Mated To My Boyfriend's Dad novel Chapter 34

Chapter 34: _ Judging gazes

I barged into the living room. "Liam. Get up, it’s time to go." I said.

Liam sprung up without hesitation. "Yayyy!" He shrieked.

Kylo sheepishly emerged behind me. I extended my hand to Liam, almost forgetting Lupe’s presence until she stood up.

"I guess it’s time for me to also leave then." She declared.

I nodded at her and faked a smile. "Yeah. We’ll walk with you. Where do you stay?"

"Huh? Didn’t you know?" Lupe arched a brow.

I got confused. "Know what?"

"That we are neighbors! I live in the next building." She declared.

My mouth popped open. I did my best to avoid neighbors and other people, so much that I didn’t study their faces. It was no wonder Lupe and her late friend seemed to know so much about me back at the restaurant.

I had to scratch my nape nervously. "Err. I didn’t know because..."

"Because you’d rather stare at the floor than look at people, Isleen. That’s what." Cullen hissed.

He was buried in his phone now.

I rolled my eyes and lunged for a pillow. However, Cullen saw me coming and dodged the throw. Burying his attention in his phone was just a facade.

"Asshole!" I hissed and took Liam’s hand.

Liam was busy laughing his eyes out. There were times when I’d see some gloom in him and there were times think he was just a harmless twelve years old. This was one of those times.

"Let’s go, Lupe." I nodded at Lupe, totally ignoring Kylo who had been silent all along, and headed for the door.

Cullen’s voice that came from behind made me shake my head. "Why don’t you stay back, Kylo? We’d have some fun, just us boys."

"I’ll pass, Cullen. Thanks." Kylo grimly replied and walked out of the door with us.

Cullen wouldn’t give up. "What’s up, man?" He scoffed. "Someone stole your ice cream or something?"

"Geez." Lupe chuckled and trailed her eyes to Kylo but when she saw no traces of smile in them, she understood the mood and went mute.

As we walked out of the building, Lupe pointed at her house. "That’s where I live, Isleen. I live with my family. You are welcome to come say hi anytime."

I understood her kind gesture but I doubted that her parents would want me around. Firstly, I was the daughter of traitors. Secondly, I was an omega. Thirdly, I was breaking the pack’s traditions and daring to date someone who wasn’t my mate and was even the Gamma’s son. Lastly, I live with a boy who wasn’t my mate.

Nah. I was the kind of person parents warned their kids to stay away from. Not the typical friend Lupe’s parents would want for her. I however could not break her bubbles, so I just smiled warmly.

"What is the meeting about?" Liam’s question sent my thoughts packing.

Kylo sighed as we passed by a group of teen wolves pointing at us weirdly. We didn’t have to ask them why to know why.

"About the veil. It was breached during the last vampire attack. We want to find out how." Kylo answered Liam.

He wasn’t the type to dish out internal information about the security of the pack that he learned from being the Gamma’s son but I didn’t know what came over him now.

No. I did know. He didn’t want to think about those judging gazes sweeping me, sweeping us. He cared too much for me. I didn’t like what that was doing to him or how worried it was making him.

"Do you think we will be able to find out how? To protect the rest of us?" Liam curiously asked Kylo again.

I turned a questioning brow to Liam. "Why are you asking so much questions?" I demanded.

I didn’t want Kylo to tell him any more. Kylo shouldn’t lose who he was for me.

Liam turned his gaze to mine and I wasn’t aware of when I let go of his hand. "They killed my brother, Ms. Isleen. Don’t ask me why I want to know like you don’t already know why." He said.

A lump caught in my throat. I swallowed it down. It wasn’t just about his words. I mean, yeah, I felt his pain. Losing his brother must have been hurtful and made him curious about this case.

But then, it wasn’t about that. It was about how he said those words. About how he stared daggers at me. It was about how icy and cold his gaze was.

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