Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 408

“You look… beautiful, princess,” he murmured, forcing another smile.

I bit my lip, trying to hold it together. “Thank you, Dad.”

He gave my hand a gentle squeeze.

I looked ahead and locked gazes with Kester.

Everything else blurred.

He was standing there at the end of the aisle, dark suit fitting him like sin, his broad shoulders squared, and his jaw set in that way that made him look carved from something forbidden. And his

eyes… God, those eyes rooted me in place.

Obsession. Admiration. Possession.

It was all there, glinting like wildfire.

He was looking at me like I was the only thing breathing in this garden. Like if anyone so much as blinked in my direction, he’d tear the world apart.

The closer I walked toward him, the hotter and darker his gaze burned.

My pulse pounded. My fingers tightened around Dad’s arm. By the time we reached the end, I could

barely feel the ground under my feet.

Dad placed my hand into Kester’s. His warm,hands swallowed mine, and he didn’t take his eyes off

me even to acknowledge Kade.

in a voice low enough

smiled faintly. “I was always coming

in his jaw flexed. He lifted my hand and pressed his lips to my knuckles, his eyes

locked on mine.

else blurred for us, as we only paid

time to

Hamilton, do you wish to

fingers tightened around mine as

place

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Chapter 408

in for years. “Do you have any idea what it’s been like… wanting you the way I have? Needing you

heart gave a painful

your fears… hell, I fought you. And I’d do it again. I’d go through every fight, every sleepless night, every moment I thought I’d lost you… just to get

one.”

emotion. “I’ve fought battles for you… Some with my fists, most with my demons. I’ve bled for you. I’ve broken for

without hesitation.”

My throat closed.

life was before you. And now, standing here, knowing you’re about to be mine in every way a

tear slid down my cheek before I could stop it. He noticed–of course he noticed–and

over the back of my hand. “Hell, I’m not even good most days. I’m possessive, I’m jealous, I’m selfish when it comes to you. But I swear to you, I will use every ounce of that to protect you. To make sure you never go a single day without knowing

it was breaking and swelling at

cry. We still have a lot to learn. And I am willing to become your raw

anymore. His

center of whatever comes after. I will never stop wanting you, Kasmine. I will never stop chasing you. I will never stop choosing you even if you stop choosing

–

throat was

voice dropped lower and rougher. “So here, before everyone, I vow this–your life is mine to guard, your heart is mine to hold, your body is mine to worship. I will burn the