Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 225

My brows furrowed.

"Already?"

She nodded, eyes dancing. “He says he doesn't need to wait till next month anymore. He's ready to sign. That is after I convinced him like you wanted. He even mentioned possibly inviting your parents to the council banquet next month."

I looked down at the floor for a second.

Fuck.

That moved faster than I thought.

"With this, you'll be in the big books once again, and your investors will come running back to you, including Wescor."

I didn't expect Mellors to be this eager.

Although, the partnership was only meant to be the first public move-to test the waters, to show the Wescor and Belinzo crowd and the other import lords that I wasn't radioactive. It also meant that my plans were almost at its climax.

Which meant I had a shorter time to pull out cleanly than I thought.

Which meant-

"...Why aren't you smiling?" she asked, her voice suddenly softer, her face dropping into a frown.

I looked up, forcing a half-smile I didn't mean.

about how quickly things are moving," I

adjust the collar of my shirt with a wide smile on her

of what happened the other day. Kasmine couldn't see us like this ever again. She might never forgive

the man everyone talks about after tonight, baby she

then added, "And I'm glad I'm the one beside you

I didn't respond.

could see was Kasmine and I finally having the

plan had to be

response, her hands still straightening out my sleeves as she tilted her head upward to look into my eyes.

the glint of a long-awaited gift. She thought I was about to hand her the future she kept fantasizing about. The one where she played

a press appearance tomorrow," I continued, "Talk about tonight's deal. About what your

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with the kind of pride I hadn't

to make it clear that this

been inflating. "Tell them that Mellors made this decision because, I've earned it. Not because of the

once, slowly, her lashes

had just realized the cage was still

"I don't want anyone thinking I used this marriage as a fucking elevator to get where I'm going. This win is mine. Do you

A beat of silence.

thought she might protest, but the look in her eyes shifted, the

into her features like a draft

what you want?" she asked softly, like maybe she wasn't sure anymore what part