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.

down to

I lose you..." he said again, choking on the words,

in. I couldn't breathe

else. Something

touched my face like he was afraid I'd disappear

he shook 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

slid down his face. He didn't even wipe

of me worth saving." Another tear. Then another. "I'll still be breathing," he

face in his hands, his thumbs trembling against

this whole damn world that ever felt like home, Like peace. Like something pure I wasn't meant

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through the blur of my

body shaking from the intensity of everything he was carrying. "Please don't leave me little sister. Please don't take the only good thing I ever

over my lips, and before I could think, before I could even breathe, he leaned

It was soft.

Broken.

Shattering.

scared. I'm yours, even if you don't

to me like I

- just a moment I let him