Tasting
Chapter 286

286–Someone Cares Too Much

Nora:

I frowned, hastily typing another text. This was not fair. They had not right to mistreat me like this. To accuse me like I was born a criminal. What the hell was wrong with them?

Me: You think I cause trouble?

I waited, but he never got back to me. At this point, I was getting so anxious that my breathing became irregular. I was trying to calm myself but it wasn’t working.

How do I make them respond to me? Should I yell at them, curse at them? That would make them lose their temper with me.

As I paced around the terrace, my vision started to blur.

I didn’t even notice when the door to my room opened and someone barged in

“Hey, good morning. I’m so sorry for leaving without informing you. There was an issue related to the woods, and when I got home, I found the ladies in the garden. I quickly made my way to your room to check on you because I know they’re always making things diff–” As Brody. walked in and rambled, he suddenly paused when I turned around to face him.

His eyes widened at the sight of me. I guess I was bleeding from my nose.

He rushed in the moment my body began to collapse. As he carried me in his arms, I slowly lost consciousness.

“Rollo!” Brody yelled, laying me down on my bed. I was still slightly awake, only able to hear the commotion around me.

“Where the hell is Rollo? Ask him to come here!” Brody aggressively shouted at someone.

“Nora! Please wake up, tell me what’s wrong?” He was so lovingly running his hands through my hair that I let go of my body and passed out.

“I want to know who thought it was a good idea for you to show up at our door with your friends?” I was in my sleep, but I could hear Brody speaking to someone, “I thought I didn’t need any permission to come here,” I recognized her voice—it was April.

“You do need to inform me because your presence stresses out Nora.” His voice was clear, and the aggression in it was also quite evident.

“But—you would kick out your cousin for her?” I heard the shock in her voice. I wanted to get up and argue with her, but I knew I couldn’t win against her. She would go ahead and tell my stepbrothers I was the reason Brody was angry with her, and then they would come yelling at me.

I don’t know since when I became so scared of their anger, but I guess it has to do with the fact that I wanted to return home. For that, I needed my stepbrothers to see me with the same affection they used to before.

“Huh? April, don’t act all innocent in front of me. I’m not someone you can fool. I know you, and I know Nora too. You and your friends always harass her, and when she reacts, you girls play the victim. But those games won’t work here. You better tell your friends to pack their things and leave. I won’t allow Nora to take any stress here. Don’t forget, this is her pack now.” He wasn’t yelling, probably because he didn’t want to jolt me awake, but the way he was talking to her was enough to let her know that Brody wasn’t as easily fooled as others.

“I’m saddened by the fact that you’re kicking me out like this. At least give us a few days to stay here. I promise not to bother Nora. I’ll tell my friends too, but please, I’ve told Daphne so much about how I’m respected here. Now if you kick me out, what will she think of me?” She must have been pouting. The pride in her voice had vanished now too.

“Fine. I’ll get you three one of the best hotels in my pack. But you’re not staying in this mansion. You are like troublemakers that are sticking to Nora wherever she goes. And she is too innocent to play you girls back. Too much stress isn’t good for Nora, and I promised her that she wouldn’t be mistreated in her new pack.” The way he kept calling it my pack stunned me.

I kept my eyes shut tightly to let him deal with her himself.