Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

KASMINE.

"Kester? What are you doing here?" I asked. It was such a stupid question. I know.

"Isn't this the way to the restroom? You didn't tell me it was out of bounds, Mine," he replied with his hands casually in his pockets.

"Oh. I am sorry. I just... I was surprised to see you here," I swallowed the needles in my throat.

The way he stared at me felt like he was seeing right through whatever pretense I was trying to put up.

I listened, prayed, and wished that Jake remained in there. If Kester sees Jake and I coming out of the same space, he'd kill us both.

rep aside.

"So, let's go, then," I said as I made to move past him, but he didn't step

"I never said I came to look for you. I was heading to the restroom, too," He said,

and my heart gave a loud thud. I could swear he heard it.

I couldn't let him go in there. He'd see Jake, and he'd know we were in there together.

"It's a bit messy in there. I'll have the janitors clean up the place before you use it. They seem not to have cleaned the place all day," I said, crinkling my nose in irritation.

"I'm certain you used the ladies'. I'm going into the gents. It's certainly a lot cleaner than what you just described, "He tilted his head, his eyes narrowing as he studied me.

He seemed to have known what was happening.

I bet he knew.

It was at that point I realized I hadn't even checked where Jake had taken me to The ladies' or the

e gents.

Thankfully, a timely intervention came just as he was about to walk past me. Kester's phone rang. He didn't seem like one who wanted to answer the call at first, but when he pulled out his phone and saw the caller ID, the muscles on his face tensed up immediately.

in his tone. "What?" He almost yelled as he walked past

KESTER

Fucking pervert!

The resounding crash barely scratched the surface of the rage coursing through me.

That

his threats, and now I felt like a sitting duck, vulnerable to every

and with my words to them when I

an insult to un

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within his power to

words, he said, "We'll lower our prices to levels you can't even begin to compete

he'd done

Lante Technologies slash the price of the most wanted product in the

Sentinel 12X Quantum Server-from $98,000 to a

a loss! They were fucking

company, but not for them. Not for a pack-funded empire with resources so deep they could bleed money

How foolish!

from my neck as beads of sweat tickled

the red. If I didn't, I'd lose the trust of

began to

right across from your flagship location and

hand trembling with barely contained rage, and

"Sir?" She answered.

property near our flagship location. Every single one within a mile radius.

"Understood, sir. Should I-"

"If Kex even breathes near that location, I want to know

ended the call without waiting for her response, my breath ragged as I raked a hand through

leaving you stranded.' My jaw clenched as the memory of his smug

number

to lock down contracts with every single one of our

to extended contracts, bonuses,

for a

hear me,

I'll get on

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