Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 325

KASMINE.

It really ached to know that I was at odds with my parents, especially my mum. But I think it was time.

Time to stop shrinking and apologizing for existing. I had to stop living based on other people's expectations. For once, I wasn't going to be the girl who bowed her head and obeyed.

I was taking my life back.

And I was starting now.

For too long, I had let every other person steer me like a puppet on strings. Every move I made had to be thought about, approved, and sanitized to fit their image of who I was supposed to be.

But not. anymore.

Right how, what I wanted was to help Kester get better, and after that, I'd finally decide on what to do about the fact that we were actually mates.

. Perhaps, before all these would be over, I'd be able to define what I actually feel for him. Love? Fear? Or sympathy?

But for now, none of that mattered.

We drove out of the pack house, the car speeding along the narrow road that led toward the city when something out the window caught my eye.

A familiar figure with bright hair and a

Claire.

ducked out of her favorite ice cream joint like she was late for

car," I said to the driver, and he

crossing over to the other side

before she got the chance to hop into the cab she had just flagged

direction of my voice. She

know how to feel. A cold weight settled in my stomach

Kester was my mate, I hadn't seen or heard from her. And now that I was standing in front of her, I realized I had

quick smile, but it didn't reach

stared at each other for a moment too long without saying a word. The silence was so heavy that I

I said in a very low voice. "Whatever it is you're holding

parted. She blinked. And then her expression cracked just

want me to be honest?" she asked, her voice slightly

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let out a breath, then laughed, not because it was funny,

frustration bubbling up. And

I didn't stand

looked away.

I swallowed.

that it was the Moon Goddess's choice, not yours.

"Claire..."