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.