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Chapter 7: The Dinner
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2026-09-12 23:37:40
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My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 42: At Rosa's Door
Aurelia's POVI went to Rosa's the following afternoon, needing her kitchen table and her tea more than I'd needed almost anything else that week. I hadn't told her about the lunch yet, or the phone, or the particular cold feeling that had settled into my chest since Cassian's car pulled away.I didn't get the chance to tell her right away, either. Kael's car was already parked outside when I arrived.I stood at the end of her crooked garden path a moment, my heart doing something complicated at the sight of it, before I made myself walk up to the door anyway. It was her house. I had every right to be there, whatever else was sitting between Kael and me.Rosa answered before I could knock, already pulling me inside with one arm. "There you are. Perfect timing. Kael's been trying to fix my porch light for twenty minutes and making it worse.""I have not been making it worse," Kael called from somewhere near the back of the house. "The wiring is genuinely bad, Rosa. I've told you three
My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 41: The Look I Didn't Recognize
Aurelia's POVThe gathering was small.....just family and a few of Vivienne’s closest friends. It was held in the main dining room on a Sunday afternoon and was supposed to be a simple, quiet lunch. But it didn’t stay quiet for long."Aurelia, dear, you've lost weight," Mrs. Whitmore said, reaching for the bread basket. "Are you on enough? A woman your age should be careful not to overdo the dieting.""I haven't been dieting," I said. "I've just been busy with the gala.""Busy," Vivienne repeated, a small smile tugging at her mouth. "Yes, I imagine coordinating with Kael's division kept you rather occupied for a while, before Cassian put a stop to that."The table went quiet in that particular way it always did when Vivienne decided to needle something in front of an audience. Mrs. Whitmore's eyebrows rose slightly, curious now."I didn't realize there'd been trouble," she said."There wasn't trouble," I said evenly. "Cassian simply preferred I coordinate through Priya instead. It has
My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 40: Too Close
Cassian's POVBianca had started coming to the penthouse Vivienne kept for guests near the office, a convenient excuse always ready if anyone asked.....she was helping coordinate something for the family, staying over when meetings ran late. No one questioned it. No one had reason to yet."You're tense," she said, watching me from the bed as I paced near the window, my tie already discarded somewhere on the floor. "The board again?""The board's fine. It's everything else." I dragged a hand through my hair. "Aurelia asked about the perfume again last week. I don't know how many more times I can call it nothing before she stops believing me.""Then stop worrying about what she believes." Bianca sat up, the sheet slipping from her shoulder, unbothered by any of it in a way I envied more than I wanted to admit. "Come here."I went because it was easier than saying no. Being with her felt easy and natural, while my marriage had become difficult and exhausting. I felt guilty because I coul
My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 39: The Favor No One Saw
Aurelia's POVThe children's hospital fundraiser was technically Vivienne's event, but I had ended up taking care of most of the planning weeks earlier when her assistant secretly asked me for help. It was smaller and more private than the gala. The event was held in the hospital's atrium, where donors and the wives of board members gathered under soft white lights.I hadn't expected to enjoy it. I did, for the first hour, at least..... until Vivienne found me near the auction tables."Aurelia, darling." She said it warmly, for the small cluster of donors nearby, though her eyes carried their usual calculation. "I was just telling everyone how involved you've been with tonight's silent auction. Perhaps you could say a few words, when the bidding opens. Introduce the cause properly.""I didn't prepare anything.""Oh, don't worry about that. Just speak from the heart. It's always more genuine that way." Her smile widened slightly. "Besides, I think it would mean so much to everyone her
My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 38: What Guilt Makes of a Man
Cassian's POVBianca started staying later more often after that night. It became a pattern neither of us named out loud.....her knock on my door somewhere past nine, coffee she didn't need to bring, conversation that drifted further from work with every visit.Two weeks after the leak, she came in without knocking at all."You've been avoiding me," she said, closing the door behind her."I haven't been avoiding you.""You have." She crossed the room and sat on the edge of my desk instead of the chair across from it, close enough now that I had to tilt my head up to meet her eyes. "You canceled our coffee Tuesday. You didn't answer my text Thursday. I know what avoidance looks like, Cassian.""I've been busy.""You've been scared." She said it plainly, no judgment in it, just the same patient honesty she always used with me. "Of what almost happened. Of what you told me that night."I didn't answer. There wasn't an answer that would have made either of us feel better about where we al
My Husband's Stepbrother Is My First Love Chapter 37: What Cassian Told Himself
Cassian's POVThe office was empty by the time Bianca knocked on my door, everyone else long gone for the night, the city outside the windows reduced to scattered lights and distant traffic."You're still here," she said, letting herself in without waiting for an answer. "I saw your light on my way out. Thought you might want company, or coffee, or both.""Both, honestly." I rubbed my eyes, the Hendricks spreadsheet still open on my screen, numbers I'd been staring at for so long they'd stopped meaning anything. "This leak is a mess. I don't know how it got out, and the board wants answers I don't have yet.""You'll figure it out. You always do." She set a coffee down on my desk, then settled into the chair across from me, unhurried, like she had nowhere else to be. "You looked exhausted at dinner the other week. I've been meaning to check on you.""I'm fine.""You keep saying that." She studied me, something soft and patient in her expression. "You don't have to, with me. I'm not goi
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