Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 281

Chapter 281

He took another step, so close how I could feel the heat of him wrapping around

me.

"So no, Kasmine. I can't let you go. I won't let you go. You're not just someone I love. You're the only part of me that's still alive."

His forehead dropped to mine again, his body trembling with everything he wasn't saying.

"You're home." he breathed.

"You're it for me, little sister."

I didn't know who moved first. Maybe it was me. Or maybe it was him. Maybe it was the force of all the shattered pieces between us finally giving way.

But the next thing I knew, I was in his arms with his trembling hand wrapped around my back while the other held me by my waist.

His breath was harsh against my temple.

And then... he broke.

"Kasmine..." he rasped, his voice splintering. "If I lose you..."

He pulled back just enough to look at me, and what I saw in his eyes almost dropped me to my knees.

Raw devastation.

No walls..

No armor.

stripped down to his bare

he said again, choking

in. I couldn't breathe past the knot in

else. Something colder and harder. It broke pieces of me that I never

was

his head, voice cracking wide open, "you didn't just fill the spaces she left behind - you built new ones. You made me believe I could be more

down his face. He didn't even

be anything left of me worth saving." Another tear. Then

hands, his

remember... You're the only thing in this whole damn world that ever felt like home, Like peace. Like something pure I wasn't meant

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Chapter 281

couldn't see him anymore through the blur of my

intensity of everything he was carrying. "Please don't

lips, and before I could think, before I could even breathe, he leaned in and kissed

It was soft.

Broken.

Shattering.

that said, I'm sorry. I'm scared. I'm yours, even if you

mouth barely moved against mine. He just clung to me

- just a moment I let him kiss me. I