Chapter 214

KESTER.

I went for a run. Something I hadn't done outside the confines of my home gym in

a long time. But today, it felt like the whole house was closing in on me, and I needed a breath of fresh air.

I ran until my lungs burned, until the early morning air felt like razor against my skin, until the world blurred into nothing.

Two days.

Forty-eight fucking hours.

And Kasmine hadn't stepped foot outside her room, neither had she opened the door for me or anyone else aside from her favorite maid who takes her meals to her and comes out with them untouched.

I was losing my mind.

It was just five more days until I was shackled to an engagement I didn't even want, and I wasn't even prepared for it.

When Kasmine barged into my room and found me and June in that awkward position, I heard her saying something about picking a date. She must have come across the whole engagement thing on social media, all thanks to June.

If only she'd let me explain myself, she'd see that it's all just a big

misunderstanding.

I pushed the door open and stopped in my tracks when I heard familiar voices coming from the dining area.

The fuck?

They were actually laughing?

any worse after finding out that an important document containing our acquisition

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boost my technologies and gadgets

leaked to

did it happen when I already had

had more moles in my

intelligence and pride.

deal with

living room, I turned in the direction of the voices, and to my greatest disappointment, I

laugh almost

anything about this

so perfectly absurd about walking into my own house and finding

almost felt like she hadn't spent the

against me.

And beside her?

to be my father... Eating.

they found

My spine went rigid.

crossed the room in a few long strides and stopped

the first to notice. She turned her head, a smirk already

she even

to you too, sunshine.” Her voice

I didn't acknowledge her.

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