All Chapters of After One Night With My Sister’s Prized Possession : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

“Yes,” Scarlett cried, gripping her tighter. “And it hurts me more than it ever hurt you. I hate who I became. I hate that I betrayed you just to feel something, just to feel like I still had a sister.” Jade’s knees nearly gave out. Fear crawled up her spine, fed by the height, the memories she never let herself touch. Cold concrete. Screaming metal. The moment her body had fallen and the world had gone quiet. “I just wanted us back,” Scarlett pleaded, voice breaking. “I miss what we had. I want to fix it. I want a sister.” The word “Sister” sliced straight through Jade’s ribs. Her walls cracked. “I didn’t isolate myself to hurt you,” Jade whispered, tears spilling despite her. “I did it because I never felt seen. Not by our family. Not by anyone.” Scarlett went still. “Mum and Dad adored you..you’re so perfect,” Jade continued, the truth shaking loose now that it had started. “Every room you walked into, you were enough. Always enough. And I kept wondering what was wrong wit

Kain barely waited before reaching for the clothes. The room smelled faintly of leather and metal polish. His world, distilled into order. Mario stood in front of him like a soldier presenting armor. Held them out with military precision. Folded, pressed, perfect. Black shirt. Tailored slacks. Watch already synced to his heart rate, ticking softly against time itself. Everything Kain liked. Clean. Controlled. Ready. “What kept you so long?” Kain asked, shrugging out of the borrowed shirt, muscles shifting as fabric slid off his shoulders. Mario didn’t answer immediately. That alone made Kain pause. “…Madeline was at your penthouse,” Mario said at last. Kain stilled for half a second. Then he laughed—low, amused. “Good,” he said. “Even better that I sent you.” He took the shirt and pulled it on, not bothering to button it. His fingers moved faster than usual. Energy thrummed under his skin like a second pulse. Restless. Wired. Alive in a way he hadn’t been before Jade. “So,

“I won’t go into details,” Scarlett said quickly. “Some things should stay sacred.” Jade swallowed. Her chest felt hollow. “All I can say,” Scarlett went on, forcing a breath, “is that it happened fast. Too fast. And I never erased him from my mind after that night.” The wind swept between them. Scarlett lifted her hand. Her pinky. “He took this,” she said softly. “My promise finger.” MJade shuddered quietly as she stared at it, her heart pounding so loudly it drowned out the city below. “He even promised me marriage,” Scarlett said. “I didn’t doubt it. Not for a second.” Jade’s throat tightened. “Then he disappeared,” Scarlett whispered, eyes glistening. “Flew out of the country for business. You know how men like him are. Always moving. Always unreachable.” Her laugh came thin and brittle. “Do you know how much that I waited? I hoped. I searched. For years.” She looked straight at Jade. “The auction was my miracle.” Jade felt the words sink into her bones

The night held its breath. “No matter what,” Kain said quietly, the words steady but weighted, “I won’t leave your side.” The garden lights shimmered soft and golden behind him, but his focus never left her. His shoulders were squared, yet there was something bare in the way he stood—as if he had already stripped himself down and was waiting to see if she would accept what remained. “No woman…” His voice faltered for half a beat, honesty pressing through like he was afraid volume might break her, “I won’t leave your side. No woman has ever made me feel like you do. You’re the first.” Jade’s breath caught. She didn’t look away, but something in her eyes trembled. “You gave me the gift of falling in love,” he continued, slower now, each word deliberate. “My childhood…” He swallowed. His jaw tightened briefly before he forced himself to continue. “It hollowed me out. I learned how to function, not how to feel. But with you?” He took a step closer, careful, as if sudden mov

The truth tore out of him before instinct could cushion it. “Once. Before you.” It was like watching a light switch flip. Not anger. Not drama. Just… off. A brittle sound slipped from her throat. Half laugh. Half fracture. “So I wasn’t first,” Jade said quietly. “…I really stood there believing I was special.” “I believed I was special!” “That’s not true—” He reached for her without thinking. Fingers hovering in the air between them, shaking. He stopped himself like touching her might make it worse. “I regret it. I swear I do. I regret not meeting you sooner.” Her eyes lifted slowly. They weren’t accusing. They were tired. Then why does it still feel like I came second? She didn’t say it. She didn’t need to. “Then why didn’t you tell me?” she asked. Her voice was calm now, which scared him more. “Why did you let me fall…why did you watch me hope—while parts of the truth were missing?” His mouth opened. Nothing came out. A second passed. Just one