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.

quickly

walked closer, her hand reaching to adjust the collar of my shirt with a wide smile on

want a repeat of what happened the other day.

to be the man everyone talks about

I'm glad I'm the one beside you when

I didn't respond.

in the corner of my mind, all I could see was Kasmine and I finally having the

had to

she hummed a response, her hands still straightening out my sleeves as she tilted her

I was about to hand

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

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with the kind of pride I hadn't earned-and

you to make it clear that this move had nothing to do with s

this decision because, I've earned

faltered. She blinked once, slowly, her lashes fluttering like the

bird that had just realized the cage was still

want anyone thinking I used this marriage as a fucking elevator to get where I'm going. This win is mine. Do

A beat of silence.

she might protest, but the look

features like a draft under a door she

wasn't sure