Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

KASMINE.

I searched his eyes for any form of understanding, but there was none. All I saw was a cold, unfeeling man. It felt like I was standing before a stranger... Someone who fed on control.

"Kester!" My voice cracked, raw with desperation, as I tried to twist out of his iron grip. It was useless. He didn't even flinch, his smirk widening as he watched my futile struggle. His calm, collected demeanor only made my panic worse.

"I'll do anything you want. I swear. Just let me go," I cried.

Tears rolled down my eyes.

He tilted his head, "Anything?" He asked so casually, and I nodded frantically, my mind

spinning.

"I'll never miss work again," I choked out, the words tumbling over one another in my desperation. "I'll never disobey you, Kester. I'll do your laundry. I'll cook for you... I'll do anything... anything. Please. Just don't do this to me."

Tears streaked my face, my chest heaving with sobs. The thought of my mother seeing me like this, of her finding out what was happening, shattered me. She would be devastated if she ever saw me with a man, let alone my stepbrother. It'll break her poor heart. She would never forgive me.

"Anything..." he murmured, his gaze a bit distant as if lost in his thoughts.

"Yes. Yes." I whispered.

I heard my mum opening Kester's room and calling out his name. My room would be next, and she was just too close to opening my door.

"I noticed you've been locking your door a lot lately," he said, his tone casual, but

his eyes told a different story. They pinned me in place as his fingers traced a lazy path down my cheek, "I don't think you'd want to lock it tonight. Would you, Kasmine?"

My throat closed, my breath catching.

"I-" My voice faltered.

wasn't stupid. I didn't expect him to explain what he

him saying, 'Kasmine, keep your door open

I didn't think it was something I'd like to do. What if

if.....

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brushing my ear as he whispered, "What happens if you lock it?

things I had seen in his room two days ago. It was my

"Kester..."

we don't have an agreement, then," He said and dipped his head to kiss me, but

door open tonight. I swear. I will.” I replied in a hurry, my

knock I anticipated came. I

mum called as she attempted to open

you, I'll keep my door open," My

said, stroking the side of my face as if he wasn't even in a hurry. His gaze lingered on me for a moment, the intensity in his eyes making my skin prickle. "See you tonight, then," He added softly. But why did his words sound more like

said, his voice low and amused as he picked up his jacket

door, glancing back at me. "And don't forget, we still have work today. I'll wait in here as long as you need," he

knew what Kester meant. It was simple: 'Get her out of

knock came a second time. "Kasmine? Are you in

as I stepped away from the wall with my legs unsteady, Kester's words kept

wiped my lips hastily, trying to erase any evidence of what

obviously trembling hands, I

feigned surprise, hoping I acted it out properly. "How?

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