h4Chapter 798: 798-Cooking For Me/h4

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    It had been a tiring day, from me chasing after Norman to not resting aftering back from a four-day journey with mostly us being on the road, and then finding out that Lucy was stuck and probably waiting for any of her friends or family to finally figure out that this was not their Lucy. I had gone through a lot, so I was extremely tired.

    We decided to call it a day. Even all the students were asked to return to the academy to rest. Argona was on watch 24x7 to make sure nothing strange was going on in the academy since the zharns could be very tricky. At the same time, we had returned home. My friends had decided toe with us today, so it was their first night with all of us.

    However, the minute we entered the mansion, I saw everyone’s face fall at the sight of my friends, and by everyone I mean Charlotte and Azura’s. We entered the living room to sit down before we assigned the guest rooms to my friends. Norman had already asked the maids to prepare the guest rooms in the back side of the mansion.

    "How about we cook for Hnie today?" Lamar suggested as soon as he saw Charlotte enter the living room. I had told him that Charlotte had been trying to feed me a lot and I wasn’tfortable, so I was d he remembered. I just didn’t know he would instantly jump in for my rescue.

    "Oh, you guys are her friends, right?" And as expected, Charlotte started to speak. Azura had only seen us enter the mansion before leaving for her room. I could tell she wasn’tfortable with my friends being here with me.

    "Yeah, I guess we have met before," Jenny said as she remembered one of the events when they hade over.

    "Uh, yeah, I don’t know, maybe I don’t remember," Charlotte said with a very nice smile on her face. But I think she couldn’t fool us anymore since we knew her truth, even if she didn’t know we did.

    "Anyway, you guys don’t have to cook, you’re guests here. I’m cooking tonight," she stated, a very proud smile on her lips. But Lamar noticed I wouldn’t eat at home if she was cooking. It was getting a little difficult because I didn’t know which one of them would enter the kitchen to poison my food.

    "You know what, no. We are not guests, we are her friends, her family, so it’s our mansion as well. Right, Hnie?" Lamar asked, and I quickly nodded my head.

    "And tonight, we will cook," Sage added, cing a hand on her chest.

    I noticed Azura walk into the living room, folding her arms across her chest and leaning to the side against the doorframe. "Aren’t you the one who had a crush on Emmet?"

    It hit all of us like a wrecking ball. Penn’s face started to harden, while Sage looked embarrassed. I noticed Emmet close his eyes and then open them again, ring at Azura. If it had been anyone else with even a little sense of bodynguage, they would have left. But it was Azura. Azura didn’t care what anybody thought.

    "What? I’m just saying," she replied with a shrug after receiving harsh res.

    "Yes, she was. I mean, Professor Emmet is a handsome man. But she moved on. Students always have crushes on their professors. It’s not to be taken seriously. What worries me is when someone takes the crush way too seriously, and they cling to the professor. Or any marked man, in fact," Penn hissed back at her, defending Sage, who looked so ufortable.

    I noticed Azura’s eyes turn to Emmet. The look she gave him was the kind someone gives their partner when they aren’t defending them. "He’s just your student. Look how he’s talking." Since Emmet didn’t openly support her or take her re seriously, she said it out loud, just so he knew what she was upset about.

    "You start a war, you hold the sword and win it yourself, Azura. Or you don’t start it at all," Emmetmented, cing his leg over the other and then turning to look at me. His eyes once againnded on my pearl, and I noticed him smile. It was like he was happy about something.

    "Whatever. Her friends are just as rude as her," Azura hissed, stomping her foot and walking out of the living room.

    I didn’t understand what her problem was. She came here, ring guns at Sage. Penn didn’t even say anything wrong to her. He was being polite. I guess she just didn’t want anyone reminding her that Emmet wasn’t her man, even though they were marked.

    "Anyway, we will freshen up and then start cooking. How about that?" Lamar asked, smiling quietly. Jenny nodded her head, already set on cooking too.

    "And Hnie will go and rest," Norman said, reminding me. I gave him a smile, but I could tell he knew I was upset with him. I just didn’t know. I had expected him to tell me instead of going behind my back, even if his intentions were right. For a moment, it made me feel terrible.

    And it was more like yful banter that Lucy was so fixated on him. I mean, the entity was. I no longer wanted to call her Lucy. My Lucy was trapped, waiting for us.

    After that, we all went back to our rooms. We freshened up. Kesha was still not around, and Kaye said she had been calling him, asking if he was home so she coulde back. He wasn’t responding. He didn’t want to deal with her, just like the rest of us.

    After showering, we met at the dining table where Lamar, Penn, Jenny, and Sage had prepared a huge feast for all of us. Azura skipped. Jessica decided to eat in her guest room. Charlotte didn’t even want to touch the food. I guessed she was upset she didn’t get the chance to cook. Whatever. We didn’t care.

    We all had fun. We ate. On the outside, we were happy that we realized Lucy wasn’t this mean person and that we could have our friend back. But inside, we were guilty she had been gone for so long without anyone suspecting. And we were afraid of how we’d even get her back.