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CHAPTER 070: He's Losing
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Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 078: Inside You
Sloane rolls her eyes but with a smile on her face, and then she disappears into the living room.I stay there, thinking about the things she said, about her mom being pregnant. When I try to picture the woman I saw at the barbecue with a protruded stomach, I end up seeing Sloane's face instead. Weird. They don't even look that much alike. Those are some of the things your brain does when you're exhausted. I hear Sloane in the living room, moving around. She hums as she works, not a melody I recognize, just an off-key tune that makes me smile.A few minutes later, she enters the bedroom and heads straight to the bathroom. The faucet runs. Cabinet doors creak open, then shut. The sound of her toothbrush buzzing fills the quiet. Water splashes. The lights go off. Then she's back in the room, smelling like peppermint and whatever lotion she uses that always makes me think of vanilla and something green.She grabs a book off her dresser, one with a torn, faded cover. She keeps it tucked
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 077: No Apology In The World
Knox is already halfway up the stairs by the time I make it inside the building. He takes the stairs two at a time. I follow fast.At the next landing, he pulls his phone out of his pocket, scrolls quickly, then presses it to his ear.He doesn’t say much. Just a few clipped words. Something about a tow truck. The name Aaron.I don’t need to hear the rest to know what it’s about.He hangs up just as I reach our floor and stands outside my door, shoulders rising and falling fast, like the adrenaline hasn’t worn off yet.When I come up beside him, I notice his knuckles. Red and raw. Blood gathers in the creases. It makes my stomach turn.“You got your key?” he asks.“I left it inside.”“You should always carry it. Or you’ll lock yourself out.”He reaches into his back pocket, pulls out his keycard, and taps it against the lock. The door clicks open. At least now I know how he got in. He made himself a spare.We step inside. The moment we’re in, I turn to him.“Would you really have kept
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 076: Pound Of Flesh
Knox is out the door before I can convince him otherwise.I run after him, nearly slipping as I rush down the hallway. He’s already halfway down by the time I make it to the top of the steps.“Knox!” I yell. “Stop!”But he’s not listening. His body is tight with fury, all his restraint long gone.By the time I push through the lobby door, he’s outside, and so is Joe, the night-duty security guard. Joe's hands are braced on his hips, looking like he’s trying to decide whether to intervene or call it in. Knox is already on Finn.His fist connects with Finn’s face, and Finn stumbles back, slamming into the body of Knox’s car with a loud grunt. His casted arm hangs uselessly at his side, and before he can even catch his balance, Knox grabs him by the collar and throws another punch. Then another.The blows are brutal. Unrelenting. Finn’s head snaps back, his body jerking with each hit like a ragdoll.I scream, “Stop! Stop it, Knox, please!”My feet are moving before I register it, crossin
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 075: It's War Now
Jade frowns as though I’m being an inconvenience. “Sloane—”“No. You don’t get to dump all this on me as if it's my fault she left me when I was five. You've just succeeded in making me feel worse than I’ve felt in my entire life.”“Good,” he says. “Maybe you’ll come to your senses.”I glare. “You’re good at making assumptions, right? Then here’s a thought. Maybe my mom married you—a young man—to prove to herself she could do it right this time. Think about that, motherfucker.”Then I turn and walk, not before seeing his face turn to stone.He started a war. He has no idea.I pass a trash can near the lot and lift the bouquet.I’m about to toss it when I spot the envelope tucked beneath the ribbon.I open it. Two papers.One is a small note: ‘Do you have any idea how restless I am, Bunny? Please take my calls before I have to resort to stalking.’The other?A check.Two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. This must be my winnings from the underground fight.I toss the flowers and the
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 074: Youthful Exuberance
