Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

216–1 Am A Cheater

“I think we should focus on” Oswin pouted, trying to help us, but Thiago

was not in a state to listen to any of us.

“I told that girl I am a Lycan, who from now any point can go tell that monster about me.” Thiago shoute

d, “For you!” he grunted, “I am not invalidating

your feelings. But one of you should have come to me. One of you should have at least come to confro

nt me, like now. It was just convenient that you get rid of that monster who is not trustworthy. It was just

not easy to keep a Lycan in the team of good guys, wasn‘t it?” he clenched his jaw until he raised his f

ace and stared at Lazlo and me.

I was sobbing miserably. I didn‘t want him to end this. I didn‘t want him to leave me.

“Did you, did you move on from me?” that question left his lips in a whisper. What‘s worse is that he wa

s not even giving us any excuse to make us mad. Unlike Maynard, he was using words that wouldn‘t hu

rt my ego, but he himself was hurting.

“Did you two

—” he tilted his face, tears appearing and disappearing in his eyes. I know why he thought I would do

such a thing. I did the same with Maynard, but I wasn‘t going to do it with Thiago. It just happened.

Our silence exposed us.

“Oh!” Thiago lowered his face, his eyebrows knitted, showing extreme shock. “OH!” he gasped. His han

d flew to his heart and my heart lost a beat.

“Thiago, are you ok–” I wanted to get near him, but he pulled back from me and leaned on the wall. He

looked like he was in a lot of pain,

“Thiago! You need to sit down.” Oswin was caught in the middle of this

mess. He was constantly attempting to make things better.

“Look at her!” Thiago pointed at me, but his eyes looked into Oswin‘s eyes, “I loved that girl,” he murmu

red miserably.

“I love you too,” I whispered. “It was a misunderstanding.” I closed my eyes as I sobbed silently.

“A sweet misunderstanding to find an excuse to kill that Lycan monster.” He shook his head as if he did

n‘t believe me.

“Thiago! Let‘s go into the woods. You are not feeling well.” Lazlo stepped ahead

when he noticed a little weird movement in his little finger. It

was as if his Lycan was fighting to come out.

“No!” Thiago hugged himself, “Not with you. Not with you two,” he shook his head to himself, “I wouldn‘t

want you two around this monster again,” he grunted, clenching his jaw.

“I will take him with me,” Oswin said, holding Thiago‘s hand to drag him out of the room. I was watching

Thiago being pulled out, and I couldn‘t do anything. I was so guilty that I

dreaded walking near him. The way Thiago stared into my eyes before walking

out of that door sliced my heart open.

“What have we done?” I got on my knees and sobbed in my hands, “we had everything and I ruined it.

He is not wrong. What was our plan? Why didn‘t we confront him like

we did today? Were we really looking

for an excuse to just accuse someone?” I was shaking just thinking about how Thiago must be feeling.

I just never thought I would cheat on him. My actions were the same in Thiago‘s situation, it appeared. I

treated him just like I did Maynard, but one was wrong and the other I wronged.

“We were–scared,” Lazlo walked back to his bed and flopped down, “We— were liste–

ning to Zander,” he suddenly brought his name up, and I removed my hands from my face.

“Zander! Wasn‘t he the one who told us everything from the get–

go?” I asked, and Lazlo‘s face formed a frown.

“Where is he?” I inquired angrily, getting on my feet and finding a reason to live.

“I don‘t know. But he was also fooled when he saw Thiago with Jessica.” Lazlo was still

making excuses. It doesn‘t change the fact that we acted very badly when handling

this mess. I remember Thiago wanted to talk to Lazlo many times. If only Lazlo had not

been so stubborn and given him a chance, he would not have stayed on the opposite side of Thiago.

“But hey, we saw him. We had proof in front of us,” I get what

Lazlo was trying to do. That guilt of betraying Thiago was even killing me inside.

“That doesn‘t change the fact that we never spoke to him about it. We never gave him a chance

and when it was convenient for us, we confronted him. It seems to

him

that I didn‘t want to clear the misconceptions for us or him. I just did them for anybody else but our relat

ionship.” I was going crazy recalling all the things I have said about Thiago when he heard us.

“Now, what are we going to do?” Lazlo was anxiously tapping his foot on the ground and looking all sad

.

Before I could genuinely answer him, the door opened and the twins barged in.

Christina looked very upset, whereas Zander was holding bags of food in his hands.

“I got us all dinner,” Zander announced, “Whoa! Who died here?” He checked the environment and gri

maced.

“Where is Maynard?” Lazlo asked Christina, who pointed at the door when Maynard followed them insi

de.

“Zander! We need to talk.” I didn’t have much energy left in me to waste time before I told him we all go

t fooled.

“About what?” Christina stepped in between

us. “Talk in front of us,” she insisted, as she folded her arms over her chest.

“Christina!” Maynard shook his head at her in disapproval.

“What? She is leading my brother on when she

already has accepted two mates. What is her plan of chasing after my brother

when she had promised Thiago she will not get intimate with anybody else?” Christina, bringing

up my promises to Thiago, only hurt me more.

It was a reminder of what Thiago might be going through right now.