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꧁♡ 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨 ♡꧂

I stood in the hallway longer than I meant to after Tim told me to get out.

For once, I didn’t feel like laughing it off. I leaned against the wall with my arms crossed, staring at the pale green tiles like they had personally offended me.

A man shouldn’t argue with a patient, I told myself. He was hurt. He was tired and he was emotional. I had pushed him too far and I knew it.

Still, the image of his flushed face and the way he looked at me before yelling wouldn’t leave my he
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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   065

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂The car finally came to a stop after what felt like a long drive, though I couldn’t tell exactly how long it had been with the sack still covering my head. Everything had blurred into one, the movement, the turns, the silence from the men around me, all of it making it impossible to track where we were going or how far we had come. My hands were free, but that didn’t mean much when I couldn’t see anything, when every step I took had been controlled, guided, like I didn’t have a choice in any of it.The engine died down, and for a moment everything went quiet. Then hands were on me again, firm but not rough, pulling me forward. My feet hit solid ground, and I steadied myself instinctively, even as my vision was still blocked, my balance still not fully recovered from earlier. The air felt different here, fresher, more open, not like the city, and that alone told me we weren’t anywhere near where I had been taken.“Move.” I didn’t argue or resist cause there was little on

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   064

    ꧁♡ 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨 ♡꧂I didn’t hesitate when the window rolled down and I saw him. There was no surprise, no second thought, just a quiet understanding settling in because I already knew what this was. Kagemoto Kazama sat inside like he owned the air around him, relaxed, composed, watching me with that faint smile that never quite reached his eyes. “Get in,” he said, like it wasn’t a request, like this was something already decided.I held his gaze for a second, then stepped forward and got in without another word. The door shut behind me, cutting off everything outside, leaving only the quiet inside the car. Like the silence was part of whatever scheme he had planned. He didn’t speak immediately, just watched me, studying me in that calm, measured way that made it clear he wasn’t here for some peaceful talk.Then again, it's Kagemoto Kazama. Nothing about him was ever peaceful, despite the facade he puts up.“You’ve been busy,” he said eventually.“I could say the same about you,” I re

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   063

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂The scream cut through everything, sharp enough to pull me out of the fog completely, and I was already moving before my mind fully caught up. My body felt heavy, the dizziness was still there from earlier, but it didn’t matter, not now. I pushed forward anyway, stepping out of the room and heading straight toward the living room, my heartbeat picking up with each step, something tight forming in my chest.“Sheila?”No response.I reached the living room and stopped. Sheila stood there, but not the way she should. A man had his arm locked around her from behind, holding her tightly in place, and a gun was pressed right against her face. The metal caught the light just enough to make it real, too real, and she didn’t move, didn’t struggle, like she was afraid that even the smallest movement would set something off.Her eyes were wide, filled with fear, tears already streaming down her cheeks as her body trembled in his grip. Her lips parted slightly like she wanted to spe

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   062

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂I rushed into the station without slowing down, my steps uneven but fast enough to carry me straight inside, my eyes already searching before I even fully crossed the entrance. The noise inside felt louder than it should have, voices overlapping, movement constant, but none of it registered properly because I was only looking for one person.Frank.My gaze moved from one end of the room to the other, scanning faces, corners, spaces where he could be standing, sitting, leaning, anything but he wasn’t there. The only familiar figures were the thugs from earlier, sitting off to the side looking worse than before, bruises dark against their skin, expressions tight with irritation, but they didn’t matter.He wasn’t there.I paused for a second, just long enough to look again, like maybe I had missed him the first time, like maybe he was somewhere just out of my line of sight, but nothing changed. A quiet breath left me, not quite a sigh, not quite anything at all, before I f

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   061

    ꧁♡ 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨 ♡꧂The chair was uncomfortable. I leaned back anyway, one arm resting loosely against it, my fingers tapping lightly as my gaze drifted across the room without really focusing on anything. The police station smelled like stale air and paperwork, a mix that didn’t change no matter where you went. Officers moved in and out, going about their routine like this was just another day, another problem to deal with before moving on to the next. To them, it probably was. To me, it was just a delay.Across from me, the men from earlier didn’t look as relaxed. Their clothes were still disheveled, their expressions tight, irritation sitting heavy on their faces like they hadn’t expected things to go this way. Bruises were already forming, some darker than others, a few cuts still fresh enough to show exactly how things had gone for them. They kept looking at me, like they were waiting for something, an apology, a reaction, anything at all, but they weren’t getting it.“So you’re

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   060

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂“Tim!”The voice cut through the noise around me, sharp and familiar, and before I could fully process it, someone was already in front of me, closing the distance in seconds as I tried to stand from the floor. Strong arms steadied me before I could lose my balance completely, pulling me upright when the floor felt like it was still spinning under my feet. Frank. I didn’t need to look twice to know it was him. His grip was firm, one hand at my back, the other holding my arm like he was making sure I wouldn’t drop right there, his presence cutting through the chaos around me in a way nothing else could.“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice low but urgent, his eyes scanning my face quickly before settling on the back of my head where the pain was still pulsing.I nodded, even though everything still felt like it was shifting slightly around me. “I’m fine,” I said, my voice not as steady as I wanted it to be. “I just need a second.”He didn’t look convinced, but he didn’t

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   020

    ☾♡ Eric ♡☽Hatred has always come easily to me.People liked to say brothers should love each other, protect each other, grow up side by side like two trees from the same root. But Frank and I had never grown like that. From the moment we were children, he stood taller, brighter, louder than me. H

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   021

    𝓣𝓲𝓶By the time the nurse came in with my discharge papers, I had already been awake for a long time.The hospital room was quiet in that strange way only hospitals could be quiet, filled with the faint hum of machines and the distant sound of footsteps in the hallway. My body felt lighter than

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   019

    𝓣𝓲𝓶I stared at the ceiling for a long time before I finally spoke.“Thank you.”The word came out small, almost weak, but it carried everything I had been holding inside. Frank turned his head slightly and looked at me.“For what?” he asked.I swallowed and forced myself to look at him. My hear

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   023

    ꧁♡ 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨 ♡꧂The hotel lobby looks exactly the same as it did on Eric’s wedding day, and that alone makes something dark twist inside my chest. The polished marble floor reflects the yellow light from the chandelier above, and for a brief second I see my own shadow stretched out in front of me

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-23
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