Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

419-1 Let You Play With Me Last Tim..

After she hit me, everything went silent for a moment. The noise in my ear deafened me. I watched her swing her

arm around at me again, but Maynard grabbed her and pushed her away.

The high-pitched noise made me unable to hear anything, but I could watch them yell and cuss at me, with

Maynard pushing them both away from me. Neither Lazio nor Christina tried asking Maynard anything.

The silence in my ears made me lower my face and close my eyes for a moment. The loud thud of the door made

me finally hear everything clearly.

I raised my head and watched the room empty. They eventually walked out of the room, or maybe Maynard pushed

them out.

I had silent tears running down my cheeks, but my expression stayed neutral. I was too shocked at what had just

happened.

Steadily rolling out of the bed, I grabbed a dress from the closet and wore it.

"Christina played me," I whispered to myself, staring at my image in the mirror and the bruise on my cheek.

That was it.

It has gone too far now.

Wiping the tears clean, I made my way out of the room and watched them argue in the living room.

Just by approaching them, I could hear the conversation going on.

"I can't believe she did that to me," Christina was crying and yelling slurs at me. I should have known there was

something wrong with her persuasion. No way a mate and a wife will just throw her mate in someone else's lap.

The instant I walked into the living room, silence engulfed the surroundings. Lazio glared at me with his fists

clenched and his teeth gritting, whereas Christina muttered some cusses, covered her face with her hands, and

started crying again.

"What? don't look at me like you didn't sleep with that she-wolf you picked off the road last night," As my strength

gave up, I yelled at the top of my lungs, and silent tears appeared at the surface of my eyes. Lazio flinched a little,

acknowledging his actions, but then he composed his posture again.

"I didn't sleep with her. I was only instigating you, pissing you off," he yelled, probably making sense in his own

head, but to me, he sounded ridiculous.

"Congratulations, because that worked like a charm. You told me we should be open to sleeping with others. You

told me you were sleeping with that girl, so what if I did before you? Those were your rules. I just followed them

before you," I shouted, not ready to look guilty.

"You are so shameless!’ Christina uncovered her face and commented, "I was there for yo—," she was interrupted

by a grunt from me.

"Because you fucking told me to accept Maynard,’ I shouted, but Lazio rolled his eyes at my comment.

"What? I would never do that.” She shook her head, looking genuinely confused, but I knew the truth. Being in a

miserable state prevented me from seeing the red flags that she played me with. She offered me help when I was

at my lowest. So I took it, and now I have to face the consequences.

"You told me you were getting divorced from Maynard. You pushed him into my room last night after wasting me

with wine," I continued to yell, but she began to look bewildered with every word I said.

"I would never. Maynard and I might seem a little distant, but we have decided to go to therapy to make things

work between us. But after last night, you ruined everything for me,’ she yelled as she pointed her finger at me

from afar.

I couldn't believe I didn't see her true face. All this time, she had acted like my friend. Did she change after

returning, or did she always hate me?

"It doesn't matter now. Because you ended up cheating on me and making me feel disgusted with you," Lazio took

over and yelled, walking my way with his eyes fixated on my face.

"You are the one to question me? You said you wanted an open relationship," he yelled in my face before I could

finish.

"And you didn't even wait and jumped into bed with Maynard? Your friend's husband?’ He shouted again, making

me go silent for a minute. If I don’t prove myself innocent by showing Christina's game, I will indeed look guilty in

the eyes of the others.

"Fine, I made a mistake and instigated you, but what you did is awful. You didn't only punish me; you punished

Christina too, who had no clue why she got the worst thing coming to her from you." Lazio slapped his forehead and

shook his head, showing expressions to make me look disgusting.

"It Is not tru—wait!’ I paused when I recalled something.

Maynard!

He can testify to Christina pushing him in my room and even giving him permission to accept me.

"Maynard!” I said his name and turned to him. Lazio calmed his racing breaths down only so that he could look at

Maynard and try to understand what I was trying to do.

I don’t know why, but the way Maynard instantly looked away gave me a warning of what to expect next.

"Tell him the truth," I demanded. "She was persuading us both all this time to accept each other. You are the only

witness to her plan. Please tell him the truth,’ I insisted Maynard open up to Lazio, who seemed to have gone silent

after watching me make such a big claim.

"Maynard! What is she saying?" Lazio turned to him, his eyes scanning his face for answers. My heart was pounding

hard in my chest. I don't care what Christina says after that, but if Maynard takes the side of truth today, I will

accept him in a heartbeat.

He will be able to have me by his side like he wanted, but it only depends on what he says. As eyes focused on

Maynard, I found the room filled with an eerie aura.

And then he spoke up.