Lahat ng Kabanata ng Bound By Blood: The Step-Brothers' Temptation: Kabanata 201 - Kabanata 210

_Amelie’s POV_The room remained still after Luca made his way out.It was too still, too quiet, and too heavy with the kind of silence that let my thoughts run circles until they made me dizzy. The brothers had gone their separate ways hours ago, each nursing their anger like an open wound. The walls here didn’t just keep secrets—they soaked them in, and I could feel them pressing on my chest.I hated what this felt like. It was completely different from this past few days and I couldn’t blame anyone for it. I sat on the edge of the bed, the blanket rumpled beneath me, my hands resting in my lap like they didn’t belong to me. For days, I’d avoided looking at them—kept them wrapped, hidden under gauze and the excuse of healing. It was easier that way. Easier not to remember.But the bandages had to come off sometime.My fingertips brushed the edge of the tape, and a strange chill went through me. My stomach clenched. I should wait until morning. I should do this with someone else h

_Amelie’s POV_The air turned heavy the moment Luca stepped through the doorway.Nico stiffened instantly. His jaw clenched so hard I swore I heard the grind of his teeth. I could see it in his shoulders, the way every muscle coiled, ready to spring. For a second, he just stared at his brother as if he didn’t recognize him. Then, without a word, he pushed back his chair.“I’m not doing this,” Nico muttered, turning for the door.No. No.. no..He can’t leave. Panic surged through me. If I let him leave now, there would be no coming back. The divide between them would widen into a chasm, and once it swallowed them whole, I’d never get them back.I couldn’t let things get that bad. “Wait!” My hand shot out before I could think. I caught his wrist, fingers trembling as they wrapped around the solid muscle of his forearm. “Nico, don’t go.”He froze but didn’t look at me. His arm jerked, trying to shake me off, but I held tighter. My heart pounded so hard it hurt. “Please. If you walk out

_Amelie’s POV_Matteo’s mouth was still on mine when the thought slammed into me: this wasn’t like before.Before, when we’d been shoved into each other’s space, it had been about proximity, about testing boundaries. He’d been cold, controlled, unreadable. I’d been guarded, biting my tongue, terrified of giving anything away.The last time I wasn’t allowed to want this. It had felt so forbidden.But now—now there was nothing cold in him. Nothing controlled. He was fire.And I was damn well the air that made him burn.His lips crushed mine like he wanted to steal the air out of me, like he wanted to prove I was here, alive, that I hadn’t been taken from him. My back hit the mattress hard, his weight pinning me down. I gasped, and he swallowed the sound with another kiss, rougher than the last, his hands gripping my jaw so tightly I thought I’d bruise.I should have been afraid. But fear was the last thing in me. I wanted this. God, I wanted this so fucking bad.His voice had cracked mi

_Amelie’ POV_. I hadn’t expected him to actually move—but he did. Luca’s steps were slow, measured, like a predator crossing into another predator’s den. Matteo hadn't said a word despite knowing his brother was right here, and I fear what it was he might say.His body above mine stiffened instantly, his jaw locked, muscles going taut as steel. I felt the change ripple through him the second the bed dipped under Luca’s weight.For a moment, it was unbearable silence.Matteo’s hand clenched around my wrist as though he might drag me away, as though I was something fragile that Luca had no right to touch. His chest was heaving, his breaths short, and I could feel the storm raging in him. This was Matteo—always the protector, the shield—but now, confronted with the thought of sharing me, his world tilted.My heart thundered in my ears.I don't think they had thought about it after agreeing to be all mine. I should have been afraid. Torn. But instead, my pulse quickened with something

_Amelie’s PoV_ When I opened my eyes, I was on the bed with a robe on and the blankets pulled over me. I let out a soft yawn as I pushed myself up from the bed, blinking gently as I took in the room. Surprisingly, I had fallen asleep while they had washed me, and I didn’t even wake up. Was I that tired? The memory of all that happened the night before, and the triplets taking care of me this morning filled my mind and I couldn’t help the wide grin that spread on my face. They were doing their best to make me feel good and it made me happy. The door creaked open and I immediately looked up to see Nico walking in, and for a moment my heart did a backflip. His eyes roamed over my body, and he licked his bottom lip before his gaze found my eyes again. I knew it was Nico. The triplets all looked alike. Same color of hair and eyes.Their voices were the same. But they still weren’t the same. I knew from the way Nico looked at me, the way Matteo spoke to me, and the way Luca li