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.
 
 she crying the entire
 
 some days off, just so she could spend some time with Mine and make sure she didn't cry her eyes out.
 
 on, baby... Stop this..." I took a step toward her, but she took five steps
 
 didn't push. No. Not when she was carrying my child. She needed all
 
 "God, you are so sick, Kester! don't even know who you are
 
 wasn't
 
 on, hmm? How many lies do you coat your love
 
 dragging a hand down my face, aching. "Look... just
 
I stopped.
 
 eyes weren't of
 
 locked
 
Wide and haunted.
 
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Chapter 248
 
 Irer hands trembling as she turned the volume up, eyes never
 
My stomach dropped.
 
Shit.
 
Not now.
 
Not fucking now.
 
 into my ears like poison. His voice was calm, almost smug, like he'd
 
 of the Crown Foundation and known political patron to several humanitarian causes, was taken into custody earlier this morning following
 
 arrogant smirk in place as reporters swarmed
 
 containing detailed records of offshore accounts, tax evasion, and links to illegal trafficking operations operating out
 
 showed him being stuffed into
 
 was staring at 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 seeing. And then-slowly-like molasses dripping from a wound,
 
turned her head.
 
 landed
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