My Stepbrother's Forbidden Obsession
Roxy Hale spent her whole life being invisible until the boy everyone worshipped made her the punchline of a bet that cost her everything. Six years later, she has rebuilt herself from the ashes, guarded, independent, and done with love for good. She never expected her mother's wedding to hand her a new last name, a new home, and a new stepbrother.
Cain Carrington never stopped wanting the girl he ruined. Now she's sleeping down the hall, wearing his family's name, completely off-limits, and he has never wanted anything more in his life. Every family dinner, every locked door, every stolen moment in the dark corners of Carrington Manor pulls them closer to a line they both know they shouldn't cross.
But an obsessive ex with a video that could destroy them both, a bride his father expects him to marry, and a mother whose sweet smile is hiding a twenty-year vendetta are all determined to keep them apart. Roxy swore she'd never let anyone use her again. What she doesn't know is that her own name isn't real, that her mother married into this family to destroy it, and that the boy who broke her heart once may be the only person standing between her and losing everything a second time.
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Chapter: Chapter 40Cain's POV"I need to tell you something, and I need you to let me get through all of it before you say anything.”Roxy stood in the middle of my room, her arms wrapped around herself. She glanced towards the window, then lowered her eyes to the carpet, avoiding my gaze.I put the book I’d been reading aside.“Okay. I’m listening,” I added.“My name isn’t really Hale. Before that, it was Bennett. And before Bennett, there was Calloway. I was too young to remember it, but that was my father’s surname.”I frowned slightly. “Calloway?”“Yes. My real father’s surname. His name was Daniel Calloway.”“But how?”“He was an engineer. Years ago, he went into business with another man. They built something together, but it eventually fell apart. My father lost his share, his reputation, everything he’d worked for. My mother wouldn’t tell me why, so this morning I found out another way.”She took a breath.“There’s a box at the back of her wardrobe. I wasn’t even looking for it. I found document
Last Updated: 2026-11-06
Chapter: Chapter 39Roxy's POV"Mom, I’m borrowing your cream blazer! Everything I own is in the wash, and I have the Hartley meeting at ten!"I called toward the bathroom as I opened her wardrobe. The shower was running, and it took a moment for her to answer.“Take what you need.”That was probably the longest conversation we’d had in four days.Since our argument, we’d kept our conversations to the bare minimum. A greeting in the morning, an occasional question about dinner, and nothing more. Neither of us had brought up what she’d told me about my father. I wasn’t ready to let it go, and she hadn’t made another attempt to explain.I wasn’t ready to pretend everything was fine.I found the section where she kept her blazers and began moving the hangers aside, but the cream one wasn’t there.I checked the other side, pushing aside a few garment bags. My hand struck something hard behind the dresses. I crouched to see what it was.There was a box on the floor, tucked behind the dresses. It was old, with
Last Updated: 2026-11-05
Chapter: Chapter 38Roxy's POV"There’s someone here for you. He’s been sitting in our lobby for twenty minutes, pretending to read a manuscript upside down."Elewon stood beside my desk, looking far too pleased with herself.I slowly lifted my eyes from the pages in front of me. “Who?”She tilted her head. “Roxy…”I sighed and pushed my chair back. “Fine. I’ll go.”I followed Elewon’s directions to the lobby, expecting to find someone waiting for me. She hadn’t said who it was, and I hadn’t thought to ask.Then I saw Cain sitting in one of the lobby chairs with a stack of papers in his hand. He looked so serious that I almost believed he was reading them, until I noticed the pages were upside down.I stopped in my tracks. “What are you doing here?” I demanded. “You can’t be here.”“I know.”I folded my arms, waiting for an explanation.He set the papers on the side table and straightened his jacket. A couple of junior editors glanced our way before quickly returning to their screens—not that they were f
