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She Arrives

Author: Tari Melati
last update Last Updated: 2025-08-27 19:16:23

Autumn

“Sister.”

The words, coming from Dante, sounded like bile on my tongue, and I didn’t think I had ever hated that word the way I hated it now even though I had been mostly the initiator of such conversation.

“Autumn,” my mum called, drawing me out of my reverie.

I turned and looked at her.

“What?” I asked.

“I have been looking for you,” she said. “Everything we ordered has arrived and I really need you and Camille to begin setting things up in their right places,” she added energetically.

Hours now and she was still full of energy, so much so that one would have thought that she was doing all this for me, her daughter.

“Mum, can I ask a question?” I asked, unable to help myself.

“Yes, honey, sure you can,” she quickly said without even knowing what I might likely ask her.

“You seem so invested in this, and I am just wondering if you would have done the same for me if I was bringing home my fiancée,” I said. “Would you have?” I asked her.

This was me channeling the feeling my con
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  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   Time To Leave

    AutumnI stood by Maria’s door, contemplating on whether or not to knock.“Why did I even succumb to this?” I asked myself.I shouldn’t even be allowing my mum to cajole me or emotionally persuade me into doing this. Why in heaven’s name was I being asked to befriend Dante’s fiancée?“Maybe I should go back and just book that flight,” I said to myself again.What was the point? Besides, Dante had already accused me unjustly, and he had also been acting off since she arrived. I turned to leave, but I just couldn’t bring myself to doing that. As much as I would like to turn around and walk away, I just couldn’t.Gently, I knocked, and then I waited patiently for her to answer the door.“Come in,” her voice floated from inside the room.I opened the door and walked in. I met Maria having her makeup and pedicure done.“Good morning,” I cleared my throat and greeted, feeling uncomfortable and wishing that I had listened to my instincts and not bother coming into her room.“Could you get t

  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   Defeated

    AutumnA knock on the door woke me up. I didn’t sleep early, and as such, my eyes ached with drowsiness.“Who is it?” I asked sleepily.“Open the door, Autumn,” my mum’s voice filtered through the closed door into my room.What did she want now?I dragged myself out of bed and trudged to the door and opened it. My mum seemed to be fully dressed, as though she didn’t sleep through the night, and she floated into the room without permission.“What are you doing here this early?” I asked her.When I glanced at the time on the wall, I realized that it was still early, so it wasn’t even like I had slept into the night.“Good morning to you too, Autumn,” she said.She sounded completely different from the woman who was broken down and devastated that her much planned dinner was utterly ruined last night.“What do you want this early, mum?” I asked her.“Good news!” She said happily, sitting on my bed.Then she patted the space close to her, beckoning on me to come and have a sit close to he

  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   A Changed Enemy

    DanteSeeing Maria in that state made me upset. If I didn’t know better, I wouldn’t have guessed that it was Maria. She had changed completely because her face was swollen, and it was because of the freaking allergy.However, Maria’s health was not the only thing that was pissing me off. The whole situation, and the fact that I couldn’t get away from it made me livid. I hated being helpless and cornered. If this was something that I still wanted, it wouldn’t have been a big deal for me, but I didn’t want it anymore, and I couldn’t refuse.Then I had seen Autumn, and I just poured the anger on her without thinking twice.It wasn’t until after I had walked out that I realized what I had done, but I couldn’t walk back and apologize. I wasn’t even in the mood for that, so I walked out and went to the back porch. I felt like taking something really strong to ease off the anger in my chest.I was still feeling that way when the smell of a cigar wafted into my nostrils. The moment I turned a

  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   Accused

    AutumnMy mum and I had stayed in the living room, sitting in silence like two strangers without exchanging a single word after Dante and his dad went into the man’s study.It was obvious that Dante was going to get scolded.A tiny part of me was curious and wanted to know what it felt like for Dante to be scolded like a child. He always appeared like a man who couldn’t be reckoned with, and so, I wanted to watch another man scold him for his actions, and know if Dante would fight back or mellow, but I couldn’t.My mum was still sobbing and regretting her actions.Not once did she feel like someone else could have been at fault, or even pointed accusing fingers to Camille, and maybe I should have used this moment to say something, but I just found myself tongue-tied.Dominic cleared his throat, and I hadn’t even realized that he had been standing by the door all this time. We had all been so focused on Dante that we didn’t know that he came in with him. Actually, I had been so focused

  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   Forced Into Acceptance

    DanteI followed my dad into his study. He was furious, but so was I. The moment I entered the study after him, he shut the door.“What is the meaning of this?” My dad asked.“I don’t understand what you are talking about,” I said tightly.Dominic already told me that he didn’t alert my dad before coming to get me. While that was relieving to hear, I doubted that he would stay unaware forever because David had already been involved in it. I was still upset with Dominic for involving that dickhead.“Don’t play games with me, Dante,” my dad warned.“I am not playing games. I just don’t understand what you mean,” I lied.“After acting funny, you decided to disappear during dinner time,” he stated the obvious.“I didn’t disappear,” again, I lied.It wasn’t that I couldn’t tell my dad to his face what I felt like saying, but this was completely different. From the very beginning, I already knew what was at stake, and this wasn’t a risk that the clan was willing to take.“Then where the fuc

  • Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother   Confused And Pacing

    AutumnAt first, I had thought that Camille was messing with me, but with the horror in her eyes, I knew that it wasn’t a prank.“Why isn’t Mateo aware?” I had asked Camille.“Dominic wants to keep it under wraps,” Camille had told me.“And what if it is too dangerous?” I had asked. “Why should something like this even be kept discreet?” I asked further in urgency.My heart was beating rapidly.Dante was missing.It was as though I had just been told that a part of me was missing, and I could barely breathe, and Camille was talking about handling it discreetly.“You need to calm down,” Camille had told me.“Don’t freaking tell me that, Camille!” I had yelled at her. “What if he gets killed because Dominic decides to be quiet about it? If Dante has gone missing, does Dominic think he will be able to handle it all by himself?” I had queried Camille.She had sighed deeply.“He is not alone, Autumn,” Camille had said. “He is involving David,” she had added.“His cousin?” I had asked in di

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