Tasting 228

228–I Did It With All OF Them But Him.

Nora:

“I thought you were coming in late,” Cain said, still fixing his pants, though his shirt was a mess too.

As for me, I awkwardly got up from the couch and, without meeting Silas‘ eyes, rushed back to my

bedroom. Once inside, I stood next to the door to eavesdrop on their conversation. I feared he

would bring me up.

“I tried fixing the car, but the rain got bad. Dad called and said he would stay with his friend, so I

came here,” Silas‘ voice was quieter than usual.

“She has a separate room here,” Cain added.

“Aha!” Silas‘ minimal response to his brother made me anxious.

My heart was pounding in my throat now. I grabbed a gray dress and quickly tossed it on with a

white sweater to double up the layers. As I stared at the dress I’d worn before, I wondered if Silas

had seen my body through the transparent fabric.

“I’m so, so stupid,” I hissed under my breath, stomping my foot as I stood near the door, pondering

how to appear normal when leaving the

room.

I walked out, trying to look casual, my eyes on the TV as I pretended to be interested in what they

were watching. From my peripheral vision, I could see Cain on the couch while Silas paced around.

“Silas! How are you?” I managed to call his name, turning his attention

to me.

“Good,” he replied, not meeting my gaze. I instantly looked at Cain, who was thankfully noticing our

interaction.

“Silas! Sit down,” Cain said, but Silas shook his head.

“I’m fine,” he responded, pacing from one corner of the apartment to the other, looking anxious.

“Did he see us?” I almost whispered, afraid he might hear us too.

“I don’t think so,” Cain shrugged, changing the channel. He seemed unbothered, but I was losing

my mind.

“I’ll make you two coffee,” I said, needing a minute to get away from them and be by myself. Once

in the kitchen, I started pacing back and forth. While preparing the coffee, I stood next to the

window and looked down at the road. It was pouring, so there was no way they could leave tonight.

Then I heard a knock on the door, making me turn my head to see who it was. It was Silas.

“You don’t need to knock on the kitchen door,” I tried making a joke, laughing nervously, but his

serious face made my smile fade away. He kept his head down and walked over to me, then

stopped and pushed his glasses onto the bridge of his nose. He then raised his head and fixed his

gaze on me.

“What was that?” The seriousness in his tone, along with the question. itself, sent shivers down my

spine.

“What?” I folded my arms over my chest, pretending to be confused.

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“When I came inside, I found you two–,” he paused to take a deep breath, “he was fixing his pants

and getting up from the couch. The couch where you were lying wearing a see–through dress that

you needed to fix too,” he explained. It sounded pretty bad.

“Huh? Ohhhh! I had fallen asleep on the couch without locking the door. He arrived and tried to

wake me up, but I panicked and attacked him,” I laughed nervously, hoping he would crack a smile

too. But he remained staring at my face with a weird, judgmental look.

“Do you—do you want me to make you something? You must be hungry. Rain and cold weather call

for good food,” I was talking too much. I was sure he was even more suspicious because he wasn’t

saying a single word to me.

“Let me make you sandwiches,” I said, turning my back to him even though I knew the conversation

wasn’t over yet.

“You had sex with my brother?” The moment I thought he might get a hint that there was nothing

odd, he shocked me with his question.

My body flinched and I spun to face him, keeping a very shocked look. on my face.

“What?” I acted offended.

“Don’t play me. You had sex with him. I didn’t see you attack him. I watched him get up after–” he

finally revealed how much he had seen, and I felt like my heart had stopped beating.

“I’m not sure what you saw, but I didn’t have—sex with him or any my stepbrothers,” I was

panicking so hard that I began to mumble

nonsense.

His frown deepened and he lowered his head, as if thinking about

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something.

“Wait a minute, those rumors! Oh Goddess, they were true, weren’t they?” His eyes grew bigger,

and he started stepping back.

“Silas! That is not true. You are mistaken,” I uttered, anxiously rubbing my palms together.

“You are fucking lying. I can’t believe this, Nora. I did not expect you to be such a great liar,” he said

with a look of disgust, which made me lower my gaze and hug myself.

I was on the verge of tears when he added, “All of them? I mean, did you do it with all of them

except me?” he asked, and I shot my head up.

“I am not saying you should do it with me—Goddess! What the fuck am I saying? I just want to

know if you did it with all of them?” he threw a fist in the air in frustration.

As he kept staring at my face, I steadily nodded and then lowered my head even more.

“Brody?” The minute he mentioned him, I looked at Silas and shook my head.

“You better not,” he suddenly yelled in my face, and I stepped back from him. “I don’t want to hear

anyone say that filthy alpha touched you. Hope you remember it is just a way to clear your name

and nothing else,” he warned me.

I had never seen him act so possessive before. Then he added, “As for– the other stuff—I–” he

gulped, swallowing hard before he admitted, “I have masturbated many times to your pictures.”