In Love With My Evil Stepbrother

Chapter 32: The Bathtub Eason’s POV “Wow really?” James gasps in excitement. “She actually believed that you are in danger? She must really like you.”

I cross my arms in front of my chest, staring at the stove while my mind flashes back to my earlier memories.

-A FEW DAYS AGO “I have an idea,” James announces eagerly. “If you play it right, she’ll be back in your arms at the end of this weekend.” “Listening,” I rub my temples and try to focus on his words. “You are not sure if she likes you, right? And she is a little-well, high-maintenance. So all you need right now is a chance to push her over the edge and force her to open up to you.” “And how I’m going to do that?” “A dangerous situation,” James smirks. “I checked the weather and it’s going to be raining like hell this weekend. Let’s say you are going for a swim in the sea and she is the only one who has noticed that your life is at stake…don’t you think she will do something really irrational under this scenario? And then you can take this perfect opportunity to force out those true feelings from her.” I frown, “And what if she just sits in the living room and decides to watch me drown?”

“Then this making-her-fall-in-love with you trick is a no-go,” James pauses but promises.” But I’ve seen the way she looked at you. There’s some deep shit feelings there. Trust me on this. She’ll pour her heart out.” I rest my chin on my hands, thinking about his proposal. Actually, it’s not a terrible plan. I’ve so fucking tired of playing this back-and-forth game with her. It’s not going anywhere and my clock is ticking. “OK,” I finally say. “Let’s just hope I don’t end up died in the ocean.” -BACK TO NOW

“Man, you should see the look on her face when she went out to find you,” James is still babbling. “I was a bit afraid that she would jump right into the ocean with you. So did you talk to her? How deep is this feeling that we are talking about? Ready to throw the L bomb?”

I remain silent as my jaw tenses. The image of her desperate face pops into my mind and it doesn’t give me any satisfactory feeling as I thought it would do. Instead, I felt my heart churn, as if I actually feel bad about making her sad this way.

Bullshit. Yet I immediately laugh at myself and shake of that stupid feeling.

“You done talking?” I hiss at James. “Time to leave.” “But you haven’t given me any of the good stuffs yet,” James whines. “Come on just tell me.

What’s she like when you found her? And—”

Then suddenly we both hear the door cracking. Our body tenses up immediately as Natalia’s voice comes from the guestroom: “Eason, there’s no clean towels here. Can you bring some extras?”

I let out a quiet sign of relieve and quickly shout back, “Sure! Be right back” They I quickly throw in a teabag to the mug, pour in hot water and shot a warming glare at James way before I head back to the guestroom.

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Natalia’s POV

and sank into the hot bath before he returns, because I don’t want him to watch me strip myself. But on the

at that thought and pat my cheeks

far. We’ve finally opened up to each other, truthfully and honestly. There’s still a lot of things to be worked on but at least we are

drifts away

towards this. I’m not so worried about Mr. Ramirez since he’s always been so nice

total gold-digger who ruined Mr. Ramirez and his wife’s marriage. So

I guess we’ll have to keep this a secret for now. The sound of door opening snaps me back from my own thoughts. I look up and find Eason walks into the bathroom with some fresh towels and a mug in his

my lips naturally curve up the minute I see him. “What took you so long? I thought I heard someone talking. Did anyone drop by?” “No. It’s probably the wind,” he says setting the

makes my

him. Even if he’s only been

Then he pulls off his T-shirt from

in

the Bathtub

can’t help but stare at his muscular figure as he steps into the tub. The bathtub is not large enough to fit two people, not to mention that he is tall

he nibbles the sensitive skin on my neck, as he brings his hand up to palm my