Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

400-The Lost Mate Returns
"If you don't want to sleep with me, just let me know." He was screaming and walking around. I was getting more anxious about
his constant nagging.
"It is not like that," I murmured, steadily lowering my head and calming myself down.
"Then what is the problem? Are you missing him again? Do you think about him when we are doing it?" His statement and
aggressive tone made me raise my face and look at him in silence.
"No!" I shook my head, feeling cornered. I would never do that. That is disrespectful.
"Really?" he grunted, approaching me and grabbing me by my arms. "Then what the hell happened tonight?" He shook my body
despite me giving him a look that I didn't appreciate him holding me like that.
"Let me go, and I will answer you," I demanded, breaking the eye contact because staring into his empty eyes was painful.
"Answer me, and I will let you go." He shook me again, making me close my eyes as I felt the pain of his nails piercing through
my skin.
"What is going on between you and her?" I finally answered with my eyes closed, and when he didn't respond or shake me, I
opened my eyes and made my question even clearer for him. "Is there something going on between you and Valerie?"
He was watching me back with a little hint of guilt in his eyes.
"Where did you get this from? We are good friends. And because you don't pay attention to me, I rely on her. She is very nice
and genuinely cares about what I like and dislike," he yammered when I hadn't even asked him anything more than a simple yes
or no question.
"What about that restroom? There is no way you two go in there and rest—," I closed my lips tightly when feeling ashamed of
even talking about it.
"I don't know what to say to you. You were thinking about this while we were having sex?" He set me free and asked me in a
defeated tone, "This was the time you found appropriate to question me?" He shook his head and kept stepping away until he
was near the door.
"I didn't know how else to ask you," I murmured, tears running down my eyes.

"You are just too consumed by yourself, Enya. Look around; not everything is about you," he finished, walking towards the bed
and grabbing his pillow.
"Where are you going now?" I asked because I thought he would sit down and we would discuss all our problems at last.
"I am sleepy, Enya. I have work to do in the morning,'1 avoiding looking me in the eye, he briskly exited the room and left me
behind with million questions.
I sat down on the bed and covered my face with my hands.
'Did I do anything wrong by expressing my emotions?' I asked
Nia. It was a bit saddening because now that I was not a powerful hybrid, I wasn't seen as someone who carries heart. In fact,
my tears bothered Lazio a lot.
There were many times when I missed Thiago and cried, and it upset Lazio. He said I use tears to gain sympathy. I got scolded
so many times that I stopped crying in front of him.
I walked after Lazio but found him sleeping in the guest room with the door locked from the inside so that I could not enter and
bother him. I was left with no other option but to walk back to my room and cry my heart out until I fell asleep.
The next morning came with a lot of stress for me. I had bags under my swollen eyes. I had to apply heavy makeup before Lazio
saw me. He would make a huge fuzz about me crying the whole night. He didn't really care that I cried, but it irked him that I
cried for someone else.
Wearing a black pencil skirt and leaving my long hair open, I joined the group in the parking lot.
"I am excited for today," I said, trying to end the fight and start the new day in a fresh mood.
"Enya! can you sit in the second car today, please?" He asked very sweetly, but without raising his face from his phone.
"Oh sure," I nodded, not getting why he would want me to sit in a separate car. But in order to avoid any more arguments, I just
nodded and sat in the car behind his car.
I watched him travel alone, and soon we were in the office.

There were minor acts that left me bewildered, but I had stopped questioning him. In the beginning, I did question a few things,
but after he made it very clear that he doesn't like anybody questioning everything; I stopped bringing up everything that heart
me.
But that didn't stop him from coming at me for anything that irked him. So maybe the rules applied differently for both of us.
We were making our way to the office when Valeria tagged along. She was walking right beside him, while I was one step behind
her.
I had my head down all this time as something kept crawling on my heart and making me uncomfortable. I don't know what it was
about today, but I was more uncomfortable than any other day. That's when I raised my face and watched a pair of green eyes
looking at my face from afar.
"Maynard," I whispered, watching a tall and handsome guy in a black suit waiting for us. His eyes were staring at my face without
blinking.
The world seemed to have stopped moving when I found him smiling with so much love for me in his eyes. It was unusual.
Somebody looking at me in the crowd was something I was no longer used to.
"Maynard!" Lazio’s loud greetings broke his eye contact with me. Maynard smiled before hugging Lazio. Christina, wearing a
green office suit, walked out from behind Maynard and greeted Lazio before she looked my way and briskly rushed over to meet
me.
I put on a huge smile on my lips, but she stopped right in front of me, and I realized the greetings were not for me.
"Vai!" She smiled and hugged Valerie.