Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 259

Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 259

KESTER.

Her eyes darted from the screen to Jorja, to Dad, to me. Searching To a reaction

or for someone to tell her this was all just a bad

dream.

No one said a word.

Not even Jorja-Queen of Constant Commentary. She stood frozen, he manicured hand on her chest, the other under her chin as she watched the show.

"Here." She said, regaining some boldness. "You can check my phone never sent such a text to anyone." She handed the phone over to Lance, who navigated through her text messaging app. After a few seconds, he flashed the screen in her direction, and I swear, her eyes almost fell out of their sockets.

The text messages were there on her phone. The dates showed that she had sent the text just two days ago.

"No. No. She shook her head, "There is... There is a mix-up here. I can't recall doing any of these... No." She was trembling, taking slow steps backward. "Someone must've... drugged me or set me up or something. This isn't this isn't fair."

Fair?

almost laughed.

She looked pathetic.

But the thing that sealed it? She turned to our father, her eyes wide and arms outstretched like a child begging for protection.

"Dad, tell them. Tell them I wouldn't do this. I don't even go out that much. You know me."

He didn't move.

He didn't even blink.

He just stared at her like she was some stranger who'd wandered into his home and started wrecking furniture.

Perfect.

I stepped forward.

"You're right about one thing, Karina."

She looked at me like I'd just thrown her a life vest.

"This is unfair. To the people who trusted you. To the name you dragged through the dirt. And to the people who had to clean up your mess every damn time you lost control." I said in a flat, casual, and calm tone.

It hit her.

it click behind

at me, "It's you! You're behind all

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I didn't blink.

see this coming the moment I warned you? You're doing this to me because I

snapped to me so fast that her bun almost came undone Dad just stared. Even Lance

slow smirk curling up

cute," I said, calm as hell.

were wild and glassy. "Don't play dumb, Kester! You and Kasmine- your little secret affair. I have proof! I have pictures. Videos! You really think I didn't keep

attention was on

her phone with jerky hands. "Fine. You want proof? You want the

all watched. The silence wasn't just tense-it was choking. You could hear her heartbeat through her

Her fingers flicked down. Again.

Nothing.

Scroll. Scroll. Panic.

breathing got heavier

were here. I

again. Opened her messages. Her emails.

once-this dry, humorless wheeze-then looked up.

I backed everything up.

room before anyone could respond, disappearing down the hallway. Her

speak. Neither did Jorja. We

long seconds

Then she came back.

temples. The laptop in her hands

and started searching. Her lips

She searched. And searched.

Then stopped.

"No... no," she whispered.

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Nothing.

fingers trembling against the touchpad. "It was here. I swear. I

filtered through

She froze.

is true, then the best way to prove your innocence," he paused, "is to

saw the split second it took her to process

a siren: fight

Then, she straightened.

"Good. Do it. I'm

told twice. He gave a subtle signal to one of the men behind him, who stepped forward

kit.

to the side hallway, where they could draw the sample

took fifteen minutes before Karina came back into the room, standing beside