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.

don't open this door

Kester.

He sounded angry.

him try. Because there was no way I'd

called again, quieter this time... That quietness from

before the storm.

chest

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

nausea that hit me harder... or the pure, sharp ache

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Chapter 219

I'd settle back into the bed, I heard a

What the hell?

into the door-so loud I nearly

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

one made the entire frame

and Dad weren't home, and the staff... they wouldn't dare interrupt Kester

Thud.

the floor as dizziness swirled in my vision. “Are

it and yanked it open, fury hot in my throat. "What the hell is wrong with

the words had even finished leaving my mouth, he shoved

steal my breath

with an echoing click.

Then he locked it.

He locked it.

"What the-"

wall as he turned around with dark eyes and

tight like he was holding back the kind of rage that didn't

it together even though my heart was

"You can't just-bust into my room