Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 147

Chapter 149

hapter 149

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?

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? Warmth? God,

felt like yelling and crying already. I was at

your phone all night and all day," I

quickly, like he was guilty. "It's nothing Just-personal stuff” He

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I could feel

all day. Talk to me," I sat up and leaned forward, the room spinning just slightly again. “Are you in

clenched, and his fingers curled tightly into the edge of the

hiding something. And it

Let's just... What would you like to eat?" He changed the

to Jake's change of subject. I just reached for my

trembling a little.

A news

I saw one

Wes Karmen was

Team during a

raid.

up straighter, ignoring the pounding

I said slowly, "she was taken by the

look at me with furrowed brows as

his breath.

that wasn't shock or curiosity. It

stared at him. "Why is it bad?" I

arrest carme as a relief for

Although I

more like her arrest opening

he meant, he spoke again, "Did you know

made my chest

could go to any length to take anyone down.

of.

the wall like it could explain the chaos he was narrating, "No one. knows about it just yet. Kex is keeping it under for now; otherwise, his investors will go

him. "Jake... If it's still a secret,

look at me. "I have a source," he said too quickly, as if he had just realized he had said something he shouldn't say. "Reliable. Very

"What kind of source?" I asked. "You're not even a

then gave a nervous chuckle. “Babe, please. I have friends in high places. You

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