It’s been a week since I found out Knox has a wife, and I’ve been ignoring everyone in my life like it’s a full-time job.My phone has turned into a graveyard of unread messages and missed calls—Knox, Finn, Serena, and my mom. But I can’t bring myself to open anything. Every time I see Knox’s name pop up, my chest tightens and I feel like I might shatter.I don’t know why I’m this mad. I don’t. It makes no rational sense. He told me the marriage wasn’t real. That it was a favor. That he did it to keep a promise. And I believe him. But none of that justifies the ache I feel when I remember him kissing me goodnight at the precinct. Then him calling a cab and going home with her.To “discuss her claim about being framed for shoplifting.”Sure.For all I know, Soraya dropped that bracelet into her own damn purse just to get his attention. Maybe that makes me sound paranoid. Delusional, even. But logic has never been my strong suit when I'm jealous. Because I am, indeed, jealous of that wo
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 073: The Wife
I frown as I unbuckle and step out. Honestly, I’d prefer staying in the car while he does whatever he needs to. I don’t like police stations. Never have. They make me feel like I’m being watched even when I’m doing absolutely nothing wrong. And thanks to Finn’s college adventures, I’ve been inside enough of them to last a lifetime.Still, curiosity wins.Inside, a tired officer sits behind the front desk.Knox steps up. “I’m here to post bail for Soraya Hartely.”The officer looks up. His eyes trail from Knox to me and back. He taps the keyboard.“Relation to the defendant?” he asks.“Husband.”The officer lifts a brow. “Your wife’s last name?”“Hartely, like I said.”“Maiden name?”Knox tenses. “Why’s that relevant?”The officer leans back in his seat. “Standard questions. Paperwork’s in order. I’ll get your wife.”Knox exhales.I turn and walk to the row of chairs lined up against the wall. They’re molded plastic, the kind that curve in just the wrong places, the kind designed to re
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 072: The Trip To The Station
Never in the history of a person saying “don’t freak out” right before dropping freak-out-worthy news has it ever actually stopped anyone from freaking out. Especially not when the bomb being dropped is your boyfriend announcing out of nowhere that he has a wife.I’m freaking out.I am so, so, freaking out.Every nerve in my body is buzzing like it’s been plugged into an electric fence. My chest feels tight, my thoughts are all over the place, and my brain is trying to reboot like someone just yanked the power cord out and jammed it back in again. Because what the hell did he mean by, “She's my wife”?Knox is leading me out of the building, hand clamped around mine like he’s afraid I’ll run otherwise.Back in that private booth, I’d screamed at him for answers—naked and shaking—and Knox gave me this false calm. Said he’d explain everything on the way to the station. That we needed to go. That now wasn’t the time.I didn’t buy it, but I let him think I did.I got dressed and let him ho
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 071: Who's Soraya?
Excuse me?I twist to look back at him. My breathing is a wreck. “And if he doesn’t?”Knox smiles. “Then I fear you’ll just have to starve some more.”I barely have time to process the threat before his left arm wraps around me, banding across my chest. That other hand slides between my thighs and finds my clit without hesitation. He strokes. Not gentle. Not soft. He presses and circles.My knees buckle a little from the rush of sensation.“Fuck,” I whisper, my voice tight.He groans behind me, low and approving, and his hand on my chest tightens just slightly.“Keep your eyes on the fight, Bunny.”I do.Every move in the ring burns into my brain. Goliath is bruised, bleeding. But he’s not backing down. The other guy lands a harsh blow to his stomach.My hips stutter. I can feel myself nearing release.I try to stay quiet. Try to hide it. But Knox knows.He pulls out.“No. No. No!” I cry.I reach for him. He catches both my wrists and hauls them above my head. One hand holds them ther
Craving The Wrong Brother CHAPTER 070: He's Losing
My breath comes out shaky. I force myself to glance at the phone in my hand. The site looks like it was built in the shadows—dark background, bold red names, icons flashing like they’re breathing. The two fighters are listed with codenames: Red Reaper and Goliath. Beneath their names, odds glow in bright numbers—Red Reaper: -180, Goliath: +220. The slimmer man, Reaper, has better odds. A favorite. Fast. Deadly. And it’s the bulkier one, Goliath—who looks like he could crush a skull with one swing—that is surprisingly the underdog. Next to their names, there’s a pulsing red button that says PLACE BET—$100,000.Knox is betting a hundred grand?What the hell?It should be simple. Just one or two taps and I’ll be done with placing my bet. But Knox is still touching me.His thumbs tease the tight peaks of my nipples, and I squirm in his lap, trying to keep the phone steady as my body trembles. I swipe clumsily between the fighter bios—not that it matters. I’m supposed to be picking the rig
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