Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 285

I would be doomed to go to the office today. I was certain the news of me being mated to my stepbrother would have saturated the

town.

I stayed curled up in the bed, wrapped in the illusion of safety that the blankets barely provided.

Kester had carried me here last night while I was still half-asleep. And by the time

I woke up a few minutes ago, I feind out that all my necessities had been moved into his room.

My phone rang on the nightstand.

I turned sluggishly, already dreading whoever it was

-but when I saw the screen, my heart dropped straight into my stomach.

It was Mum.

She hadn't called or texted all night when we left the pack. A part of me was scared and worried. Another part... maybe, deep down, had hoped she would just leave me be. But right now, I didn't know if I should feel relieved or even more scared.

I swiped to answer, forcing my dry throat to work.

"Mum?" I croaked.

There was a beat of silence, then a deep sigh, before she spoke, "Kasmine. Where are you?

The tone in which she asked made my heart thunder. This wasn't good. She sounded too calm. My heart pounded.

This wasn't good. This was the kind of quiet that comes when anger burns so hot it turns cold.

"I... I'm at home, Mum," I whispered.

"Good," she said in a clipped voice. "Now listen carefully. Kester must have gone to the office already, hasn't he?"

I hesitated, the air squeezing out of my lungs, before nodding, even though she couldn't see me. "Yes, Mum. He has.

come back home immediately. We'll figure this out

quiet,

I left. And... Do I really want to

God, I was confused.

me

can't," I said before I could

What? Why?" She hissed.

sorry, Mum. I have to sort things out

me off, "No, Kasmine. You listen to

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words she spoke crushed what little breath I

coldly. "If you don't stop this madness,

sat up so fast the blanket tangled around my legs, heart thundering against

Why would you say

can't stand the shame anymore. I've become a laughingstock in the pack. Do you understand that?" Her voice cracked with hot- white humiliation, "The pack members are beginning to form a protest, especially one led by Blaine, the one whom we forced to

my mouth, a raw sob slipping through

I was tired.

tired of fighting a battle that I didn't know how

was gradually beginning to hate me,

a future that seemed like

to tear

to do as she said, what about my baby? I was already coming to terms with

didn't

further prove to people that I and my brother had

is all messed

those two that night. Please, don't do this to

"Mum..."

stepbrother, I still wouldn't want my daughter with a man like Kester.

"How could you say that about him? He is your stepson, Mum," I couldn't hide my disappointment and the sting of betrayal

over the phone. I've watched him hurt people with a straight face and sleep like

my spine. Her words weren't far off from what I'd

keep up for long. The