Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 242

Chapter 242

KASMINE.

"Miss? Miss? Are you okay? A soft, feminine voice filtered into my haze. My eyelids fought me as I forced them open, squinting against the harsh strip lights above. My face was sticky with dried tears, and my throat felt like sandpaper.

“Uh... Yeah..." I croaked, barely recognizing my own voice, my confusion colliding with panic. Where... Where was I?

Oh, shit! I was still in the convenience. I sat on the floor and cried until I dozed off.

"Are you sure you are okay, ma'am?" The lady spoke again, and took in her appearance. She was a janitor.

She stood a few feet away, mop in hand, her brow pulled together with concern. Her blue uniform looked like it had seen too many shifts and not enough sleep, but her voice was kind and soft.

I didn't respond. I pushed myself off the floor, wobbling on unsteady legs, ignoring the way she instinctively reached out like she thought I might faint again. I glanced at my phone.

Fifty-two minutes. I had been out cold for almost an hour.

Fuck.

My legs jolted into action. I didn't even acknowledge the janitor as I stumbled past her. My heels clacked awkwardly on the floor as I all but ran out of the

store, heart hammering like it was trying

Go home. Go anywhere

pushed through the glass doors of the venue and was immediately met with the roar of applause

venue

heart froze when I saw

He was kissing her.

was on her lower

lips molded to his, and the crowd clapped louder, some people even

she pulled back, giggling like the perfect fiancée, and held

catching the light and throwing it

the bile rise up, acidic and hot. I swallowed hard, and it burned going

from the host's hand, and scream, "He switched my birth control, you sick fucks! He

shoulders and shake her. Ask her if she

stoot gere. Shaking so hard I felt like my bones were trying to escape my

wine glasses clinking as the music came back on. Kester and June descended from the stage, hand in hand, ready

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with rough swipes before turning and heading out of the hall into

walked for more than five minutes when I saw Kester just ahead of

of course, he had the kind of speed I didn't have just

tried to walk past him, but