Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother

Chapter 280: Promise

Sebastian noticed Natalie standing on the staircase and quickly looked away, perhaps embarrassed that he had been beaten up by his brother. He was equally tall and well-built like Justin, except his youthful face which showed that he was younger.

It was both sad and comical to see such a grown man sitting quietly in front of his older brother, visibly defeated.

Not wanting to embarrass him further, Natalie decided to retreat to the room. However, Justin, who had noticed Sebastian glancing in her direction, turned his gaze to her and said, "Come here."

Natalie froze in her tracks, looking at Justin, then at Sebastian, who stubbornly refused to meet her eyes.

"I have some work to do," she said, already taking a step back. "You two carry on."

Before Justin could respond, she had already disappeared back into the room.

I thought I was violent with my siblings just by slapping them a few times, but these people... they’re on another level. Poor guy—his handsome face is swollen everywhere.

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Meanwhile, in the drawing room...

Justin pulled out his phone, snapped a picture of Sebastian’s beaten-up appearance, and did something with it. Moments later, both his and Sebastian’s phones began ringing with a flood of notifications.

Sebastian picked up his phone, his eyes widening in disbelief as he scrolled through the messages.

"You sent my picture like this to the group?" he asked in shock.

Justin ignored him and read the responses from others, which were satisfying to his senses. It included a few cousins and friends of Justin and Sebastian.

The group, where Sebastian had shared the information of Justin finally having a woman, in that same group Justin had sent an image of beaten-up Sebastian.

All the members who had previously been speculating wildly about Justin’s mysterious woman suddenly went silent. After seeing Sebastian’s state, their tones changed completely—they all knew exactly who must have been responsible for his bruises.

"I don’t know who this beggar is."

"I don’t know this man either."

"I don’t trust whatever he says."

"Yeah, just ignore him."

Sebastian read these messages, his jaw tightening in frustration. He angrily typed back: "I don’t know you all either. Forget about getting any more information from me. I don’t even understand why you’re all scared of him!"

tossed his phone onto the sofa and crossed

phone aside and said, "Your stay has been arranged at Rowan’s hotel. You can

Are you serious? You have this massive mansion, and you want me to stay in a hotel? Are you

of head is vacant

the desert now? You might as well kill me here instead of sentencing me to suffer

to see Sebastian’s face turn

something, but it seems like there’s no place for goodwill here," Sebastian mumbled.

did you say?" Justin

"My poor sister-in-law... she

say it, or do you want me to use

help you, but you... You know, only I can help you when it comes

stay here, but in the side house, not

"Oh, now you want

me to stay, huh?"

glare that clearly said, Say one more word, and you’ll be banned from entering

quickly before Justin could change his mind. He picked up his

Justin spoke again,

brother. With an awkward smile, he said, "What trouble? I’m just here to help you in case

in silence. Under the weight of his brother’s gaze, Sebastian quickly spun around and hurried off to find one of the side houses—because he was

returned to the room where Natalie was working in her laptop. "It’s evening. You should stop working," he

know you have cousins. As an outsider, I have only heard of your father and his mysterious

family prefers to stay out of the limelight. That way it’s more peaceful for other family members," Justin

was ready to hear it. She was always curious about what kind of a person he was with his family. She had seen

two younger brothers and one sister. All of them are well settled in what they are doing, married and have kids," Justin replied in short, "The day when I officially declare our relationship, you will get to

close with your siblings and other family members?" she

I was always so, I do not have much interaction with them," Justin answered. "It’s more

like aloof kind of man and must talk really less

this always made him act responsible and not so open to everyone, though

her and then that promise he had once made to

was looking at the weak looking boy on the

but everyone will think you are my real son who I had kept in hiding for ten years," James deep

name, my protection, my wealth.

young boy

I want you to make one promise to me," James said, "You are not allowed to

The young boy nodded.

day, you break this promise, everything between us would be over," James said again, "Whether to reveal it, it would be entirely

long he could keep it. James was someone who gave a chance to that little boy the second chance at life and Justin couldn’t be ungrateful to