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: Chapter 37Cain’s POV“Roxy, open the door.”I knocked again, harder this time. Still nothing.Six messages, three missed calls, and not a single reply from her. I’d been standing outside her bedroom for nearly ten minutes, and she hadn’t even bothered to tell me to go away.Roxy could ignore me when she was angry, but she usually made sure I knew exactly why. She would argue, insult me, or remind me of every reason she couldn’t stand me.Sometimes, I even preferred those arguments to this at least then, she was still talking to me.This silence was different.“Roxy, I know you’re in there.”I pressed my ear against the door, listening for any sign of movement, but there was none. No footsteps, no movement, not even the sound of her phone ringing. I stepped back and ran a hand through my hair.What the hell was going on?We’d argued about Daniel at the amusement park, but that wasn’t unusual anymore. We’d been at each other’s throats over him for weeks. Roxy had barely spoken on the drive home,
Last Updated: 2026-10-29
Chapter: Chapter 36Roxy’s POV“Tell me about my father.”My mother stopped fastening her earring.For a moment, she didn’t move. Then she lowered her hand and looked at me through the mirror. “Where is this coming from?”I’d spent nearly ten minutes outside her bedroom, rehearsing how I would ask about my father without starting a fight. But the moment I opened my mouth, all that preparation went out the window.“I’m asking about my father, Mom.”“I heard you.” She turned back to her jewelry box. “I just don’t understand why you’re asking me this now.”“Because I want to know.”“Roxy, sweetheart, we’ve talked about this.”“No, we haven’t.” I stepped into the room and closed the door. “You’ve told me he died when I was young. That’s all you’ve ever told me.”She picked up another earring, but her fingers fumbled with the clasp. “That’s because there’s nothing more you need to know about him.”“That’s the problem, Mom. You keep deciding what I need to know.”My mother rarely lost her composure. Even durin
Last Updated: 2026-10-27
Chapter: Chapter 35Daniel’s POV“Roxy and I are taking the Ferris wheel. Just the two of us.”I made sure everyone heard me. After spending most of the evening fighting for a few minutes alone with Roxy, I wasn’t about to let anyone tag along.Ivy barely looked up before grabbing Marcus by the arm.“Come on. I need funnel cake.”Marcus glanced at us, then at Cain, before he let his sister drag him away.Celeste shook her head. “I’m not getting on that thing. Anything that spins makes me sick.”That left Cain.I turned to him. “You coming?”He went quiet for a moment. His eyes moved to Roxy, then back to me. “No. I’m good down here.”“Sure?”“Not a fan of heights.”I almost laughed. After the way he’d spent the entire evening following us around, I hadn’t expected him to give up so easily.“Your loss.”I took Roxy’s hand and led her toward the line before he could change his mind. We joined the queue behind a group of teenagers arguing over which ride to try next. Roxy held my hand, but she kept glancing
Last Updated: 2026-10-26
Divorced But Never Letting Go
While she’s at home preparing dinner for him, he’s out on dates. While she’s drinking with men to secure a business deal for him, he’s announcing his single status to boost his stock. When she drags herself to the hospital with a high fever, he’s there at the same hospital, caring for René—his mistress. She loved him for ten years, gave everything she had, and did everything she could for him. She never believed their love could die. Yet, it did. She doesn’t hate him; she’s simply exhausted, so she decides to leave.
Only then does she find a firm chest and a warm embrace that had been waiting for her all along. With her first taste of true love, she realizes how much time she wasted with her ex, a man who never truly loved her.
When he comes home one day, he’s shocked to find the woman who had always been there for him is gone. Regret floods him, and he chases after her, only to see another man by her side, taking sacred vows with her, their hands intertwined. In that moment, he realizes he’s lost the innocent girl who once loved him—the most precious treasure he ever had. And now, she’s gone forever.
