Semua Bab Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother: Bab 181 - Bab 190

KESTER.It felt like the second Kasmine stepped out of the house, my world began to fall into chaos.Ten fucking minutes. That's all it took.My phone lit up like a rabid Christmas tree – texts, emails, missed calls. It was almost like they had piled up, waiting for me to be alone and vulnerable, just to test my promise of self-control to Kasmine.Alfred was found dead in his house this morning, and his wife told the authorities I'd been there. She said she heard my voice before the gun went off.Said she saw me leaving by the time she ran out of the kitchen.Fuck.I gritted my teeth, pacing around. My body couldn't stay still even if I tried. The only thing louder than the pounding of my heart was the snarl rising in my chest.Why now? I wanted to stop getting my hands dirty. But someone was playing a dangerous game.The Black Ledger had been tampered with again. Forty percent of the firewall layers were cracked through like they were nothing more than damp paper.That level of hacki

KESTER."We don't need a genius to figure this out, Kes," Norlan said, sprawled out on my couch like I hadn't just dumped a damn war at his feet.He felt this was nothing more than child's play?That arrogance of his that he'd never let go."Kex and Wes are coming for you so hard. You don't step on that many big toes without expecting some to kick back." He raised his glass, knocked it back, and casually reached for the remote.I snatched it before his fingers touched the plastic and flung it onto the other couch."I don't have all day, Norlan."He let out an unbothered laugh. "But you're not going to the office today, are you? It's past three.""No," I said flatly. "I've got an appointment. Therapist. First session. I want to see if the guy's worth the hype. I want to make sure I go for the best."Norlan blinked, then slowly sat up, setting the glass down."This is good, Kes," he said more seriously. "I'm glad she got through to you. I never thought I'd see the day you'd admit you ne

KESTER.I sat in the living room, hunched over the controller, with my eyes glued to the TV screen as the video game blared through the speakers when I heard Dad's car in the parking lot.They were here.I had already rehearsed this moment over and over in my head like a scene from a movie, and I was certain I'd do even better than how I had it planned out in my head.Ignore them. Don't speak. Don't look. Just keep your eyes on the TV and pretend they don't exist.Simple.I turned the volume up a notch.I heard giggles.They were already a happy family without me. But it wasn't new to me. Whoever the little girl who'd now become his new daughter was should be happy she met the monster when he was in his pretentious era.She probably thought she'd just won the jackpot. Got herself a daddy.I couldn't wait for her to learn how wrong she was.The front door creaked open.I didn't even turn to look.The maids followed behind, dragging in glossy suitcases and fancy bags with golden zippers

KESTER.The sirens wailed like tortured spirits as we barreled into the hospital's emergency bay. Medics burst out of the doors like ants from a disturbed nest, yanking open the van and hauling Norlan onto a stretcher.Fuck.Everything was falling apart.I was drenched in my best friend's blood. And the worst part? He still wasn't healing. Not even a twitch of regeneration. It felt like the world had forgotten he was a damn wolf!That scared me more than I wanted to admit.As soon as we crossed the hospital threshold, Norlan was rushed into the emergency ward. The doors slammed shut in my face, locking me out of the one person I couldn't afford to lose right now.I felt my world crumbling rapidly.I put my hands into my pocket to pull out my phone and check where Kasmine was, hoping against all odds that she was still alive. But my fingers scraped against nothing.Shit!I left it back in my car.When the ambulance arrived, I had to sit with Norlan at the back of the van, leaving my ca

KASMINE.The tears had finally stopped. Not because the ache in my chest had dulled but because I had nothing left to give. My body had wrung out every drop.I sat there with hollow eyes, shivering inside a hoodie I didn't remember putting on.Perhaps I should thank Kester and his brutal, explosive outburst. It had jolted something in me and snapped me out of the spiral.Thank Selene, I was here to stop him. Otherwise, he would have killed Cole.We were still waiting for Claire. The doctors were still with her in the ER. I had been praying, begging, promising, and bargaining with Selene and every god that might exist since the moment she got shot that nothing ever happens to her. Otherwise, I would never forgive myself.I already couldn't. My chest felt like it was folding in on itself, rib by rib.I was already drowning in a pool of regrets. I should've called her. God, if I had just picked up the damn phone instead of making it about me, maybe we wouldn't have been here. I wouldn't