Semua Bab Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother: Bab 161 - Bab 168

KESTER."I swear to fuck, Norlan, if she ever lays the shadow of a finger on her ever again, you'll have to look for another woman to love," I seethed over the phone, feeling my fingers twitch with the need to hit something or someone... June.Norlan sighed on the other end of the line, already exhausted by the mess his potential woman had become. "Kester, I'm sorry. I swear I'll talk to her—""No. You'll call her to order," I snapped. "Because next time, I won't be calling you. I'll be dragging her out by her fucking hair, and you and I both know, Norlan… I won't stop there.""Kester...""I'm not an enemy June wants to keep. She won't stay alive enough to relish the idea of being enemies with me. Call her to order!"I didn't wait for his response. I dropped the call and tossed the phone on the desk with a hard thud, my jaw tight enough to snap steel.My pulse still hadn't slowed. I stared at the wall for a moment, rage burning at the base of my throat.I wondered why he hadn't made t

KASMINE.I paced the living room frantically like a prisoner waiting for a verdict I already knew would break me.Everywhere I turned, those damned pictures stared back at me—me, smiling like life was perfect.I hated them.I hated how those frozen moments of joy mocked my current misery.How could I be so happy in there while, in reality, I was just seconds away from flinging myself off the earth into a different planet if that would give me peace?June had stormed out after I finally gave her a piece of my mind. And honestly? I didn't care anymore. Let her burn. Let her do her worst.I was done letting everyone gaslight me. I couldn't keep letting guilt dig into my skin like I had brought this upon myself. I didn't ask for any of this nor bring it upon myself. The Moon Goddess did.Mum called me several times after I had promised to see her earlier. I told her Kester asked the guards not to let me out.She tried to get the guards to let me leave. She even threatened them at some poi

KESTER.17 YEARS AGO.It'd been four days since my sad, lonely birthday, and Mum and Dad had not been home yet.No calls. No texts. Not even a note.Caroline came to tell me two days after my parents didn't show up at home for my birthday that they had traveled for a business meeting.I nodded then as if I believed her.But I didn't.I may be eleven, but I'm not stupid.Mum was probably with one of the men Dad always yelled about, and Dad was probably with one of the women Mum said nasty things about when she thought I was asleep.The card I made for them was still sitting on the hallway table. I drew stars on it. And a crown. I wrote "I love you" with a blue marker.I thought maybe they'd see it when they came back.But they didn't.Outside school this morning, I watched Mrs. Freya hug Norlan.She kissed his head and said, "Be safe and eat your snacks, okay?" She kept looking at him with so much tenderness in her eyes, like he was the only thing that mattered in the whole world.He l

KESTER.I swear to fuck, I didn't want to answer my phone since it was my father calling.I knew my father didn't call unless something was boiling under his wrinkled skin. And honestly? If this call could irritate him a little—drag it out, make him squirm—then it won't be a bad idea to frustrate the old fucker a little bit.It would keep me occupied as I drove home. Plus, I was still very upset about not being able to finish what I had set out to do tonight. But it was fine. As long as Kasmine was the one who had stopped me, I was fine.If she says Melissa gets to live, then so be it. That's how it works now.I answered the call while driving at an unhealthy speed. I was in a hurry to return home to my baby."Yes?" I said flatly, not bothering with the useless pleasantries he probably still thought he deserved.I knew my tone would piss him off. That was the point.Let the old fuck stew in it.There was stale silence. The kind that used to make me sit straighter as a kid, hands on my