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

velvety tips of butterfly wings that

said to

"This is love.'

each time I thought

I mean... I was already convinced what

to explain that

felt for Kester was nothing more than... I could call it a thrill... I didn't feel anything

heart flutter in ways that

his presence unsettled something deep inside

name.

glance from him sent fire licking up my spine, spreading low in between my thighs

though my body, my mind, my very soul bent to his will,

even spoke.

though two days without seeing him left me restless, unraveling, and on

puppeteer, bending them to his will with a mere flick of his

meant I loved

Right?

on my phone jolted me out of my spiraling thoughts and the stupid

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from the bed stand. It was

me for days, and now, out of nowhere, she

Perfect.

the message, expecting some

saw a

a message that sent a strange ripple of unease through

this sad news with me! I'm

Sad news?

My pulse stuttered.

the hell was she

chest as I tapped the link. It took me straight

Then-

heunt screeched

WWbratt-??

could process, my pulse pounding in

the hell, Kester! You never told me you had picked a date ffor..." The words died in my

hadn't stormed in so recklessly because what I saw sucked out all tl air from my lungs, but

What the hell?

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a thrill being what I