, and lifestyle, she would never do anything to jeopardize that," Alexander explained.

"Since you all won't listen to me, I guess it's time for me to get something from the fridge myself," Xander said and stood up, walking towards the kitchen.

The door suddenly opened and Hailey stepped in with puffy eyes, and behind her was the...Luna?

"Mum," the boys chimed, standing up from the sofa at once. Philip hurriedly walked towards her. He laughed nervously and kissed her cheeks.

"Ouch!" he yelped when Luna grabbed his right ear, pulling him down to her height. "Mum, what is this for?" he asked.

"Why have you not been picking up my calls?" she asked with a frown.

"I was busy, mum," he replied.

"Busy enough to ignore my calls? Did you know how worried I was about you? I jumped on a plane quickly just to see you," she said, looking hurt.

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to be alone for some time. I didn't think about how it would hurt you," he responded remorsefully. She sighs.

"Philip, I know you were going through a lot, and you needed space, but please next time send me a message assuring me that you are okay," she said gently letting go of his ear.

"I will, I won't make you worry anymore," he said and hugged her tightly.

"Are you sure you are fine now?" she whispered softly.

"I feel better with you here," he said. I smiled at them. She must really care about her sons to be here. She must have gotten on a plane immediately after she saw the news, which made her arrive in time. Alexander and Julian also hugged her. "Did you boys accuse Hailey of posting that article on the internet?" she mutters in disbelief.

"We didn't accuse her, we were just asking her some questions related to what happened," Julian said.

"Still, you shouldn't have done that. It's Hailey, how could you ever think she would do something like that?" she queried them sternly.

"You are right. We were wrong, we should never have said that" Alexander said.

"Whatever misunderstandings you all have going on, fix it right away," she said before her gaze fell on me.

"Good evening, Luna," I hurriedly greeted.

"Emma, what a nice surprise," she replied, looking surprised. "How have you been?" How could I have forgotten how nice she was?

"I'm fine, Luna, how about you?" I asked with a smile.

"I would have been fine if they all gave me less trouble to deal with," she said. I chuckled.

Her eyes stayed fixated on me for a while before she slowly walked towards me. I nervously glanced at the boys wondering if I did or said anything wrong, but they equally looked surprised. I really hope I didn't do anything to trigger her anger. "Why are you wearing Philip's clothes? And why can I sniff his scent on you?" she asked, gazing at me blankly.

I stared back at her, feeling tongue-tied. I gulped, not knowing what to say or how to answer her questions.

"Well, you see, I'm only wearing his clothes because I washed all of mine and it's still wet. I smell like him because of the scent of his clothes," I hurriedly explained.

Wash all my clothes? Really? That was such a dumb excuse.

"Is that so?" she asked, furrowing her brows.

"Yes Luna," I replied.

"Why are you here in the boys' room anyway? Are you staying with them?" she asked, staring into my eyes. I glanced at the boys, silently communicating with them with my eyes to help me out. I'm afraid if I speak anymore, she might catch up to my lies. Thankfully, Alexander stepped in.

"Actually, Emma and I were paired together to share the room. Julian and Philip moved in with us," he said.

"Yes Mum, we didn't want to leave Alex alone without any company, so we decided to move in and stay with him," Julian said and Alexander nudged his shoulder.

"Did your father call you?" she asked, moving away from me and walking towards them. I breathed in slowly, that was a close call.

"Yes, he did. We...,"

"Do you boys not have any food? All I could replace was cereal without any milk. Are you so broke that you can't go shopping?" Xander asked, walking into the room and looking into a box of cereal. We all stared at him silently, he noticed the silence, so he looked up from the box.

His eyes widened in surprise when he saw the Luna.

"A...aunty," he stuttered anxiously. Aunty? Does he call her Aunty?

"Hello to you too, Xander, you look quite comfortable," she said looking at the box in his hands.

He quickly dropped it on the table.

"Is that all you can say after not seeing me for years? I ought to smack you," she said playfully. Xander walked towards her and gave her a hug.

"It's nice to see you again, Aunty," his delight to see her was obvious to us all.

"Where have you been? Have you been avoiding coming to our pack? Are you still fighting with the boys?" she asked curiously.

"Of course not, we are best friends now. Julian even gave me a hug, he looked so happy to see me," he said, grinning at the boys who were glaring at him.

"That's good to hear. We should all let bygones be bygones. Let's not get trapped in the past and move on, okay?" she said, glancing at the boys.

"You still look as beautiful and young as ever, Aunty," Xander complimented her and she laughed gleefully. I smiled at her. I really admire her. She has a pure heart. Although Xander testified against her son wrongly, she still treats him like a son.

"You were hungry, right? Let's all sit down and eat. I brought the chef along," she said. She dialed a number on her phone and soon enough, a man walked in with large boxes, I know most certainly contained food.

He sets everything up on the dining table. There were so many varieties of food, including seafood. Looking at the juicy lobsters made my mouth water.

"Emma, what are you staring at? Join us," Luna beckoned to me as they all sat. I walked up to them and gently took a seat but deep down, I was extremely scared.

I kept asking myself 'What if I do something wrong and the Luna scolds me? Will the Luna hate me?!"

"Thank you," I mutter. Hailey glared at me, but I ignored her and placed some food on my plate. She wasn't my cup of tea at the moment, the Luna was.

"Boys, we leave early tomorrow morning. Your break is over anyway, and you have to get back to school," she said.

I sat with a gloomy and dispirited expression on my face. I had completely forgotten that we couldn't possibly live here forever, and we had to go back to our own pack. This has been the best holiday of my life, almost felt like a fairy tale. I had never felt so happy or laughed so much in my life.

This place holds so many memories of the triplets and me, but now, it's time to leave it all behind and get back to school. This place had been my little hideout and safety zone where I could be myself. I just hope things don't change between the triplets and me after we leave. I shuffled my food around with my fork, my appetite all gone as reality dawned on me.

Time to go back and face my reality, which by the way, sucks.