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.”-

head and get in the car, avoiding his gaze so

He is only making this so much harder than

car, I quickly take a deep breath to calm

to eat?” he starts

exhausted, physically and emotionally. 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

a smile. “It’s late and I’m sure you have things to do tomorrow. I don’t want to take too

drive out of the parking lot. When the car

is playing, Whatever It Takes,

the song before 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

fell from your

I hurt you

worst part is that I didn’t

million reasons for you

find

suddenly feel the air

with Eason, who has also done me wrong in the past. But I don’t know if he has ever regretted it

both moved on, but this song just

going in the

whatever

To turn this around;

know what’s at

that I’ve let

if you 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

so long already. He has moved on to a

in the darkness and struggle to fight back those hot tears in my eyes. I can’t let him find out that this

need to pretend that I’m cool

breaks the awkward silence. “Tough day at

glad that my voice sounds natural and calm, so I carry on with a light tone. “I’m really sorry about that. But I got fired for it and I guess we

his voice suddenly turns darker

yeah. It is my fault, nevertheless. Can’t really

think it’s a bit unfair? Getting fired over something really small like

out. I guess the innocent side

only be really careful about every little thing in our lives, or those little things will turn into a real b*tch and come back at us. Of course, people like

sentence sounded more sarcastic and mean

his face hidden

other after this

the subject, trying to lighten the mood. “Your girlfriend seems nice. How

You call the person who got you fired nice?” there’s a hint of amusement in his

to start a decent conversation here. Be a

“I think food

to the side. I look through the

he says and

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