In Love With My Evil Stepbrother

Chapter 74

Chapter 74: Under the Same Roof

I let him take me home eventually.

I know this is a terrible idea and the wise thing to do is go find a place on my own and stay as far from him as possible. But so many ups and downs in one night, my head has already stopped functioning. So I go for the easy option.

Not surprisingly, he lives in the fanciest place in the Upper East side. His apartment is huge and well-decorated, just like the one he had in Boston.

I carefully step into the foyer, feeling both awkward and nervous. I glance around the spacious living room and notice no sign of trances of a woman.

So he and his girlfriend don’t live together.

“Why are you still standing there?” he turns around and smiles at me. “Come on in.”

I slowly inake my way into the open kitchen, staring at him as he opens the fridge and gets me a bottle of water, and asks, “Are you sure your girlfriend won’t mind?”

He shirugs, “Why should she mind?”

“Because if my boyfriend brought a someone home without asking me first, I would be pretty annoyed, which is how most people would react?” I point out the obvious

He slightly raises his eyebrows, giving no comments on my concern. And again, that makes me even more curious about his relationship with his girlfriend. First he totally ignored her in

the restaurant twice, then lie brought me liome without telling her, which all seem very absurd

“Don’t worry. We just started dating. Nothing serious just yet,” he leans against the kitchen counter, his green eyes fixing on me. “So, speaking of which, how are things going between you and Liam?”

I’m little thrown off by his question, “…Me and Liam?”

His lips curves in a faint smile, “Helad a thing for you three years ago. Did that thing develop into anything serious for you two?” I bite down my bottom lips, feeling very uncomfortable about where this conversation is going

“He’s only my brother,” I quickly answer trying to dodge around the subject

he make any moves?” Yet he

in a deep sigli and start to feel frustrated. “Eason, it’s been a long day. Do you really want to stand here and ask me about -” He cuts me off before I

since we met, but that seulence reminds me of the old him, the

frown and

of the look on my face, and then suddenly be smiles, “sorry for crossing the

to ask.” “Ask something else,” I say gruffly. He chuckles

room. I take a

today, meeting Eason again, losing my job, being kicked out of my apartment and staying at Eason’s… I suddenly remembered that three years ago I also spent a night at his place after lighting with my parents; he kissed me in front of all his

back to the same spot, except

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I wake up at 9. Going into the living room, I find him standing beside the kitchen counter

greets me with a smile. “Coffee?” I

cup and asks, “Did you sleep well last

again for letting me

today? Because I -” My phone starts ringing before he finishes. I give him an

Eason’s face

answer my call yesterday?

want liim to worry. “No! I was just

the Christmas sweater and some handmade pastries. But she accidently sent yours to me. So

I’m letting him know that I’m homeless now. “I moved actually,” I stutter. “You don’t need to send anything to me. You can

a quick glance at Eason, who is staring at me with his arms crossed, and then says, “-I’ll text you

Hopefully I can find a place

face is hardly pleasant. After a short pause,

that easy to find a new apartment in a rusli.” I was hoping that he was wrong about the new apartment thing. But after a

small apartinent with four boys with no private bathroom or living in another state, which isn’t that

the apartment, I also need a new job. And the worst thing is, my finals are quickly approaching. I must inake time to study if I don’t want to

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