Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

KESTER.

If only she knew. Poor Kasmine. She just sold her soul to the devil by telling me she'd do whatever I wanted her to do.

Now, I was looking for the perfect 'favor' to ask of her.

Under the guise of handling paperwork, I stayed rooted to my spot, my eyes fixed on her. She didn't know I was watching, and I liked it that way. The glass panel between us offered a perfect view of her, yet it wasn't enough to bridge the space I ached to close.

Kasmine sat at her desk, her attention absorbed by the monitor. She brushed a strand of hair away from her face, the gesture so small and unassuming, yet it sent an ache through me. That hair, dark and soft, had once rested against my shoulder when she fell asleep in the car as kids. How could something so simple haunt me like this now?

Her lips moved as she murmured something under her breath, likely annoyed at whatever task she was handling. The sight made my chest tighten.

Gods, she was exquisite. A picture of innocence wrapped in temptation. She was mine. She just didn't know it yet. The thought sent a dark thrill through me.

I pictured her in my bed, beneath me, her legs spread wide as I slid into her, feeling her warmth, her tightness.

She's perfect in every way, and I want to make her feel things she's never felt before. I want to take her to the edge and show her how good we can be together... But it's wrong.

It's all wrong.

I gripped the edge of the desk in front of me, my nails biting into the wood. She was too tempting, too pure, too mine to be sitting there as if she didn't consume my every thought.

Her phone buzzed on the table, and she answered it in a tone so soft that it made me rage. Whoever was on the other end didn't deserve her voice or her attention.

of jealousy flared in me, tightening my throat. She laughed quietly at something they

hated hearing that laugh directed at anyone

and opened up the app which I had been using to track

messages for

the

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man.

I saw who

Dad.

of possessiveness that threatened to take over. My gaze stayed locked

night-to the sight of her

sweetest irony? My little Kasmine, offering herself up to the devil to save a man who didn't

idea how much power she held in that moment, how she'd handed me the key to her

thought she was saving Jake, but all she'd done was seal his fate. The

her posture stiffening as if sensing eyes on her. I stepped back instinctively, my jaw clenching. I couldn't let her see

go to keep her. But she would, eventually. And when that day came, she would have no choice but to stay exactly where she

sent a sharp pang of need through my veins, pooling low and

wandered to all the things I could do to her, should do to her. And for a brief, wicked

the silkiness of her hair in my fists, shear the breathy gasp she'd make

Fuck. Kasmine.

through my haze-the faint creak

and my chest tightened in fury. The interruption was