Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 68

Chapter 68

KASMINE

1 stormed past him. My fists clenched at my sides in an attempt to shake off the fury burning beneath my skin. Did Kester think the world revolved around him alone? He was a control freak, and it was freaking me out already. I barged into my room, the image of June's tear-streaked face plaguing my thoughts.

Kester's heavy footsteps followed behind me, and before I could slam the door shut, his strong hand caught it.

With an effortless push, he forced his way inside, closing the door behind him with an annoying calmness. He stood there, hands tucked into his pockets, completely unaffected by my rage.

His calmness was grating on my nerves.

"What the hell, Kester!" I spun around to face him, my voice barely restrained. “June could have heard what you said to me out there!"

His silence was infuriating

"I was out there consoling her, trying to ease the pain I was putting her through! And you-"My breath hitched, frustration swelling in my chest. "You had no right to speak to me like that!"

He still said nothing. He just watched me lose my control.

His eyes stayed locked on me, his face betraying nothing. But the longer I looked at him, the more I realized-this wasn't indifference. This was restraint.

His anger, which was usually lethal, actually simmered beneath the surface, and I know I should have stopped. I should have picked my words more carefully. But I was too frustrated and too exhausted to care.

"What actually is your problem, Kasmine?” His voice was eerily calm as if he were forcing himself to stay in control. Like he was holding something dangerous back.

I let out a bitter laugh, shaking my head. "You are my problem, Kester."

His jaw twitched.

It was a warning.

"I don't think I can do this anymore," I continued, my voice faltering. "This...

whatever this is between us. I can't keep pretending that it's okay. I'm hurting too many people." My chest tightened. "I'm hurting myself."

His expression didn't change. He just stood there, watching me.

Then, slowly, he smiled.

Not the kind that meant he was amused. Not even the kind that meant he was angry. It was something else- something dark and unreadable. The kind that made my stomach tighten

He took a step forward.

"Kester-"

Another step.

He reached out, his fingers brushing the side of my face. His touch was light and almost tender.

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felt my heart slam against

about?" His voice was soft, almost

told him that I

had meant absolutely nothing

something inside

the chest. "Stop!" My voice cracked. "Just stop and

he took a slow

as I felt my throat tightening. "People

Because of this. We

was blank

he took

pulse skittered. "Don't.

and reached for me

out of impulse and the frustration

as my small

panicked gasps, My hands trembled at my

My stomach twisted

was terrified of

his head turned slightly from the impact of

body went rigid.

No other

silence

of my hand, but they kept coming. "You never listen," I whispered in a

falling with shaky

palm, the burn where my skin had met his, but Kester-he hadn't moved. Hadn't

myself not to say 'his' name. Not to drag Jake into this. "This is already

feel things I shouldn't. That wasn't the plan, Kester. It was never supposed to be like this." I took a staggering step

reaction in his eyes when I mentioned that I was feeling things 1 shouldn't feel. But he masked it

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silence was

steady my breathing, trying to make sense of the war raging inside me, but it was all

throat.

tears. "If-If Dad ever found out..." My lungs seized painfully. "If Mum ever knew... She would be

my head. "We have to stop. We should've stopped a

apart in front of him, quickly unraveling at the seams.

say. I was exhausted. Drained. I felt like I had just

to walk away when he closed the distance between us.

were around me, pulling me into

lips as his warmth engulfed me, his

No

my lists

But he didn't.

one hand cradling the

he murmured, "It's

sob wracked

breath warm against

was warmth. A slow, consuming kind of warmth that made me hesitate before fully waking