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The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 42 - Missing Person
꧁ Marisella ꧂I walk into the house I grew up in with trepidation.Silence greets me, a heavy premonition in the air.Weeks ago, an intruder had gained access through the kitchen window. I have a key, and I used the door, but I feel just like an intruder.My shower is short and purposeful. I dress up in running shoes, jogging pants, and a jacket.Before hailing an Uber, I jog to the end of the street to clear my head, and while in the car, I feel somewhat more in control.I just received the biggest news of my life, and I’m holding back every damaging thought sticking fingers in my brain.I want to see my friend, apologize and explain the situation to her, and get advice.I miss her, and frankly, her blunt attitude would help me so much.At her apartment building, I run up the stairs with my heart nearly bursting.Finally, someone I can talk to without falling into a life-altering trap. Someone I’m not afraid to show all my colors without flinching under bone-crushing shame.Her door
The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 41 - Unravel
꧁ Marisella ꧂My eyes peel open, senses returning like memory foam. A color here, texture there. My general position registers on a deep breath, my throat tight on a gulp.Then I remember.Mum. The infection… Alexei.I turn side to side to see I’m alone in the room, on a hospital bed.I’d fainted from exhaustion, and now my mother was alone with Alexei. I can’t let her talk to him.My legs are heavy as lead as I swing them to the floor. And then I sit there, weight braced on my arms as the exhaustion clears like a storm.What had she said? Something about dying.Something about adoption.I freeze.That familiar ache and disbelief rush back into my body with a vengeance.I’m adopted. My mother… is not my real mother.And she’d decided to tell me now.Because she thinks she’s dying, and she wants to give me a chance to…No.That’s not it.A sick suspicion churns my gut.She wouldn’t lie about such a thing. But the circumstances around her confession feel doctored.I brush my palm over m
The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 40 - Strategic Sacrifice
꧁ Marisella ꧂In person, Elizaveta sucks the air in the hallway and spins it into an icy typhoon around herself.She’s tall. Equal in height to Alexei’s six-something, though she’s wearing heels. Even then, it’s impressive.After a single sweep of her dismissive gaze over me, she scans the hospital hallway with distaste and then turns to Alexei.“Why are we outside?”The spell breaks.I face Alexei too.Without looking at his fiancée, he gestures to her. “Marisella, this is Elizaveta Vasilieva, my fiancée. Elizaveta, this is my sister.”“Stepsister.”Elizaveta’s correction slams into me with the force of a brick.But I don’t have the time or luxury to be shocked or offended. To be anything. My mother is fighting for her life, and I have a plan that requires a straight head.So I smile, even though my joints ache and my head hurts.“It’s so nice to finally meet you. I was wondering when we’d get to meet.” I can’t bring myself to offer a hug or handshake. “I didn’t imagine it would be
The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 39 - Vasilieva
꧁ Marisella ꧂Long after Mum and I finish talking, I stare up at the cold, sky-blue ceiling.Even as my awareness dims and sleep hazes my senses, I muse over everything Mum had told me. Everything I’ve learned in the past few weeks.His return. Her recovery. His engagement.The sins of one father come to drag us all to hell.The chair is stiff behind me, and only beeps punctuate the air.He took everything from her. It wouldn’t be fair to let him win. Even in death.The sheer vastness of my mother’s inheritance is baffling. My childhood had been comfortable but tight. That prickly awareness of something wrong with your parent’s relationship prevalent in every moment.Dad’s prolonged absences, the money trouble always on the horizon. Mum’s hard work to keep us firmly middle-class.The face of the sickly boy who’d come to live with us.A sigh.Now Alexei is walking into a cage of a marriage, and Konstantin is probably developing Mum’s land.I can’t let that happen.My muddled mind clear
The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 38 - The French Riviera
꧁ Marisella ꧂“Please calm down, Mum, please. How do you—”The hospital room door swings open, and a nurse sweeps in.“What is going on?”Mum and I turn at the sudden interruption, the nurse’s stern face taking us in.I stand up, still holding Mum’s hand. “I, uh… she just got excited. Mum, are you okay?”Mum’s chest rises and falls under her still-shaking palm, but she gives a nod. She breathes through her mouth, her face still etched with a mix of terror and confusion.“Your heart rate is too high. I’ll administer a drug to help you calm down—”“No!” Mum interrupts. “I’m fine. Or I will be. Just let me talk to my daughter first. Please.”The nurse looks at both of us again. “Don’t cause her any more shocks. She’s still under close monitoring.”At my nod, the nurse turns and leaves.The door hasn’t even closed completely when Mum grabs my hand again.Her chin is set, her grip almost too strong. “There’s something I need to tell you.”No kidding. Everyone seems to have secrets that I o
The Assassin’s Portrait: Stepbrother Dark Romance Chapter 37 - Slow Descent
꧁ Marisella ꧂My hands are steady around my phone, but my heartbeat is erratic.I rewind the video and look at Elizaveta Vasilieva once more. Posh. An undeniable beauty with porcelain skin.They look perfect together.I lock my phone and place it gently on the sofa beside me.How long was he planning to hide this for?Why am I finding out on the internet?He’d said our protection had required a different kind of payment, but I hadn’t imagined anything like this.I ease the grip of my fingers around my drawn-up knees. Staring straight ahead, I try to make sense of my position.Alexei had taken such a big step without confiding in me. While I sat here imagining a future with him in it, he’d secured one without me in his.As long as I let him be a savior, I wouldn’t get to hold any power of my own.I’ve been locked up and steered this way and that. The least he can do is let me in on plans that will ultimately affect me.He owes me at least that. Or does he?The storm lets up, the trees
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