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꧁♡ 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔨 ♡꧂

Peter had sent me the address earlier.

Jacques’ house.

It was supposed to be simple. I show up, we talk, he gives me the construction rights, and I finally get to settle things properly in New York without having to keep shifting pieces around like I’ve been doing for months now. It wasn’t even about ambition at this point, it was about control, about having something stable in a place that clearly didn’t want to give me that easily.

Jacques had the kind of influence that made
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  • 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   059

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂I had just finished attending to my last patient for the shift when a nurse hurried toward me, her steps quick, her expression tight like something had just gone wrong. “Doctor Tim,” she called, slightly out of breath. “There’s an emergency case. Construction accident. They just brought him in.” I didn’t ask anything else. I nodded once and moved immediately.Whatever thoughts I had earlier, whatever had been sitting at the back of my mind since the café, it all got pushed aside without effort. The emergency ward was already active when I got there, nurses moving quickly, voices overlapping.The patient was on the bed, barely conscious, his breathing uneven, his body covered in dust and blood like he had been pulled straight out of the site without proper cleaning. His clothes were torn in places, his skin bruised, and there was a deep cut along his side that hadn’t stopped bleeding properly. I stepped closer without wasting time, my focus narrowing immediately. “What

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   058

    ꧁♡ 𝓣𝓲𝓶♡꧂I stopped by a café near the hospital to get coffee and a few treats for myself and the others before heading in again. It had become something I did without thinking, a routine that made things easier when the day ahead was going to be long and exhausting and besides I never got to drink the coffee that Sheila brought for me. The place wasn’t too crowded, just enough people to keep the line moving slowly, and I stood there waiting for my turn, already knowing what I was going to order.I didn’t expect to see her.“Tim?”I turned, and there she was.Laura.For a second, I just looked at her, trying to process it properly because the last thing I had heard was that no one knew when she would be back. Eric had said it like it wasn’t something he had control over, like it was uncertain, and yet here she was standing right in front of me like nothing had changed.“Laura,” I said, a little surprised, my brows pulling together slightly. “You’re back?”She smiled, calm and easy

  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   026

    𝓣𝓲𝓶Laura’s sobbing filled the hotel room like a cracked siren that refused to go silent. She curled in on herself at the edge of the bed, clutching the white sheet around her naked body as if it could erase what had just been revealed. Her shoulders shook violently, and her cries came out brok

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   025

    𝓣𝓲𝓶I asked Eric if he had a room reserved at this hotel. My voice sounded calmer than I felt. The cold night air was still clinging to my skin, and my chest felt tight from everything that had just happened in the car.Eric nodded. His hands were still gripping the steering wheel even though th

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   024

    𝓣𝓲𝓶The headlights blinded me.For a second, all I could see was white light flooding my vision, swallowing the dark road, swallowing the night, swallowing everything except the outline of a man stepping out of the car. My heart leaped before my mind could catch up, and the shape in the light b

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  • The Brother I Shouldn’t Want   027

    ꧁❀ 𝘛𝘪𝘮 ❀꧂Frank didn’t stop pulling me until we reached his car. The whole way there, he kept talking in a frantic rush, like if he paused for even one second, I would suddenly decide not to believe him. His words came out tangled and breathless, his hand gripping my wrist so tightly that I cou

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-25
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