In Love With My Evil Stepbrother

Chapter 72

Read In Love With My Evil Stepbrother Chapter 72 – Whatever It Takes

I crouch down there frozen, staring at him.

“I said midnight. And you just waited me till midnight?” my voice is filled with shock.

“Yes,” he nods.

 

“But why?” I ask, perplexed.

I can’t think of one reason that would make him wait in the weather like this for 2-3 hours.

Is he just trying to be nice? Or does he still have feelings for-no, impossible. I immediately laugh at that fleeting thought.

And then I hear his answer, “I said I want to have dinner with you. You clearly haven’t eaten anything. Come, let’s go.”

He rises and gestures me to follow. Before I realize, I’m already walking with him side by side under his umbrella. The chilly wind hits me, and I shiver. The next second, a scarf that still carries his warmth lands on my neck.

“It’s cold during the night, isn’t it?” he says casually and looks straight ahead, paying no attention to the astonished look on my face. “Don’t forget to check the weather next time.”

I touch the scarf, which smells so much like him. It’s irresistible. After only a few seconds of hesitation, I tighten his scarf around my neck and instantly feel warmer.

We walk together to the parking lot where he parks his car, which turns out to be a black Audi. Very low-profile. Very unlike him.

“What happened to your fancy sports cars?” I turn to him and ask.

“I sold them.”

I gasp in surprise. I can still remember the proud in his voice when he told me about his car collections, and now he is telling me that he sold them?

Did his family go bankrupt?

“Why? Do you have a financial difficulty?”

He blinks and then bursts into laughter,“ Oh no, nothing like that. I needed money to start my own business, so I sold them for a good price. Plus, I can’t have my business partners see me driving around in a gaudy convertible…doesn’t seem very reliable that way.”

I don’t know which word makes me more surprised, “business” “gaudy” or ” reliable”?

He really has changed a lot. And it makes it harder for me to read him.

“Why don’t you ask Mr. Ramirez for the money?” I ask.

His face darkens for a quick second and then he quickly covers it with a smile, “do you want to have dinner or ask question?”

He is dogging my question. That I am sure of.

He unlocks the car and open the passenger’s door for me. Before I get in the car, I suddenly notice a darker area on his left shoulder. It looks like a water stain from the rain.

But he was holding an umbrella large enough for us two.

Then it suddenly hits me. I was walking on the right side of him. So he must be leaning the umbrella more towards my side to make sure I’m perfectly sheltered from the rain. That’s how his left shoulder got wet.

“Something wrong?” he notices my moment of lost and asks.

“No! No, it’s nothing…I—nothing.”-

car, avoiding his gaze

being so sweet and gentle to me! He is only making this so much harder than

quickly take a deep breath to calm myself down before he gets

to eat?” he starts the engine

I’m really not in the mood for dinner and just want to lie down. But my gut feeling is telling me that if I turn him down now, I’ll probably not see him in a

simple bite perhaps?” I force out a smile. “It’s late and I’m sure you have things to do tomorrow. I don’t want to take

say anything and just drive out of the parking lot. When

song is playing, Whatever It Takes, by

but never really paid any attention to the lyrics. And now I’m trapped in the car with nothing to do but to listen carefully, it just occurred to me that, ironically, this song tells the exact story of

smile fell from your

me that I

part is that I didn’t

reasons for you to

can find a reason

feel the air getting

also done me wrong in the past. But I

have both moved on, but this song just snapped us back to those painful

still going in the

do whatever

To turn this around;

know what’s at

I’ve

give me

Believe that—”

The song stops abruptly.

off the

know why he turned it off, because unlike the singer, he doesn’t have any regret for the past and isn’t trying

been so long already. He has moved on to a

in my eyes. I can’t let him find out that this song brought out the emotional side of me,

need to pretend that I’m cool with everything, just like he

breaks the awkward silence.

glad that my voice sounds natural and calm, so I carry on with a light tone. “I’m really sorry about that.

fired?” his voice suddenly turns

fault,

think it’s a bit unfair? Getting

almost laugh out. I guess the

fairness in this world, Eason. Normal people like us can only be really careful about every little thing in our lives, or those little things will turn into a

realized that the final sentence sounded

his face hidden in the darkness. I don’t

see each other after this one night. Why turn it into

subject, trying to lighten the mood. “Your girlfriend seems nice. How long has it been?

the person who got you fired

conversation

chuckles lowly and then says, “I think food is a better idea

I look through the window and see a

and then gets off

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