All Chapters of My Stepbrother, My Lover : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Prologue:The night air clung to my skin like heat after a storm heavy, electric, impossible to ignore. Music pulsed from inside the mansion, muffled through the thick patio doors, a dull heartbeat echoing from somewhere behind us. But all of that every beat, every sound, every distant voice faded into meaningless static.Because Ian Hardin had me backed into a corner.Not just physically, though he was close. Too close. His tall frame towered over mine, blocking the path back inside. But it was more than his body, it was the look in his eyes, the crackling tension between us, the dangerous proximity of every word we hadn’t said.“Don’t test my self-control, Freckles.” His voice dropped into a deep, molten whisper that slid over my skin like a slow burn. “You know I have none when it comes to you.”My breath caught. Just like that, my body betrayed me, heart hammering, pulse rushing, skin prickling with unwanted heat. The way his voice wrapped around my name… it sent something curling

SeraphinaThe cheers still echoed faintly in my ears, haunting me like a lingering echo from a nightmare or a fantasy I couldn’t wake up from. I stood there, rooted to the ground, breathless and dazed, like someone who’d just stepped off a rollercoaster… except mine had crashed straight into a wall.My lips still tingled, raw, and sensitive from the kiss I had just stolen from a stranger. A stranger I hadn’t even asked his name. A kiss that didn’t mean love or lust or longing. It meant war.It wasn’t attraction. It wasn’t romance. It was retaliation.It was revenge.And it was Ian’s smirk that haunted me more than anything.That arrogant, knowing smirk he’d worn as if he owned the moment. Like he’d won some twisted game we hadn’t agreed to play.I clutched my phone like a weapon like it could shield me from the emotions battering my chest. My pulse thundered. My fingers trembled. But my mind was sharper than it had been all night.Dan.That cheating, spineless bastard.Did he want to