In Love With My Evil Stepbrother

Chapter 84: A Patient Predator

Eason’s POV

I wake up in her bed the next morning.

The first thing I look for is her. Luckily, she is still sleeping soundly besides me, her face bathed in the golden morning sunlight.

She’s like an angel.

I let out a long sign, feeling relieved. I don’t remember how many nights that I dreamed about her sleeping in my arms and woke up to find that everything was only in my head.

It almost crushed me.

I went through the darkest period time in my life three years ago when she left me. I couldn’t cope with the fact that the love of my life was gone, and everything was my fault. So I fled back to New York from Miami and locked myself up in the apartment. I wanted to rot in that dark room, so that I didn’t need to face the reality.

I drank myself to sleep but just kept being woken up by nightmares. So I drank more, forcing myself to sleep. It’s like a vicious circle. My life had fallen into a dark, endless pit.

I remember one time I drank an entire bottle of vodka and passed out on the bathroom floor. If my bodyguard didn’t find me in time, I’d be dead already. I was taken into the emergency room because of alcohol poisoning and couldn’t get out of the hospital bed for a whole week.

My dad flew from Boston to New York to check on me. He sat beside my bed staring at me, but I didn’t want to face him. I had no interest in talking to anyone, except Natalia.

“So are you acting like this because of her?” asked him sternly. “Do you think she would be happy seeing you like this?”

I stare at the ceiling, ignoring him. Truth to be told, I blamed him too. If he had given us a little bit of support, maybe she wouldn’t have left.

left! Because you

the fuck does he know! Who does he think he is coming down here giving me a fucking lecture? He didn’t want us to be together in the first place! Isn’t this exactly what he

teeth and hiss. The excessive alcohol had burned my throat. So my voice was rough and hoarse.

still in your twentieth. Lots of things can happen in the future. What

back one day? What if we meet again in the future and she finds me as this filthy and scruffy man covered in wine and vomit? She already

another hot stepbrother now…that Liam. God, do I hate him, his muscular figure,

Fuck.

will figure this out,” my dad said that

My efforts paid me back. A year later, I got into a good university majoring in business. My parents were thrilled. But I knew it

company. I knew everyone thought of me as the Ramirez’s heir, but I had made up my mind

was killing me. All I wanted to do was to rush back to her side and drag her into my arms, forcing her not to leave again. But I told myself again and again that it’s still not time.

a private detective, asking him to stalk Natalia and take pictures of her, which would surely piss her off if she ever finds out. Her photo was the only thing that kept me going for the past two years. I knew that each day

on the

ready to meet her.

…But how?

Luckily, the private detective told me that she was working at a restaurant, a great place for bumping into someone. And to better sell it, I even brought a date. A fake date, of course. I lost interest on all other women after her.

more sophisticated and

both moved on. So I kept my patience, playing the role as her big brother and gradually eased

I could still detect the lingering

step. It had to be her. She had to discover

wanted to introduce my marriage partner to me. Funny. Did she really think that I would still marry the

this could become my gentle nudge to Natalia. So

I am. I planned ahead and I planned