Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 201

Chapter 201

She hesitated, then shook her head. "Go on in and have a shower, sweetheart." She kissed my cheek, "You must be exhausted."

I knew Jorja. She'll never talk about it unless she wants to. So, there was no point pushing my luck. I had somewhere important to be.

Promising myself I'd get it out of her later, I turned toward the stairs, shrugging off my suit jacket as I went. The house felt stifling.

It felt unusually hot tonight.

As I reached her door, I hesitated, my hand hovering just above the handle, contemplating if I should knock or just push the door open as carefully as I could, just in case she was

asleep.

It would be better if she was asleep. I'd be able to see her without having to talk to her.

I knew I wasn't ready to see her just yet, but the pull was stronger than reason. Carefully, I turned the handle, easing the door open just enough to see inside.

The room was empty.

Lights off. Bed untouched. Everything neat and organized

There was no sign of anyone in the room.

Where the fuck was she?

I shoved the door open with more force than necessary, stepping inside, my pulse already picking up.

"Kasmine?"

Nothing.

1 stalked toward the bed, scanning the room for any sign that she'd just stepped out for a moment. Her shoes weren't by the door. No worn clothes were tossed over the chair. No discarded book on the

nightstand.

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stood there, the more that uneasy feeling morphed into something

jaw tightened as I spun toward the bathroom, yanking

Empty.

"Fuck."

my hair, the first sting of real panic

pocket and dialed, but

My

tracking app and opened it.

TOOM.

the time I hit the stairs, I was seeing

"Mum?"

fingers twisting together

"Where's Kasmine?"

answer immediately. Just that slight hesitation was enough to make my blood. churn.

the tracking app before the thought even fully formed

pulsing dot blinked onto the

She was not here.

breath locked in

She was at Velarié.

flexed so tight my teeth ached. I barely

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for dinner,"

my head sharply, eyes narrowing on her. The nerves

"With who?"

Jorja hesitated again.

stepped closer, my

She exhaled. "Jaden."

Everything stopped.

was like the world sucked all the air from the room in one sharp pull, leaving nothing but silence and the violent drum of my heartbeat

Jaden.

second, I wasn't even standing in front of my mother anymore. I was back in that old place in my mind-the one where

I told him never to go near Kasmine when he approached me

is still very fresh in my memory. And to make matters worse, my parents had told me they had

never have her, even

the top of my phone