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.

a silence I wished she had never fallen into, with her arms crossed on her

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softly before she sucked in a breath as if

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

her hurt, I was certain she would have noticed the way I stilled

A tear slid down her cheek, and it broke me, "Who is she? Is she from his pack? Another Alpha's daughter? Just a random girl? Tell me, Kasmine, because my heart can't take this anymore." She gave in to the urge and broke down in

at 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.

looked straight into my eyes. "I love your brother so much. I

what to say to her. What could a betrayer and a

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

Kester was seeing was

anything," I said, and it was a miracle my

vacations, hell, I even lied to them

the things Kester

I mean, Kester is not the prize. You are the real prize

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

gently patting her back as

You don't deserve this. There are other men out there who would kill to have you. Kester doesn't deserve you... Your tears... Your pain...........

him. Maybe if I give him the partnership my father promised him, he'd love me back," She said hopefully, looking at me desperately for approval, and

they kept reminding me of everything wrong

I said in a firm tone. "Are

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breath as if shoving down all the emotions

placing her palms over mine, brother seeing someone else?" She

her hurt, I was certain she would have noticed

she? Is she from his pack? Another Alpha's daughter? Just a random girl? Tell

felt like a betrayer, not just to June but to everyone around

straight into my eyes. "I love your brother so much. I really do. I've loved him for so many years. And I have done everything possible to make

acts as if there is someone else 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

was seeing was actually staying under

the storm that was swirling in me. 'But what would you have me do? I 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 ago! I told them it was all Kester!" She said, and the pain

had to lie to her friends about the things Kester did

is not the prize. You are the real prize here. You are beautiful, intelligent, hardworking, an Alpha's daughter... Any man would

man except the man I love and

okay, June. You don't deserve this. There are other men out there who would kill to have you. Kester doesn't deserve you. Your tears... Your pain...

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 at me

it anymore. Her words were aimed at my fragile heart, and