Lahat ng Kabanata ng IN LOVE WITH DAVE: MY HOT STEPBROTHER: Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

CARMEN“Jasper, did my mother call you?” I asked, standing up as panic filled my entire body when I heard his loud and angry question about me and Dave.“You’re not even going to deny it?” He scoffed, confirming from my answer that whatever he had heard was true. “Where are you right now?”“We can talk about this, Jasper. Are you home? If you’re not, go home and I’ll come meet you there. I’m on my way,” I told him and headed straight for the door, but Terri stood in my way before I could reach the handle.“No, Carmen. I am not going to wait for you at home like some child. Tell me where you are right now and I’m going to pick you up,” he ordered, the tone of his voice letting me know that arguing with him over it would do nothing but prolong the issue and make him angrier.“I’m at Terri’s apartment,” I finally gave in, not making eye contact with Terri as I feared that she would be disappointed in me for telling him where I was when he was that angry.He hung up the phone, and I gave

CARMEN“What?” I asked as Jasper stared at me after his command for me to call Kate and tell her what I had been doing with Dave.“You heard me, Carmen, but if you want me to tell you again, I want you to call Kate right in front of me and tell her what you have been doing behind her back with her husband, who happens to be your stepbrother,” he repeated.“Jasper, you know I cannot do that right now. It’s not my place. If anything, Dave should be the one who tells her about it,” I told him, my tone pleading.“Carmen, do you want to get a divorce?” he asked, sounding over and done with my words.“Why are you asking me that, Jasper? You just said you would want us to scrap everything and have us start all over again,” I reminded.“And I told you the one thing for you to do in order for that to happen,” he countered.“She deserves to hear it from the right person, Jasper—”“And what about me?!” he yelled, interrupting me. “Do you think I deserved to hear it from your mother? Why didn’t y

CARMENMy hands were still trembling when I found the file that I had been searching for, tucking it under my arm placing the diagnostics back where I had seen it.“Oh, my God,” I whispered as hot tears welled in my eyes and I made no attempt at blinking them back or even trying to cover up for it.“Oh, my God!” I repeated when I got into the bedroom and slammed the door shut. I took a picture of what my father had requested for and sent it to him before collecting myself into a ball on the floor as I stared into space.If Jasper had HIV, then I most definitely had it as well.“How the hell did he get something like that?!” I yelled, knowing that there was nobody around to hear me.I took my phone and started to research the causes of HIV in people as if I didn’t know most of it.“God, I cannot do this.” I shook my head, standing up and grabbing my purse before storming out of the house and getting into a taxi.Even the driver could tell that something was wrong from the way he kept g

CARMEN“I cheated, Carmen.”I froze in place, not sure what to do about what Jasper had just confessed to me or how to take it.“How drunk are you right now?” I asked as I stared at him, trying to see if he was trying to play a sick trick on me.“Do you think I’m saying this because I’m drunk? I don’t…I don’t know how to keep this away from you anymore. It feels all wrong. We have both done each other wrong.”I took steps away from him with a shake of my head in confusion.“I don’t understand. Who did you cheat with? What do you mean by that?” I blurted, my heart starting to heat up as if someone had set fire to it.“Carmen, you said you were not going to leave me,” he reminded.“Is that how you got sick?” I asked, and he replied with nothing but silence that told me that my guess was most likely correct.“When did you do it? Did you even know the person that well, or was it just a moment with someone you didn’t know?” I didn’t know what I would do with the information if I got it, bu

CARMEN“What are you talking about? My mother is missing, not dead,” Jasper protested as he was read his Miranda rights and was being taken out of the house.“She’s not dead,” I told them with surety, not sure whether to tell them that I had proof of that or not, but the cops all looked at me with pitiful expressions, as if they knew something I didn’t.“I need my lawyer,” Jasper muttered when they led him into the car, and I assured him that I would be with him as soon as possible.I ran into the house to grab my phone and call Mariah to ask her what was happening, but the minute someone picked up the phone, I knew that something was wrong.It was Solene on the other end of the phone, sobbing so much that my heart slowly started to tear open and bleed into my stomach.“Solene, tell me what happened. They just arrested Jasper, and they kept saying that Mariah was murdered. I don’t think I understand. Can you give her the phone?” I asked, not knowing why tears were filling my eyes but