Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 91

Chapter 93

KASMINE.

Something was off.

June sat at the kitchen table, absentmindedly stirring the coffee in her cup, the spoon clinking against the ceramic in a slow, repetitive rhythm.

She wasn't drinking it.

She was just staring into the dark liquid, lost in her own thoughts.

"What's wrong?" I asked, leaning against the counter. "You don't look happy."

She sighed deep, heavy-before lifting the cup to her lips and taking a small sip. Then, slowly, she turned to face me.

"Kasmine..." She paused, looking at me.

gat

Something about how she looked at me made my stomach twist, and my palms feel suddenly too warm.

For a fleeting second, the worst possible thought crossed my mind.

Does she know what I and Kester did last night?

I swallowed, forcing myself to keep my expression neutral "Yes?"

She hesitated as if weighing her words. "Have you ever spoken to your brother about me? Even once?"

My stomach dropped, and that guilt I'd been trying so hard to bury came crawling back.

"I mean..." she continued, her fingers tightening around the cup. "After the last time we spoke?

I forced a quick nod. "Uhm... Yeah. Totally. I did."

I fucking lied.

And I wasn't even good at it

Since when did I become such a liar?

June studied me. Her gaze wasn't just casual curiosity-it was searching, picking

apart my words, my body language, and the slight twitch of my fingers on the counter.

Then she spoke again.

"Does he sleep in your room often?"

My heart jumped out of my mouth, and I watched it run out the door.

The breath in my lungs also vanished.

For a second, I forgot how to breathe.

The air in the kitchen suddenly felt too thick.

What was she implying?

Why did I feel like June knew something she shouldn't?

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My fingers clenched around the counter as I scrambled for answer.

Think, Kasmine. Think.

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"No. He doesn't," I said too quickly, too forced. "He... uh... shifted, one hand going to my waist, the other gripping the edge of the counter as I searched for the right words. “He does that when he's angry... Just to have some space.”

June didn't respond right away.

She just sat there, watching me. Not blinking or reacting. She was just processing

Damn

1. it.

"He gets angry too easily and way too often, I guess." she finally murmured, tilting her head slightly. "Because I've noticed he spends most of his nights in your room."

Another pause.

inhaled deeply as if steadying

against my ribs, pounding so hard I swore she could hear

This is bad.

Too bad.

she continues this way, she'd find out

June," I said quickly, forcing a small, reassuring smile. "You don't have to

She didn't look convinced.

didn't push further,

phone?" I asked,

it over to

needed to text

in worry, trying to reach me on a phone

this point, it had washed me

raw

his number

shaking slightly, I typed it into the

Kasmine. I'm sorry for not reaching

secret phone and destroyed it. But I am fine and will be back in

half a second

"Thanks, June."

say anything. Just nodded,

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rest of the morning was... strange.

times, I bumped into June. Three times, she acted off-like she was seeing me for the first time. Her smiles were stiff, her responses slower, her

a ripple of discomfort down my

looking like the sweet June 1 was used

actually

was I

morning and hasn't been out since then. I didn't want to bother him right now. He

kept calling me nonstop. I had

angry at her. This would be the first time she's ever tried calling since I arrived in Maldives.

voicemail twice before finally

pressing the phone to

remembered you have a daughter, huh?" I said

with warmth. "Don't say that, baby. Mum has been so busy with pack

her to be right now. Didn't she feel the slightest ounce

jaw, staring at the ceiling. "Why are you calling?" I asked, wishing she'd go straight to the point. I already

in her voice, she was too eager-too damn fake-for this to be anything

exist. "I called to see how you're doing. Tell me, baby. Are you fine? How's

There it was.

That forced, syrupy sweetness.

phone. I couldn't help

was.

never interested in my personal life. Heck, she's never even given

their girl child-stay away from boys,

get pregnant.

doubted she even knew who my closest

persistence

father, a mother, a savior, and a

parenting, too. And he's been a good

But Kester?

Kester wore the crown.

thick with sarcasm. "Since when have you become

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I am doing perfectly fine. Thanks

because,

flipping a switch, she

sorry, baby. One day, you'll understand why

she sighed dramatically, then added, "I am still

until Kester

slammed into me like a blow to the ribs, even though

I knew.

feel better just knowing than 'hearing' someone

no right to feel jealous... I kept repeating the mantra

head. Kester wasn't my mate. He was just

me about it," I muttered, rolling my

the necklace on my neck. A gift from Kester I had grown

called to share some news with you," she brushed off the topic as

"I knew it. Shoot."

the country!" She sounded thrilled.

at the

Okay... and?

heard her and Alpha Kade mention him a few

Twenty-six. Successful in the business

empire spread across the

Wow.

realize I knew that

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