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 go

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

Like the weight of everything he'd carried alone

around him and pressed my forehead to his shoulder. His skin was burning with the tension he was trying so hard

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

tight I could barely breathe, but I didn't care.

Then, he spoke again.

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

at him. "You always say that. But I

He smiled.

was my birthday. Not that anyone remembered. I was alone in the house. No cake. No candles. No hugs. Not even

see the gloom of that lonely room. "I

Wondering if anyone would

My breath caught.

chuckled, but it was empty... more like he was trying to breathe through the pain. "And then I saw

a white dress and ribbons

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