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.

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

Kester.

He sounded angry.

him try. Because there was no way I'd let

this time...

before the storm.

chest

could do was stare at the ceiling. I wasn't sure if

hit me harder... or the pure, sharp ache in my that came just from

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heard a loud thud on the strong, mahogany

What the hell?

into the door-so loud I nearly fell off

upright, still half tangled in sheets and my small, casual wear – a gown

the

now that Mum and Dad weren't home, and the staff... they wouldn't

Thud.

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

fury hot in my throat. "What the hell is wrong with

the words had even finished leaving my

mine, hard enough to steal my breath and slammed the door shut

with an echoing click.

Then he locked it.

He locked it.

"What the-"

as he turned around

tight like he was holding back the kind of rage that

to keep it together even though my

can't just-bust into my room