Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 149

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KASMINE.

We had to move. There was a tightening in my gut and a pull of dread that refused to loosen.

I didn't trust Kester. Perhaps he must have followed us last night without us

knowing. Or he even had someone do the following. Maybe that was how he got to know our location.

We had left as soon as Jake returned from getting me some new clothes, a toothbrush, toiletries, and little thoughtful things he knew I'd be needing that made me want to cry because he knew without being told.

See why I had to love Jake? He was gentle in ways I didn't know I craved. Attentive in moments most people would overlook. He was so kind, loving and caring.

The new motel was small, almost tucked away from the world, sitting quietly on the edge of nowhere, and it was really far from the previous one.

Since we moved here, I felt more at peace. It was almost seven PM, and there have been no calls or

Kester yet.

Good.

texts from

I shifted beneath the thin motel sheets and winced. My body no longer felt like my own. I was cold and achy. My limbs were heavy like I'd been stitched together with lead. The pressure in my head was building, and my stomach twisted with a cocktail of nausea and hunger.

God, I needed help. Real help. A doctor. A hospital. Something stronger than Jake's kindness and this four-wall cocoon we were hiding in.

“Jake?” I murmured, propping myself up on my elbows. The room tilted slightly. My throat was dry, and my skin felt too tight for my bones.

He didn't answer immediately.

“Uh... yeah, babe," he finally said with his voice far off and his eyes still glued to the phone screen while his thumb froze mid-scroll.

He'd been like that since last night. Completely absorbed in whatever was on that phone-his body here, but his mind... somewhere else.

He hadn't touched me. He barely even offered a smile. Hadn't even looked me in the eye for more than a second. And that hurt more than I was ready to admit.

And worst of it all, he seemed... Troubled?

hormones are really messing with me. Maybe it was nothing. Maybe he just had some personal stuff to deal with. Maybe... Maybe I just need rest? Food? Medication?

crying already. I was at the peak of

doing? You've been on your phone all night and all day,"

quickly, like he was guilty. "It's nothing Just-personal stuff” He tried to smile, but the comers of his mouth barely

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I could

You've not been yourself all day. Talk to me," I sat up and leaned forward, the room spinning just slightly again. “Are

fingers curled

something. And

you like to eat?" He

change of subject. I just reached for my

trembling a little.

notification. A

I saw one

again. Karina Wes Karmen was apprehended by the

Team during

raid.

sat up straighter, ignoring

"she was

with furrowed brows as he reached for

under his breath. "That's...

voice that wasn't shock or

bad?" I asked softly.

into drugs, her arrest carme as

under his breath. Although I didn't quite hear

more like her arrest opening up a whole can

I could ask him to clarify what he meant, he spoke again, "Did you know Alpha Kester

number made my chest go cold.

I even surprised? Kester could go to any length to take anyone down. One hundred fifty million was fair compared to

of.

the wall like it could explain the chaos he was narrating, "No one. knows about it just yet. Kex is

didn't know him. "Jake... If it's still

have a source," he said too quickly, as if he had just realized he had

narrowed my eyes, a sinking feeling building behind my ribs. "What kind of source?" I asked. "You're not even a part of his

a nervous chuckle. “Babe, please. I have friends in high