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Chapter 40
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2026-04-03 21:01:21
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CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 67
Zara’s POVBy the time I got back from school, my brain felt completely fried from all the lectures, noise, and whispers.People constantly stare at me because I arrive every morning in Matteo Ferraro’s car like some unwilling mafia princess.At this point, I honestly wanted to disappear into a hole.I dropped my bag onto the couch in my bedroom with a dramatic groan before falling backward onto the bed as I stared at the ceiling for a moment, exhaling slowly.Then my stomach growled and I blinked.“Oh right. Food.”I rolled over lazily and checked the time on my phone, realizing it was almost evening already. And strangely enough, the mansion felt quieter today.No Matteo, no Mr. Ferraro. No arguing and even better, heavy footsteps echoing down hallways. Just peace.I pushed myself off the bed eventually and headed downstairs barefoot, tying my hair into a messy bun halfway through the hallway.The moment I entered the kitchen, one of the maids looked up immediately.“Miss Zara,” she
CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 66
Matteo’s POV“Sir! Sir, over here!”“Matteo! Is Ferraro Holdings under investigation?!”“Were illegal transfers conducted through the private docks?!”“Do you have any comments regarding the shooting?!”“Matteo!”“Matteo!”“Matteo—!”“Fuck.” The curse left me under my breath as my car slowed in front of Ferraro Holdings, and instantly, chaos exploded outside the tinted windows.First came the cameras and the microphones followed. Reporters shoving against barricades. The company's security trying and failing to keep them under control.The entire front entrance looked like a damn battlefield and even worse. The attention we were getting was becoming worse.I stared out the window coldly while Luca muttered beside me.“They’ve been here since dawn.”“No shit.”Another camera flash burst against the glass cutting me off and my jaw tightened.
CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 65
Zara’s POVMy fingers tightened around the edge of one of his hanging shirts as I stared at the door in front of me, mentally debating whether I could somehow disappear through the wall instead.“This is so humiliating,” I muttered under my breath.Outside, I heard movement. The rustle of sheets, a drawer opening. Then his voice came again, calmer this time.“Zara.”I closed my eyes and grumbled to myself. ‘Right, I was going to have to face him eventually.’Slowly, my hand hesitated on the door handle for a second before I pushed it open as light flooded in.The first thing I noticed was him standing near the edge of the bed, one hand dragging lazily through his messy dark hair like he was still waking up properly.The second thing I noticed unfortunately was the fact that he had only pulled on a pair of dark sweatpants.Nothing else. My breath caught before I could stop it.His ches
CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 64
Zara’s POV“Get out of my way!”That was the first thing that dragged me out of sleep.A voice afar off. Loud and distant. For a couple of minutes, it felt unfamiliar at first, until it wasn’t.“—This is exactly the kind of incompetence I warned you about!”My eyes snapped open fully this time and for another second, everything felt… wrong and soft and—my breath hitched when I realized that I wasn’t in my room.The ceiling above me was different, including the sheets—and then it all came crashing back.The night, the tension. The way everything spiraled out of control. The way I didn’t even stop it.My stomach dropped. “Oh my goodness.”I sat up abruptly, the movement sending a dull ache through my body that only made everything more real and undeniable that I had slept with him.Matteo.My chest tightened as I dragged a hand down my face.“What did I do…?” I whispered to
CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 63
Zara's POVI should have moved, that exact thought came first. And yet, I still didn’t. Not when his hand tightened slightly at my waist, not when his fingers curled just enough to hold me there, or even when the air between us shifted into something heavier.Something that didn’t feel like a mistake anymore.My breath came out unevenly as I hovered over him, my hands still pressed against his chest, feeling the steady breeze rise and fall beneath my palms.We were too close. Everything was too close.“Matteo…” I whispered.His name didn’t sound like a warning and it didn’t even sound like resistance. And for some damn reason, his eyes didn’t leave mine and this time he was completely awake now.And there was something in them that made my chest tighten. Something I can tell, had been building long before this moment.His hand moved, slowly brushing along my side, not in a forceful manner… just there.
CLAIM ME, STEP-BROTHER. Chapter 62
Zara’s POVI wasn’t trying to wait for him, I mean that's what I told myself.I had been in my room for hours, lying on my bed, scrolling mindlessly, rereading the same three posts over and over without actually seeing any of it.But still, I hadn’t slept. I hadn't even changed. I hadn't even turned off the lights. Because somewhere in the back of my mind, I was aware of it.Aware of the silence of the house, his absence.Matteo wasn’t home and for some reason… I noticed when the gates hadn’t opened. I noticed that when time kept passing, he still hadn’t come back.And all of that annoyed me. The fact that I cared enough to notice and that I kept glancing at the clock. Even worse, I kept listening for the sound of a car engine.So when I finally heard it. I sat up and my heart did something stupid. Something so unnecessary as the low hum of a car pulling into the compound filtered faintly through the window.
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