Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 347

I closed my eyes. That guilt gain... A different kind, though.

Yeah," I whispered, "I felt that way too."

Another awkward silence followed.

I could hear Jake breathing shakily on the other end like he was trying to hold something back.

Then came the question I had feared would eventually surface.

"...Are you really going to accept him, Kester... as your mate?"

I felt the breath slip from my lungs.

I looked up at the ceiling, blinking fast, trying to keep my voice steady. "Jake..." I called softly, but he interrupted me before I could speak again.

"Then what happens to us, Kasmine?" He exhaled, and I could almost see him closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose, "What happens to... to everything we've shared? What happens to the love I gave you? What happens to me?"

My heart twisted.

His voice cracked and it felt like each word hurt to let out. "I don't know how to breathe without you anymore. You were everything to me."

My eyes stung instantly. A wave of guilt crashed into me before I could brace myself. Tears slid down my cheeks.

"Jake..." I croaked.

still love you. Every second. Every minute. You

caught in my chest

exhales when they're trying not to fall

"I just... I just want to

setting in. "You can't just

messy and maybe even pointless I need this, Kasmine. I need to see you. Just to talk. That's

Jake. I mean..." I swear, I didn't know what else to say. I just closed my eyes, sucked in a

hand.

back off. I swear it. But I can't walk away without looking you in the eyes one last time. I

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looked over at the clock.

shook my head, even though he couldn't see it. "Jake... It's already

you back," he rushed

my uncle's car. We'll talk and I'll drop

"Jake..."

Kasmine. I'm not asking

this."

tonight. I'm just asking...

it

fingers tightened around the phone. I could practically

stared at the

Kester didn't do "jealousy" gently. He didn't do "restraint." And even though had asked him for space, I didn't think