Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 317

Mated 320

Chapter 320

KASMINE.

By the time Kester was rounding up his story, I had forgotten how to stop crying. The tears wouldn't stop falling. They slipped down my cheeks silently, like they didn't want to interrupt him. Like they understood that his pain was finally finding a voice.

He looked at me again, and his expression-God, it was worse than tears.

"Kester," I breathed, shaking my head slowly. I didn't even know what to say.

It was like I was staring at the little boy he used to be-the one who needed love more than anything in the world but got none in

return.

Even though I knew he hadn't told me everything and hadn't laid out the full horror of what his childhood looked like, the little pieces he had shared tore through my heart, shattering it to pieces. His parents. His loneliness. That house that never felt like

home.

should ever

whispered. "And I swore I'd never be that helpless again. I'd never trust anyone to protect what's mine. I'd be the one in control. I'd always be

just his hands but his entire body. Like the weight of everything

forehead to his shoulder. His skin was burning

that alone," I whispered. "You don't have to hold all of that

didn't say anything right away. Just wrapped his arms around me so tight I could barely breathe, but I didn't care. I didn't even want him

Then, he spoke again.

before you knew it, Kasmine. You might not know this, but you are the

just enough to look at him. "You always say that. But I still don't understand

He smiled.

anyone remembered. I was alone in the house. No cake. No candles. No hugs.

past me as if he could still see the gloom of that lonely room. "I sat beside my window for

take to fall. Wondering if anyone

My breath caught.

was empty... more like he was trying to breathe

and ribbons in her

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