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

heart hammering like it was trying to punch

out. Just get out. Go home.

and was immediately met with the roar of applause from inside the main

venue

heart froze when I saw

He was kissing her.

hand was on

molded to his, and

giggling like the perfect fiancée, and held up her

thick, shiny diamond sparkled on her finger, catching the light and

up, acidic and hot. I swallowed hard, and it burned

to march up that stage, rip the mic from the host's hand, and scream, "He switched my birth control, you sick fucks! He got me pregnant without my consent, and now he's parading his new bride around like he

wanted to grab June by her pretty little shoulders and shake her. Ask her if she knew what kind of monster she

I felt like my bones were

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

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had started falling again with rough swipes before turning and heading out of the hall into the cold night

more than five minutes when I saw Kester just ahead of me, leaning

of speed I

ignored his very presence and tried to walk past him, but he held