Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

403-The Drunken Mate

"What the fuck are you saying, Lazio?" I couldn't stay silent anymore. The only thing I was left with was my dignity

and my self-esteem, and tonight he was trying to snatch that from me.

"I watched you go on a date with Zander, Enya. I watched you die for Thiago. I saw you regret ever leaving

Maynard. I was on the call with you when you were in a room with Corbin. You came back to the room smelling like

him that day. I — was there to suffer," he yelled at the top of his lungs, leaving me shocked.

"But you agre--ed to me accepting my mates. In-fact-," I paused when my sobs choked me, "you begged me to

accept you. You convinced me you will never talk about it, you will never be bothered about it," I was sobbing, the

rise and fall of my chest even more prominent this time.

"I lied, okay? It broke me," he yelled and pushed me until I landed in the bed.

"I loved you, and you didn’t care. I was always your last choice because the powerful Enya was too into herself to

realize Lazio was also in line," he yelled, spreading his arms and then scoffing at me.

I couldn't even say anything as I watched him with silent tears leaving my eyes. He had kept so much in his heart,

and my dumbasses married him, thinking at least I have one of my mates with me.

"And yes! I didn't take you with me because I didn’t want Maynard and Christina to suffer because of you. Their

relationship had been so awful because of you." Lazio then hunched over, resting his foot on the bed, to point his

finger in my face.

"Yes! You! Maynard never forgot about you. He ruined his perfect marriage because he couldn't stop thinking about

you. Now tell me, how the heck did you expect me to take you to their place? I have seen Christina cry in silence

every time we met her," he finished, stepping away from the bed and closing his eyes to calm down.

"You are not the only victim, Enya. If anything, you should be the last one to feel like you are getting mistreated," he

stated, but this time, he didn't yell.

"Now that they are staying here, kindly don’t do anything that will make things more awkward between them," he

warned me before walking out of the room. Slowly slipping back, I rested my back on the mattress and closed my

eyes.

After a few minutes of not moving a muscle, I changed sides and curled into a ball to sob in silence. I didn't know I

caused so much trouble in their relationship without ever actually doing anything.

So the plan was made. I would stay far away from Maynard and let him find his way back to her.

The night went by just like that. I prepared the breakfast for them in the morning but didn’t attend it myself to

minimize my interaction with Maynard.

While they left for the office, I stayed behind. I had planned to skip work until Maynard and Christina leave.

I was busy preparing dinner for them when my phone kept ringing. I ignored it the first few times after looking at

the caller ID, but later it became difficult to avoid the Alpha King calling me.

"What is it now?" I answered the call in an annoying mood.

"No greetings to the alpha king?" Corbin let out a laugh from the other side, "Anyway, I called to inform you about

this meeting," he said but paused to drink a little, "So," he continued, making loud gulping noises, "The alphas and

their lunas are acquired at my place on the 15th of this month to talk about some new rules." He finished, and a

frown formed on my forehead.

"What rules?" I asked out of curiosity. He just took over the business and everything and was already making

changes to the rules?

"You will know once we meet. Inform you alpha," he answered and hung up the call without explaining anything. I

felt like he was upto something.

I don't understand how he didn't try to threaten me or mention the rejection again. He hadn't rejected me yet, so

the mate bond was still there.

After setting up the table, I was making my way to my room when everybody barged in. Lazio and Maynard looked

heavily drunk, while Christina was the only sober guide.

I rushed over to Lazio and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, assisting him in standing straight.

"It was amazzzzzing!" Lazio laughed, fumbling upon his steps and making me work hard to carry his heavy body

around.

"I think we should lay them down in the beds before they make us crumble." Christina let out a nervous laugh when

suggesting that. I gave her a nod and helped Lazio walk into the room. After laying him down, I took off his shoes

and pulled a blanket over him.

After being done here, I walked out of the room to accompany Christina to the dining room. Since it was only two of

us tonight, I felt nervous.

It was pretty clear from her attitude that she was not comfortable with me being around her mate, and why not?

Maynard ruined his marriage for me.

I was still surprised at the fact that he hadn't forgotten about me.

"They insisted we go to the bar," Christina said as soon as I sat across from her in the dining room.

"I am glad they had fun," I said, smiling as I offered her lobster Newburg. I cannot believe that Enya who used to

dread the idea of cooking is now a full-blown chef. Lazio's criticism and constant nagging made me achieve

exceptional skills in cooking.

"Was umm— Valerie there too?" I asked in an awkward tone, stealing my eyes from her and pretending to be

immersed in eating my food.

"Oh yeah. She got drunk too. She is tough, that one!" Christina answered and filled herself with a glass of wine.

"Wait! do you and Lazio--," she suddenly stopped drinking from the glass and questioned my marriage.