Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 263

I stared at him. "Why is it bad?" I asked softly. Even though I never expected Karina to be into drugs, her arrest came as a relief for reasons I didn't even know.

He muttered something under his breath. Although I didn't quite her him, it sounded more like her arrest opening up a whole can

of worms.

Before I could ask him to clarify what he meant, he spoke again, "Did you know Alpha Kester duped Alpha Kex of 150 million?"

The number made my chest go cold. "What?"

Why wasn't I even surprised? Kester could go to any length to take anyone down. One hundred fifty million was fair compared to what I know Kester was capable of.

Jake nodded, rubbing his jaw as he stared at the wall like it could explain the chaos he was narrating, "No one knows about it just yet. Kex is keeping it under for now; otherwise, his investors will go wild."

I stared at him like I didn't know him. "Jake... If it's still a secret, how did you know about it?"

a source," he said too quickly, as if he had just realized he had said something he shouldn't say. "Reliable.

ribs. "What kind of

a breath and then gave a nervous chuckle. “Babe, please.

I didn't. The way he

too fast, “I'll get us something to eat, okay? You just–rest. You

more, he walked out the door

was almost startled by the voice of my wolf, Zera, when

don't worry. He's a good guy. You'd get to like him soon enough, okay?" I murmured, chuckling half-heartedly as I

back down.

mate. You're running, Kasmine. But you can't run forever." She preached

wrong. I

I whispered. "I know. But it's not that simple. Kester and I... we're

to reject us," Zera said bitterly. "But you know he'll never do that. I felt him last night. I saw him. I know him, Kasmine. He'd burn down the world just to be with you. And his wolf? There is

squeezed my eyes but as my heart skipped several beats. Again, she