Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 219

Chapter 219

Because for the first time in a long time, I realized something I hadn't wanted to admit.

I had fallen for Kester.

And now, there was nothing I could do but watch as he slipped away.

A rapid knock jolted me from the light haze of sleep I'd been slipping into.

I groaned and rolled over, pressing the heel of my palm to my forehead. The

pounding behind my eyes had only gotten worse like someone was hammering nails through my

skull from the inside out.

Who the actual hell?

Another knock-harder and more impatient this time.

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If that was Mum coming to talk about Jaden again, I swear, I'd slam the door in her face

just like I did the last time. I'd rather let a pack of wolves eat me alive than sit through

another minute with that conceited asshole. The audacity he had to ask for a second date

after humiliating me on the first... Men like him belonged in a museum of red flags.

I dragged the duvet over my head, barely mustering the strength to raise my voice.

"Who..." I was about to ask but paused abruptly when I heard the voice behind the door.

Kasmine, if you don't open this door now, I'll break it

Kester.

He sounded angry.

like to see him try. Because there was

this time... That quietness from him

before the storm.

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second, all I could do was stare at the ceiling. I

or the pure, sharp

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Chapter 219

I heard a loud thud on the strong,

What the hell?

the door-so loud I nearly

tangled in sheets and my small, casual wear – a gown that barely

one made the entire frame

shot through me like a jolt of electricity. I just recalled now that Mum and Dad weren't home, and the staff... they wouldn't dare interrupt Kester even if he tore the

Thud.

rushing to the door, my bare feet smacking against the floor as dizziness

unlocked it and yanked it open, fury hot in my throat.

even finished leaving my mouth, he

enough to steal my breath and slammed the

with an echoing click.

Then he locked it.

He locked it.

"What the-"

hit the wall as he turned around with dark eyes and clenched

like he was holding back the kind of rage that

together even though my heart

"You can't just-bust into