Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

KESTER.

Kasmine was 'chaos personified, her presence pulling every dark and dangerous thread of restraint I had taut. Well, she would always bear the consequences, as far as I was concerned.

She could yell, curse, and claw at the barriers I'd built, but ultimately, she was mine. She just didn't know it yet.

Although I couldn't get my hands on any solid evidence yet, I knew she was hiding something. And according to my source, there was more I needed to know about her and Jake, which was why I made him an offer he couldn't refuse. Of course, that was after I made sure he was suddenly discharged from his place of internship without any offense.

Everyone has a price. The trick is knowing which strings to pull... and when to tighten them.

"Everything is set now, Alpha," Knox said.

"You may leave," I dismissed him and his team.

I had returned home early today. I know Mine would have the chance to talk to that subhuman in my absence, but it was okay. I was handling a better situation here at home.

I went to my laptop and turned it on, checking out the view of the room - her

room.

It was perfect.

The surveillance team I hired had done an excellent job. Every angle of her room was visible on my laptop, the cameras expertly concealed.

I didn't like leaving loose ends. That's why, after last night, I decided to keep a closer eye on her. I didn't like the fact that she was hiding something from me.

Watching her felt wrong in a way that only made me crave it more.

I know she wouldn't like it if she ever got to know about it. But fuck it. Who cares? She should be grateful I didn't have one installed in her bathroom. Just yet.

My door banged open, forcing me to jerk my head in the direction of the noise. Fuck. She was back. And angry.

unfazed by her wrath, though the sight of her-her flushed cheeks, her heaving chest, the way her lips trembled with fury–sent a

She yelled, shutting the door behind her

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your tone," I said coolly, standing and stripping off my shirt. Her anger only added fuel to my fire. She

not to harm him,"

devoid of emotion. Jake was exactly where I wanted him-within reach,

hands clenched into fists. "Then why is he at your company? I know you're behind this! You're trying to manipulate him, to

she doesn't stop, I'd be forced to do something we'd both

had to take a shower to calm the

fragile glass. My hand moved before I could think, wrapping around her throat and

senses and clouding my thoughts. The delicate arch of her neck beneath my palm, the way her lips parted as she struggled to breathe, the rapid rise and

moisture... It was

in so close, our breaths mingled, "then you shouldn't have a problem working with him, should you?" I could almost taste her

warnings and threats, but my insides

just a temptation; she was the chaos in my veins,

wasn't my weakness. She was my ruin

audible, “Pl... please..." she choked out, her voice barely a whisper. Her small hands

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I was still holding

grasp, yet she had the

hated how much I

slightly, just enough for her to greedily sulk in some air. She let the tears fall. Her soft sobs filled my ears, but they were like music. "Kester..." She sobbed, "Why are you doing this to me? This

tears turn a man on this much? I felt like licking her tears. The sight of them glistening on her cheeks made my mouth water with an urge I couldn't explain. I wanted to taste them-salt and sorrow mingling on my tongue- just to claim even her pain as mine. I wondered if

man's hands on her made me feel like I'd tear the world apart... That the feelings I had for her were dangerous, a wildfire that could burn us both to ashes. I ached to tell her that the only thing holding me back from pinning

her cry my name until it was carved into her soul until no one else

but me.

so much. But the words stayed trapped in