Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 294

Chapter 297

Chapter 296

KESTER.

17 YEARS AGO.

It'd been four days since my sad, lonely birthday, and Mum and Dad had not been home yet.

No calls. No texts. Not even a note.

Caroline came to tell me two days after my parents didn't show up at home for my birthday that they had traveled for a business meeting.

I nodded then as if I believed her.

But I didn't.

I may be eleven, but I'm not stupid.

Mum was probably with one of the men Dad always yelled about, and Dad was probably with one of the women Mum said nasty things about when she thought I was asleep.

The card I made for them was still sitting on the hallway table. I drew stars on it. And a crown. I wrote "I love you with a blue marker.

I thought maybe they'd see it when they came back.

But they didn't.

Outside school this morning, I watched Mrs. Freya hug Norlan.

She kissed his head and said, "Be safe and eat your snacks, okay?" She kept looking at him with so much tenderness in her eyes, like he was the only thing that mattered in the whole world.

He laughed and hugged her back. His smile looked so easy. Like breathing. "Thanks, Mum."

It seemed a bit too strange to me. Can't recall when last I smiled that way.

Then she said, "Remember all we studied last night. You've got to win this, baby. Your dad would be proud."

I blinked. They had studied together for the upcoming interschool quiz competition? Great.

I studied too. But I did it alone. At the dinning. I was tired of locking myself up

alone in my room. Caroline brought me tea, but she didn't stay.

And it was okay. I discovered that I study better when alone.

I even combed my hair three times this morning. Made sure it was neat. Wore the shirt I ironed by myself. they'd be happy with me. Maybe they'd say something nice to me.

e if I won today,

"You, too, Kester. Be good," She smiled at me, offering what little warmth she could spare, before walking back to her car.

I and Norlan went into the school, ready to smash the completion.

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And we did!

It was a huge success!

The Ashmoor Crescent Academy beat the Vermillion Crimson Institute!

I was the team leader. I stood on the stage. My heart was going fast, and my hands were all sweaty, but I did it. I beat June Mellors, that spoiled brat from Crimson Valley. Her face when she lost-it made me feel... I don't know. Good?

She looked sad. Like me on my birthday.

Maybe I liked that.

Maybe I don't want to be the only one who feels like this!

Norlan beat Nagel Vale from the Shadow Valley pack.

Nagel was always picking on kids from our pack near the gate. Not me, though. He doesn't look at me funny. Maybe he's scared of my eyes. Or maybe he just knows there's no point.

on their faces felt so good as

me on the back. Said, "Good job, son.

wait

kept looking at the award in my hand like it was some kind

Dad and tell them about my

of me. I got an

beside me as we neared the gate. My legs were already twitching to

should look for her," he was saying. "Make her your friend.

I blinked. "Huh?"

saw through the window on your

Oh. Her.

had told him

him what I was doing when I saw her, I only told him all

she said to me and

I said, feeling the flutter again in my chest. "I...

Norlan shrugged. "Try talking to her

I'll try. I don't know... She's quite younger than me.

crinkling my

not. Making friends who are

is that you both like each other and enjoy each other's

I nodded slowly.

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Maybe I would,

to

and ran straight into

Chapter 297

with a soft thump and made a beeline for the

let me use

Mum and Dad

long.

edge of the couch

call

bit my

Mum.

hated me now, she was

on the

the phone, thinking it was the maid. Caroline must have called her

and continued. Maybe she was just busy. "Mum?" I said, putting as much brightness in my voice as I could. "Guess what?!" There was a

won, Mum! We actually won the competition! Crescent Moon beat Crimson Valley!" I leaned forward like it made it more real. "I-I was the team leader! I answered the final question. I got it right! Everyone clapped

her to hear it all-how I kept

know June Mellors? She lost, Mum.

in. Her voice wasn't angry. Just tired and

about it when I

I blinked.

asked quickly, my heart starting to race.

fast it almost hurt.

and then the

for it to light

screen stayed

it against my chest. I wasn't

insides felt jumbled-like the way my room gets when I turn my toy box

something I never

She was coming home.

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should be good. That should feel

little. It didn't quite reach my

on my shorts, then tapped

contact.

answered on

it?" His voice sounded a bit louder than

he were on

me. Kester.

he said, cutting in. "I'm driving

as something warm crawled up

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