Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 76

KESTER.

My chest kept constricting no matter how hard I tried to clear it out. I'd been at the convenience for a moment now, but I still didn't feel well enough to step out, even to face Kasmine. Not after how I had yelled at her.

I braced my hands against the sink, fingers curling against the cool porcelain as I stared at my reflection. My eyes were hooded from exhaustion and frustration. And a touch of guilt.

I had let the pressure, the fucking weight of everything, spill over onto her.

My reflection blurred as I closed my eyes.

"It's going to be fine."

I whispered the lie under my breath.

Repeated it.

Like some desperate fucking prayer.

But the words felt so empty and unreasurring. And no matter how many times I said them, they did nothing to stop the sinking feeling that I was losing control.

That I was already trapped.

I pushed the door open and stepped into the cabin but froze immediately.

She wasn't there.

The seat beside mine was empty, her blanket neatly folded. The reclining bed was untouched, and the champagne glass on the tray was still full. I felt a sharp prickle of panic.

Where the fuck was she?

My gaze swept the cabin. No sign of her. My pulse ticked up a notch as I turned toward the flight attendant stationed near the entrance.

"Where's Kasmine?"

The hostess blinked at me, momentarily taken aback, before offering a polite smile. "She walked out a few minutes ago, Alpha Kester."

Walked out?

The pulse at my temple throbbed. "Where to?"

"I believe she went to the economy section=”

I didn't wait for her to finish.

I was already moving.

My strides were extremely controlled, but rage burned my insides. Kasmine had

I wasn't with her to protect her. What

Wait. What the fuck?

the

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Sitting there.

Laughing.

her lips, the one she always reserved for people she liked. And right beside her was a young man-early twenties, maybe three years older than her-leaned in, his arm casually draped over the armrest, his fucking hand resting on

On her bare thigh!

because I liked it, and we would be staying in

this not the same man I thought I saw her smile at while we

snapped, and

didn't think.

she was laughing, oblivious. The next, I was there, grabbing her arm and yanking her

before she

passengers died down the

But who fucking cares?

she was speaking to shot up from his seat immediately, straightening his

but I did well ignoring him. My eyes were still glued to

went ahead to sign his death wish by asking, "Is there a reason you just yanked her up like that? I mean... You attracted the attention

didn't fucking answer. Didn't even spare him a glance. I knew when I'd answer.

tightened on

shock and embarrassment still flickering behind her

She wouldn't even dare.

an 'I am sorry' to the bastard who would be joining his ancestors

another word, I pulled her away back to

let go of her.

turned to face her ever so calmly, but the storm

the fuck was that?" I asked her in an even

nerve to lift her chin with her eyes

anger.

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that manner in front of everyone?" She had the nerve to ask

shoved them into my pockets

knew how to push me. Always pressing on the nerves I fought to keep buried. Always stepping on that thin, dangerous

slowly. "Who was that,

I spoke even calmer than

have known by now-when my

it was

I was

folded over her chest

said, walking past me to sit

soft and quiet. But they

Her ex?