Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 67

Chapter 69

Chapter 69

KESTER.

I hadn't slept. Not even for a second

I almost lost it. But I didn't because it was Kasmine, after all. She's the one thing that keeps me tethered. My antidote.

If it were anyone else, I swear, I'd have taken their heads off by now. The maids would be scrubbing the blood off the marble floors already.

I had been lost in thoughts all the while she was sleeping on me. Her soft snores broke through the static in my mind, calming my racing heart.

It's always been this way for the past five years now. Her very existence is my calm.

She tames my demons, even without her knowing. Little wonder I kept taking her belongings and stacking them up in my room over the years.

But that fucking slap... Her hurtful words...

It broke something in me.

I felt it snap the moment her palm met my face.

For one breath-for one fucking second- I saw red. She had no idea how hard I fought it. How much it took to keep my hands at my sides when every instinct in me screamed to remind her who the fuck I was.

But I didn't. I couldn't.

Because if I did, I'd lose her. For good. And that? That would fucking destroy me.

So I let it burn. Let the rage curl under my skin. For her. Because she was the only thing that holds me together, and if I break, I don't know if I'll ever put myself back

Every so often, I ran my fingers through her hair, pressing light, absentminded strokes down the length of her back

She had cried herself to exhaustion. Shaken, broken, falling apart right in front of me. And yet, in the end, she had let me hold her. She had let herself fall asleep in my arms.

was enough to unmake

rise and fall of her chest soothed

said she wanted out. Even though she didn't have a choice here, I was beginning to enjoy the fact that she was learning to open up to me willingly and that one

had waited eagerly for her to wake up because my

you with

life, all revolved around her

her lashes fluttered open. For a moment, she just lay there, blinking

Chapter 69

smiled. A small, lazy thing. Barely there. But real. "I thought I had ruined the surprise you had for me already,"

ruin this surprise, love." I pressed a lingering kiss to

up at me,

"So... where is it?"

the ghost of a smirk play

cheer up because my heart was still too

beautiful face, she lifted

edge of the bed. My fingers found the hem of my white shirt, and without a word, I peeled it over my head, exposing my bare

Silence.

sharp, breathless sound, like the air had been stolen from

I just let her take it

trembling fingers found me first.

so slowly, her hands traced down

wolf that sprawled across

found herself nestled right in the center of

choked sound escaped

shift again, and then-her forehead pressed against my spine. Her body shook as she exhaled, and something wet hit my

Tears

twisted painfully

reached up and cupped my face in her hands, forcing me

disbelieving. Her lower lip trembled as she searched my face like she was trying to find some

"How?" she whispered. "Why would you

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