Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 109

Chapter 109

KASMINE

The drive was cold. Tense. Nerve wracking Not because of the silence but because of hier

Kester sat beside me, a storm barely contained beneath his kin. His grip on the steering wheel was right, knuckles pale against the leather, and though his gaze stayed fixed on the road, the tension in his jew and the rigid line of his shoulders told me exactly how pissed he wil

My fingers twitched all the way home.

Kester, in his usual character, didn't say a word to me throughout. He was just seething beside me, driving a speed that almost made me say my last prayer.

We drove into the parking lot, and he jammed the car door shut, but before he'd walk over to my own car, I was already out and walking toward the house.

I didn't wait for him.

A part of me was happy he'd saved me from that jerk. But the other part of me was angry with him for so many

reasons.

He didn't speak to me for two days. And now, suddenly, he thought he had the right to storm in, play hero, and act like he owned me?

"Kasmine!" He called from behind, but I was already inside the house, making my way up the stairs. I ignored my parents who were sitting in the living room, no doubt hoping for some fairytale recap of my date.

I was upset with everyone..

"Kester... What..." I heard Mum asking from downstairs.

"No interruptions," Kester threw the reply at them, and they knew better than to follow him.

I barely made it to my room before Kester caught up.

The door was halfway shut when-

Thud.

His hand slammed against it, stopping it mid-swing

I pushed against the wood, jaw clenched, trying to shove it closed, but he didn't budge. Of course, he didn't. He was stronger. Larger. And unlike me, he wasn't shaking from the inside out.

The next second, he shoved the door wide open, making me stumble back. My heel caught on the edge of the rug. but I was quick enough to steady myself.

I didn't look at him.

I couldn't.

I was furious-furious that he had ignored me for two days, furious that he had acted like I didn't exist, and now, suddenly, he had the audacity to storm into my space like I owed him something?

Fine. If he wanted to play this game, I'd play too.

I yanked off my heels and tossed them to the floor with more force than

my breaths coming ragged and uneven. "Leave," I muttered, turning my back to

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Kester didn't listen.

He never did.

blink, and then his hand was

back hit the wall with a dull thud. My heart lurched, but I didn't flinch or let him see how the suddenness knocked the

His fir

his thumb resting right where my pulse thundered

I swallowed hard.

voice shaking with anger, but he

His voice was rough as if he were holding back something much darker beneath the

at him, meeting the fire in his eyes with my

his chest,

humor in it. "Because from where I'm standing, it

What the hell?

at his chest again, but he only pressed further into me, eliminating what little space there was

his body heat, and the fire burning in his

another man," he said in a deceptively

I froze.

hot twisted

expect when you and our parents sold me off to that arrogant jerk? You

to him, Kasmine!" He stated firmly, "You are

exhaled, fury crackling through my

shot out, gripping his wrist-the one still wrapped around my throat, holding me in place, "You knew about this all these years, and you never said a word about it to me,

down my cheeks, and I hated myself for it.

as if my words had hit a spot. Something in his gaze softened, "I was never in support of it, Kasmine. That doesn't explain why you went on a date without informing me," the fire in his eyes hadn't

back, his hands dropping to his sides, but the space between us still felt

My voice cracked. My throat was tight with frustration, with exhaustion, with every damn emotion he had put me through. "You went

live

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life however

I was sobbing at this point. My face was wet with tears. Until now,

me. "This was supposed to be a thrill, wasn't

before speaking, "That's it? You like that bastard? Wasn't he arrogant enough for you tonight? Or was he just

it? I am betrothed to him. My opinion about him doesn't count.

heaved a sigh, "Look, Kasmine...

it. Live your life while I live mine. Stop being selfish, Kes. Otherwise, this..." I gestured between us, "Whatever you think we have will

the small distance between us and captured my trembling lips in his was too

tried to push away, but he deepened the kiss, both his

pass so

seemed to have mind of its own. His mere presence had an overwhelming

briefly, whispering against my mouth, "You are the one I

protest, but I was met with his hot tongue, invading every corner of

this... Missed him. I kissed him back. Everything

was drowning in