Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 67

Chapter 67

KASMINE

Today, of all days, seemed to be the day every driver in Chicago wanted to win the award for being the slowest driver ever to live.

I was too eager to get home, and the tiniest form of traffic or misbehavior from these drivers seemed to grate on

my nerves.

After what seemed like an eternity, we were parked in the garage, and I hurried out of the car with excitement, forgetting my earlier worry about June being at home.

Whenever Kester said he had a surprise for me, it was always jaw-dropping and it made my heart flutter and ache at the same time.

My heart fluttered because he was making me feel like a real woman. But the ache in my heart was due to the fact that all these - whatever we thought we were doing would never last. It was never meant to be. And that's why I allowed myself to enjoy the thrill while it lasted. And so far? It's been a roller-coaster.

I pushed the front door open and marched inside, oblivious to the person who was sitting quietly in the sitting room, staring beyond the TV show she was supposed to be watching.

"Kasmine?" June's voice reset my brain, and I halted mid-stairs.

"Oh. June. Sorry I didn't see you," I apologized, trying to catch my breath.

She set down the mug of coffee she had in her hands, and I couldn't help but wonder why she was drinking coffee and watching nothing on the TV at this hour of the day, lost in her own thoughts.

Didn't she have a life to live? The last time I checked, she was still the boss of her company, which she only took over from her father a few months ago. But she hadn't stepped foot in the office for almost two weeks now. Why?

"You're home so early," she stated, cutting off my thoughts of concem as she walked toward me and came to a stop just in front of me.

"Uh... Yes. I..." I swallowed the guilt that prickled my throat "I had to do something at home." I said the dumbest thing there was to ever say.

"Oh. I see." She said, using her one hand to smoothen the rough edges of her unkempt hair, making me realize how unkempt she looked.

Had she even had a bath all day? She was still in her nightwear, and she looked really pale.

"Are you okay? You look pale and... Untidy. What's wrong? asked her, my prying eyes roaming over her body.

She scoffed, "I am not fine, Kasmine. And I need your help.

“Uhm... Now?” I asked, hoping she'd say we could talk later or something because I was too eager to go into my room at that moment.

"Yes, please. Let's sit," she gestured toward the couch in the sitting room before leading the way for me to follow. I was both impatient and scared. If Kester comes out and sees me talking to June when I should have been in my room already, like he instructed me, he'd let all hell loose.

the couch, and she fell into a silence I wished she had never fallen

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her softly before she sucked in a breath as if shoving down all the emotions warring

face me, softly placing her palms over mine, "Is your brother seeing someone else?" She asked, and the question seemed

so lost in her hurt, I was certain she would have noticed the way I stilled at her

she from his pack? Another Alpha's daughter? Just a random girl? Tell me, Kasmine, because my heart can't take this anymore." She

a loss for words, and I felt like a betrayer, not just to June but to everyone around me - Mum, Dad, Jake, Claire... Oh, gods. What kind of a

falling as she looked straight into my eyes. "I love your brother so much. I really do.

could a betrayer and a backstabbing bitch like me have to say to someone who I was

have never seen him with another woman. Truth is, She looked away, almost as if she was ashamed of what she was about to admit,

she knew that the woman Kester was seeing was actually

to pull yourself together. Crying won't solve anything," I said, and it was a miracle my voice came out

am tired of lying and pretending to my friends about Kester. I lie to them about him loving me, buying me gifts, taking me on vacations, hell, I even lied to them about the new car I acquired some days

to her friends about the things Kester did for the without me

the real prize here. You are

and

in for a hug, gently patting

are other men out there who would kill to have you. Kester doesn't deserve you...

pulled away, catching her breath before she spoke again, "I will do all I can to show him how much I truly love him. Maybe if I give him the partnership my

were aimed at my fragile heart, and they kept reminding me

said in a firm tone. "Are you

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I probed her softly before she sucked in a breath as if shoving down all the

to face me, softly placing her palms over mine, brother seeing someone else?" She asked, and the

I was certain she would have noticed the way I stilled at

Another Alpha's daughter? Just a random girl? Tell me, Kasmine, because my heart can't take this anymore." She gave in to the

was at a loss for words, and I felt like a betrayer, not just to June but to everyone around me- Mum, Dad, Jake,

I have done everything possible to make him love me back, but it's not working" "June..." Tcalled her name softly, totally at a loss for what to say to her. What could a betrayer and a backstabbing bitch like me have to say to someone who I was causing

in his life, but, in reality, I have never seen him with another woman. Truth is, "She looked away, almost as if she was ashamed of what she was about to admit, "I even had someone follow him around secretly some weeks ago, but they found nothing! He isn't seeing any woman. None that is to the knowledge of anyone." She

knew that the woman Kester was seeing was actually staying under the

am tired of lying and pretending to my friends about Kester. I lie to them about him loving me, buying me

to her friends about the things Kester

man a chance? I mean, ester is not the prize. You are the real prize here.

except the man I love and desire!" My words seemed

don't deserve this. There are

do all I can to show him how much I truly love him. Maybe if I give him the partnership my father promised him, he'd love me back,” She said hopefully, looking

it anymore. Her words were aimed