Chapter 244: 244-The Pain Of Betrayal Or The Heat Of Mate Bond?
Clementine:
The girl moaned louder as she arched her back. Ian was furiously fucking her whole being on top of her.
"Say, you love me," the girl pleaded, taking deep breaths.
"I love you, and only you," Ian confessed, and my face tightened. I stood there watching him with her. Every second felt like hours, and I couldn’t take it anymore.
Then I began to hear Ian speak to her.
"I will even reject my fated mate for you, but the only reason I can’t, the only reason I won’t, is because of the power a fated mate can hold after acceptance," he said as he slapped her breast hard and she groaned in pleasure.
"I will do the same for you and as for your brother," the girl replied, but she stopped when he placed a finger on her lips, silencing her gently.
"It doesn’t matter. It’s in the past. You owe me loyalty now, and I’m giving you another chance. I’m sure you won’t break my heart this time," he stated, sounding so different from how he acted with me.
"I will always stay loyal to you as long as you chase me," she giggled, purring like a cat.
"Oh, you have no idea how far I’m willing to chase you. Even if I never rest, I’ll still chase you like crazy, like a madman," he growled playfully.
I was in shock. It felt humiliating. But I had to leave. I wasn’t going to just stand there and let him play me.
Now that I knew his truth, I was going to make sure I hurt him so much he’d never think about playing with anyone else.
With that, I turned around and sped away, rushing off the floor. As soon as I entered the elevator, I broke down.
I knew those were the only few seconds I had to let my emotions out, because once I left here, I’d act like I didn’t even know him.
Slowly, when I reached the ground floor and stepped out of the elevator, I saw the same warrior frantically looking around for me. Once his eyes met mine, he rushed over.
"Did you— find— him?" he stammered.
I stared at his face in silence before shaking my head.
"Great. Can I have the keys back? I just found out he’s busy. He’s with his family. Maybe you can wait in the lounge and speak with him once he’s done," the warrior said, stretching his hand out for the keys.
I guessed he’d figured out Ian was having fun and didn’t want to disturb him.
"You know what? We’ll leave the car behind. Once he’s done with his special work, ask him to take the car and reach the academy. It’s the headmaster’s orders," I hissed, delivering the order.
At that point, even the warrior looked shocked by my tone.
"You don’t want to wait for your friend?" the warrior asked.
"He’s not my friend. And no, we’re not going to wait for him. We’re leaving a car behind. Tell him to come by himself," I hissed again, walking out of the building.
That short walk from the building to the car was so difficult for me. I made sure not to show any emotion.
At the same time, I felt like I was running, trying to avoid Ian catching up with me.
It was stupid of me to think he would chase after me. He wouldn’t even know I was here.
Once I reached the car, I opened the door and jumped in. The lurker turned to look at me, wondering why I came back without him. Even my squadmates were watching my face.
"He was busy with something. He’ll come in the other car," I stated, noticing there was a warrior and another lurker in the second car. The lurker gestured for the driver to start the car.
"Did you get to meet him?" Troy asked, and I shook my head.
"No, he was busy. They didn’t let me in," I lied. "Anyway, I don’t care. We have our own issues. We can’t just focus on him and his pack members. They were odd anyway," I added bitterly.
The three of them watched me in silence. Even if they noticed something was off, they didn’t ask. I bet they saw my wet eyelashes too.
After a while, Yorick slid closer to me.
"Are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. His pack members were really rude," I answered.
I had to make up an excuse because my pride was too high to admit that the real reason I didn’t want anything to do with Ian anymore was that I finally realized he had been playing me.
"Oh yeah, some pack members are just weird, especially toward the Crusaders. I guess since we’re already the ones kicked out, they don’t care enough to treat us nicely," Troy explained as he turned around.
I nodded as if that was really the case. After the trip, we finally arrived at the academy. But I was feeling worse than before.
Thankfully, none of the ringleaders were at the starting point, so we were taken directly to our dorm room.
I stayed silent, but I kept rubbing my arms and massaging my elbows. I was in excruciating pain for some reason, and I noticed the others whispering about it.
They had their bags with them, but I didn’t have anything.
As soon as I reached the dorm room, I stormed in and rushed to the bathroom.
"Are you okay?" I heard one of them call out, but the voice was so blurred in my mind that I couldn’t focus.
I slammed the door shut and started splashing water over my face again and again. The pain was confusing to me.
After a while, I came out, after wearing a blue shirt and baggy jeans. The three stared at me, shocked.
They were just about to put their bags away when I came out looking like a mess.
"Clementine?" the three said my name together before darkness began to hit me, and I felt my body dropping. I never met the ground, so I suppose one of them caught me in his arms.