Helanie:
"It is not like that. She is my mate and everything is okay," Maximus said with a smile on his lips, wrapping his arm around my shoulder but I knew at that moment that he was making a mistake from the way Emmet looked so enraged.
"Maximus, behave yourself," Emmet's voice was sharp and loud, and Maximus instantly stopped, looking between us. Even I felt guilty under the weight of Emmet's glare.
"You two are cheating on Norman?" He clenched his jaw, his chest rising and falling as he breathed heavily.
"No!" Maximus quickly started explaining before Emmet could say something that might hurt me.
"Then explain this?" he demanded. He was mostly speaking to his brother now, but I still felt awkwardly guilty.
"This was decided by Norman himself," Maximus said, giving me a quick glance to check on me.
Emmet didn't look like he believed his brother. He shook his head, his hands on his hips, continuing to glare at Maximus as if urging him to explain the vague comment.
