Chapter 24

Chapter 24

KESTER.

"Mine? Is everything okay?" The man, who would be dead before the day breaks, asked, with conce sorry tone, "Mine!"

lacing his

He yelled into the phone, obviously worried something must have happened to his precious Kasmine, before dropping the call abruptly. I guess his slow brain finally processed what the situation might be right now.

The bastard had the audacity to use that word... the one only I was allowed to use. Mine.

I felt my anger spike. My jaw clenched hard enough to ache as I held the phone, waiting for him to say more so I could confirm who he truly was.

My body trembled, and I didn't even realize it as I stood, looking at her with a blank expression.

I brought the phone to my face and looked at the caller ID, but it wasn't a number that was saved.

Smart of her.

I immediately smashed the phone into pieces. I wanted to break something else- anything. She flinched, recolling into the bed as if she could dissolve into the wall behind her.

I took a step closer to her, my body a wall, blocking her from any chance of escape. "Who the hell was that?" I growled.

eyes darted to the shattered phone on the floor, then back to me, lips trembling, a guilty flush rising on her cheeks. She didn't speak. She never did when she knew I

seem to notice the way my knuckles were white, how I was holding myself back from smashing more

she whispered, her voice barely audible. "It's not what you

tear it out of you, Kasmine. Don't test me, I reached out and grabbed her by her arm, pulling her off the bed and slamming

She swallowed, nibbling on her lips that it got

scoff, I asked, "What would it take for you to leave that boy? Huh?" My hand moved to her

grip tightened around her throat, my fingers pressing into her delicate skin. Her pulse fluttered wildly beneath my palm, matching the frantic rise and fall of her chest. Her eyes - those deep green eyes which have trapped me in their

shook her head frantically, "No, Kes. I'm sorry." She

a moment of silence, the name burning like acid on my tongue. My jaw clenched so

His?

That word belonged to

don't know where your little lover boy lives Hin?" I spat, and she froze, her

Chapter 24

fear what I

choked, her hands clawing at my

closer, my breath hot against her ear, "Number 16. Fourth floor. His room faces the fire escape..." 1 chuckled, though it was humorless, "I could be there in minutes, Kasmine. Minutes. And you

her voice cracking. Tears spilled over, streaking her flushed cheeks as her

smile. "The only thing I'm misunderstanding is how you had the nerve to let him believe he had any claim over you." I shook my head in disbelief, "Why the hell is he calling you Mine, huh?"

to the floor like a broken doll, gasping for air. I straightened, reaching into

you doing?" Kasmine stuttered, her gaze shifting from me to the phone in my

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