Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 228

Chapter 228

KASMINE.

I didn't want to be down here.

God, I really didn't.

Every fiber in me screamed to stay tucked away in the safety of my room, buried under the warmth of silence and solitude. But I threw that choice away the moment I glanced at my phone and saw his name lighting up my screen again.

Jaden.

I'd been ignoring his calls for days-pressing decline like a reflex, almost like breathing. He must've finally gotten the message because he stopped calling and started texting instead.

Persistent bastard.

And maybe whatever deity decided to touch him with a bit of remorse didn't quite finish the job because despite the fact that he was trying to apologize for how our first date went, he still had that sprinkle of arrogance like a perfume he refused to wash off.

It was... irritating.

And oddly entertaining.

felt like it was rotting around me - because they made me laugh, even though his texts weren't the kind that made a girl's

that dry, unimpressed laugh you let slip when

Jaden:

might've been a bit of an ass. Maybe just a teaspoon.

to interrogate you like you're applying to be

cape. No crown. I promise. See you at

judging from the fact that things between us had turned this sour and he was finally getting engaged

of repair, and even if they hadn't, this silence

nothing more than a means to an end tonight. A temporary

fit more into

I could settle for. Even though he wasn everything I wanted, I could settle for him. And I think I love now my boyfriend, wasn't

no wild storms, but something close to calm waters. That had to count

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though it seemed like they were fast asleep or in a coma. They had to learn to flutter whenever I thought about Jake. They shouldn't be taught how

to gradually take my mind off him and whatever these stupid feelings

Karina's presence disturbing-but nothing was as nauseating as watching June and Kester sit so close together like it was the most

about my health earlier with June's hands wrapped around his made nausea rise to my throat, but I gulped it down with the glass of juice

I checked the time.

8:04 PM.