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

where I wasn't with her to protect

Wait. What the fuck?

moment I stepped into the economy

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Sitting there.

Laughing.

for people she liked. And right beside her was a young man-early twenties, maybe three years

On her bare thigh!

to wear because I liked it, and we would

thought I saw her smile at

me snapped,

didn't think.

The next, I was there, grabbing her arm

open, flinching before

chatters from passengers died down the moment they

But who fucking cares?

shot up from his seat immediately, straightening his posture before lowering his head in

me, but I did well ignoring him. My eyes were

dimwit 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 of

answer. And when the time came, I hoped he'd be in the mood

grip tightened on

and embarrassment still flickering behind her eyes,

She wouldn't even dare.

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

word, I pulled her away

stepped into our cabin, I let go of her. Slamming the door shut behind me and

calmly, but the storm inside me

her in an even voice. Too

had the fucking nerve to lift her chin with her eyes flashing

anger.

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shoved them into my pockets before they betrayed

the nerves I fought to keep

exhaled slowly. "Who was that,

time, I spoke even calmer than

now-when my anger was loud, it was

it was quiet? It

war I was fighting just so we could

folded over her chest as if

walking past me to

soft and quiet. But they detonated

Her ex?