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Chapter: 145OLIVIA"Stay calm, ma'am. You're not helping matters," Officer Julian called me to order.I ignored him, saying, "Don't you dare tell me to stay calm. Didn't you hear what he said? He accused me of something I know nothing about. Now that's insane.""You were the target. We were paid by someone to kill you," the criminal finally confessed.His confession sent tiny shivers down my spine. I lost some brain cells and stood up from where I was.I now know what it feels like to be agitated."Who sent you? Start talking now," I moved a step closer to the criminal.Seeing how close I was, Adrian rushed to pull me back. "Don't do this. Let him speak. I understand how you feel right now, but this isn't the way out."I stood back. I forced myself to stay calm, but deep inside, I was a burning furnace.I was being consumed by the desire to kill the criminal even before he was done with the confession."Some lady called Rene. She gave us your photo and asked us to kill you," the criminal confesse
Last Updated: 2025-04-09
Chapter: 144 OLIVIAAfter a failed attempt to kill me, the gunmen abandoned one of their members who had no gun in his possession.As he tried to escape, Adrian pounced on him and struck a powerful punch that tossed the masked man to the ground.As though that weren't enough, Adrian continued to punch the masked man until the police arrived at the scene and arrested him.After the arrest, we all rushed to meet Uncle Dante, who was in a pool of blood, struggling to stay alive.His eyes were slowly shutting down as we got to him."Don't leave me, Uncle. Please stay back," Adrian cried as he rested Uncle Dante's head on his lap.That was my first time seeing Adrian cry. As I tried to console him, I fought back my tears."Please take care of Olivia. She's got a heart of gold. Don't let her slip away from your palms." Those were Uncle Dante's last words before he passed away.All efforts to revive him proved abortive. He must have suffered severe internal bleeding as a result of the injury sustained f
Last Updated: 2025-04-09
Chapter: 143OLIVIA“Damn! This party is the bomb. See what we've been missing all along,” Kate told me at the party. She seemed to be having fun.She wasn't far from the truth.I can't recall the last time she attended a party of such magnitude.Cyril is such a joy killer.The son of a bitch is deprived of a life like this due to his insecurity.“I am glad you're having fun. But don't get too drunk. We still got work for tomorrow,” I reminded Kate.Adrian joined us some minutes later, shortly after I saw him with Uncle Dante.“I hope you're having fun already?” he teased Kate.“More than fun, Adrian. You've got no idea what this means to me. If Olivia doesn't get married to you, I will,” Kate joked as she continued sipping her vodka.Then she stormed out to allow Adrian and me to have some moments of privacy alone.“My uncle wants to see us. He asked me to bring you to his table,” Adrian said.“Shall we?” He stretched his hand forward to hold mine.“Of course.Why not?” I held his hand.As we wal
Last Updated: 2025-04-08
Chapter: 142OLIVIA Anxiety spread from my face and traveled down to my lungs' region as I stood at the prosecuting area, waiting for the judge to pass the final verdict regarding the allegations against me of being responsible for Cyril's condition.I lost count of how many times the case has been adjourned. I've lost all hopes of getting a favorable ruling. Currently, the only thing left inside of me is emptiness and fright. I might as well confess to the crimes I never committed just to be free from this dungeon of calamity and frustration.I looked behind me and saw Kate resting on the chest of Adrian. Poor girl! She's been through a lot this period. And she isn't even the one accused falsely.I drifted my attention back to the judge to avoid missing out on what she had a say.“So here's my verdict,” the judge said before she took a deep pause to put on his glasses. I was yearning for her to be done talking. Her silent treatment keeps raising my blood pressure. From the look of things, I
Last Updated: 2025-04-08
Chapter: 141OLIVIAMy legs quivered as I stepped outside with Adrian. They suddenly felt too heavy to move, as if some unseen force was dragging me back.The moment Kate saw me approaching the car, she rushed forward and embraced me. I fought back my tears.She thought the kidnapping had broken me. She had no idea it was something else entirely.Adrian looked equally disturbed. Just like me, he wasn’t happy. Sadness was written all over his face.That was when Kate sensed something was wrong. She pulled away from my arms and turned to Adrian. “Can you please explain what's going on? I know this isn’t about the kidnapping, so don’t lie to me.”After Adrian narrated everything to her, Kate lost her composure and fumed. “What the fuck? That ain’t true! Olivia had nothing to do with what happened to Cyril. They barely even spoke because I was there to kick him out!”As much as I appreciated her defending me, I wished she had done it back in Lily’s office—to prove my innocence where it mattered.“Now
Last Updated: 2025-04-05
Chapter: 140OLIVIA“What did you just say? Rene did what?” I lost my cool and jumped from my seat.It took the joint efforts of Adrian and the detective to calm me down.“Don't tell me to calm down! Didn't you hear what she said?” I blasted Adrian.I expected him to take my side—or at the very least, caution Lily about the false accusations thrown at me.“Ranting won't solve anything. We need to take this case lightly,” Adrian said to me.His words somehow calmed my nerves. But deep down, I was burning with curiosity. Why would Rene point fingers at me when I hadn’t even been in New York at the time of the incident?“Over to you, Detective. Why would Rene file a report against Olivia? Olivia hasn’t been to New York in recent times,” Adrian questioned Lily.For the first time in a long while, I was genuinely proud of him. That was the move I had hoped for.“Just a moment, please,” Lily said, shuffling through the files on her desk.“Oh, yes. I found this one.” She handed the file over to us and as
Last Updated: 2025-04-04
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