Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

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Chapter 72

I kept reading the notes over and over again, even when I willed myself to stop.

Kester's possessiveness needed a degree. His will to become a man he wasfi't...? It was impressive.

His obsession with doing things that he originally wouldn't do was as consuming as a wildfire in winter. And it was becoming dangerous.

Kester was never such a man. And I never envisaged him being such a man, even in his next life.

But this?

"Who are they from?" Jake asked, yanking me back to reality. His brows were pinched while his eyes scanned my face like he could see straight through me.

I inhaled sharply, pressing the note between my fingers like it might disappear if I held it tightly enough.

"Uhm..." I swallowed, forcing my expression to stay neutral. "I... I don't know, Jake. There's no name on it."

The lie slipped past my lips so smoothly that it frightened me..

He didn't say another word. He just leaned into his seat, his expression saying everything his mouth couldn't say

And, gods, I hated it.

I hated that made him feel this way just moments after making him feel appreciated.

The silence made my stomach twist. My fingers tightened around the luxurious arrangement of bouquet, which probably cost more than Jake made in two years from doing assignments for students in school.

I shoved it aside, my chair scraping against the floor as I moved closer to him.

"Jake," I murmured, reaching out and resting my hand on his arm. He didn't pull away, but he didn't lean into the touch either. "It doesn't matter." My voice was soft and careful. "Your rose is the one that made me happy."

He let out a small, breathy chuckle, but it didn't reach his eyes. "Kasmine, you don't have to-"

"I mean it," I interrupted. I slid my fingers down his forearm, squeezing gently. "I don't care about extravagant gifts. I care about thoughtfulness. And you, Jake... you always give me that."

He exhaled, finally meeting my gaze, and the stiffness in his shoulders loosened.

"I don't even know who they are from. Probably someone who doesn't have the guts to approach me in person." I said, "Can't you see why you are way better than them?"

He took in a deep breath, "But..."

"Shh... There are no buts. Trust me," I smiled at him, and he smiled back.

I looked into his sincere eyes and wondered when he planned on properly asking

me to be his girlfriend.

But one question remained unanswered...

If Jake asks me to be his girlfriend, will I accept his proposal? Will I have to

choose between a death wish for both of us and a taste of true love from Jake? Because I know Kester would never let us live if I ever dared to be Jake's girlfriend.

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The tension between us was starting to dissolve when my phone vibrated on the desk.

I almost ignored it.

Almost.

But then I saw the name flashing across the screen.

Kester.

pulse stuttering

thumb hovering over the screen. I

because I knew what the call would be

would keep calling. I knew him

hard and forced myself to

"Hello?"

"Kasmine."

and filled with that quiet, infuriating arrogance that never

phone tighter. "I need to take this," I told Jake, forcing a

the hallway, I exhaled

hell were

A beat of silence.

"I assume you got my

grip tightening around the phone. "You sent it to THE office, Kester. Do you have any idea what kind of

quiet and utterly unbothered.

"And? Are you serious? Do you not give a damn about the kind of questions this could bring up? Or did you want

a fuck, Kasmine. Besides, it had no name from the sender,

I was on

1. to.

"Kester-"

me at The Amarante Spa

Iblinked. "What?"

"You heard me."

"Kester, I can't-"

"An hour, Kasmine."

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The line went dead.

KESTER.

wheel, the rhythmic taps Barely keeping pace with the storm in my head. The heat in the car threatened

late. And, fuck, I

to stay away from

the moment I finally made

from her for a few hours.

like a sickness I had no cure for... A

hands tightened on the steering wheel as a

gut.

smiles and teeth with Jake? Was that why she kept me waiting- because that pathetic bastard thought a single wilted

him slinking out of that run-down flower shop, clutching it like

didn't take me a minute to stop by a real florist-

wasn't there, I could picture it:

the tracking app. It was a

was already on the move. She was just

Manageable. I'd survive.

idle mind had the time to wander to things it shouldn't. The images of 'her' flooded my

closing around her beating heart. She had begged. She had pleaded. Her hands

I had been patient. So painfully

her feel every

of my lips. It served her right. But why did the image haunt me

day. Everyone just concluded she had left because her mate

Very laughable.

therapist who

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across from me in her little chair, saying what

to.

tell me that my obsession for my little stepsister was a

she had chipped it in that she

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