Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 248

My Stepbrother 248

KESTER.

I knocked again. Harder this time. The kind of knock that wasn't asking permission it was a warning.

I swear to fuck, I was seconds away from tearing this damn door off its hinges. I didn't care if it splintered. I didn't care if Claire came home to a crime scene of wood and rage.

But Claire was so lucky that Kasmine opened it before I could make that mistake.

She barely got the words out. "What the hell are you-

I pushed through the doorway, slammed it shut behind me, and crashed my mouth against hers.

God, her taste.

Fuck. I missed her.

I was losing my mind. Couldn't concentrate on anything else until I saw her. Fuck,

I wouldn't have survived another night away from her.

But she shoved hard at my chest, and I let her go. I had to. I wasn't about to add stress to her... not with our baby growing inside her.

"You manipulative bastard!" she hissed, trembling with fury. She scrubbed her lips like I'd stained them. "How dare you step foot in

this house?"

Her voice... Her eyes.

Was she crying the

so she could spend some time with Mine

this..." I took a step

didn't push. No. Not when she was carrying my child. She

so sick, Kester! don't even know

but it wasn't fear.

have on, hmm? How many lies do you coat your

my face, aching. "Look... just

I stopped.

weren't

were locked

Wide and haunted.

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for the remote, Irer hands trembling as she turned the volume up,

My stomach dropped.

Shit.

Not now.

Not fucking now.

poison. His voice was calm, almost smug, like he'd been waiting his whole

political patron to several humanitarian causes, was taken into custody earlier

keep that arrogant smirk in place as reporters swarmed him. Microphones jammed into his face. Flashbulbs

of a flash drive containing detailed records of offshore accounts, tax evasion, and

him being stuffed into the back of

the screen like it was bleeding... Her eyes were wide, her lips parted slightly, and it was as if her brain was trying to catch up to what her eyes were

turned her head.

eyes landed on