Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 212

Chapter 212

KASMINE.

I have been feeling a bit too weak lately. It had been four days since we returned from the Maldives, yet my body still felt sluggish and drained.

At first, I thought it was the stress from the entire trip, but now I was beginning to think otherwise.

Could it be that I caught the flu during our stay there?

I couldn't afford that right now. My birthday was in eleven days, and the last thing I wanted was to look pale and exhausted on a day that was meant to be... perfect.

The reality hit me mildly.

Eleven days.

And I hadn't even begun preparations yet. Mum was probably already deep into planning, shaping everything into her own version of perfect. But I also had some things I'd like to add to her 'perfect' list.

Scrap that.

This year's birthday is meant to be very significant. I needed to be in full control, not just a passive guest at my own event.

She would have to work with me. Not the other way around.

I pulled open the drawer beside my bed, my fingers finding the small bottle tucked inside as I took a tablet of my birth control pills.

I was left with just a few. I hope we'll return to Kester's house in time before I exhaust them. I'd have to restock soon, but not from here-not anywhere near the house. If Mum ever found them, I wasn't sure how she'd react, and I wasn't about to find out.

It feels weird.

Some things were better left undiscovered.

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Dropping the bottle in the drawer, which I always lock because I wouldn't want Kester to

find out that I'm on the pills, my fingers brushed the jewelry box Jake had given me, and smile spread across my face.

I borrowed Mum's phone last night and called Jake. We spoke at length, and I couldn't

wings that brushed against my heart at

said to

"This is love.'

kept repeating the mantra each time I thought about

myself, but... I mean... I was already convinced what I

anyone to explain

Kester was nothing more than... I could call it a

he made my heart

deep inside me,

name.

low in between my thighs and deep inside my

very soul bent to his will, answering him before

even spoke.

me restless, unraveling, and on the verge

my senses like a master puppeteer, bending them to his will

that meant I loved

Right?

spiraling thoughts and the stupid comparison I was

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out and picked it up from the bed stand. It was a

me for days, and now, out of

Perfect.

expecting some

I saw a

message that sent a strange ripple

Girl!! You never shared this sad

Sad news?

My pulse stuttered.

was she talking

tightness gripped my chest as I tapped the link. It took me straight to Instagram, the screen loading in a tauntingly

Then-

heunt screeched

WWbratt-??

me faster than my mind could process, my pulse pounding in my ears as bunt through Kester's

me you had picked a date ffor..." The words

bled into my vision, and suddenly, I wished I hadn't stormed in so recklessly because what I saw sucked out all tl air from my lungs, but it was too late to take

What the hell?

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I just say about a thrill being what I felt for Kester?