All Chapters of You Are Mine, Little Sister: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

RALII was too wrung out to keep my eyes open, sleep pressing on me like a sandbag. He carried me upstairs, and the second the bedroom door swung wide, the heaviness of sleep loosened.What the...The room was nothing like I remembered. Nothing like the dark, male, starved-of-light theme I knew it for.The walls were painted in cream, looking soft and honey-warm. The bed had been remade into something I would've torn from a mood board. Blush-pink linen sheets, rumpled, with a channel-tufted headboard in heathered lilac, and at the foot, a plum velvet duvet folded with neatness over a moss-green throw. A single round cushion in deep aubergine also positioned close to the bed.He'd built me a corner, too; a vanity that doubled as a sketch station. A soft-edged cream desk with brass knobs with a little blush-velvet stool on brass legs. My pencils lived in glass jars like candy, a new sketchpad sitting beside them. Beside the sketchpad was a small candle I had no doubt would smell g

He turned to face me and took my hand, threading our fingers like he was filing me under proof. My heart went off like a fist on a locked door. I couldn't look anywhere but at him."This whole time," I swallowed. "They've been about me."His finger traced my collarbone, slid down and circled my nipple. Heat flared, causing my breath to lose its footing. "Everything has been about you since I was twelve."He rolled his thumb and gave the nipple a careful pull that sent a bright ache through my chest, then he slid that hand into my hair like he was shelving me where I belonged."Don't leave me again, Rali Hayes," he said, softer than he ever let himself be, and somehow more dangerous for it. "Not for any reason."My eyes closed on their own. "I won't."I didn't say it because he wanted it. I said it because something that had been running in me for months finally sat down, folded its legs, and decided to stay.*****† RALI"I know, mum. I'm sorry I had to leave. There was an emergenc

Something inside me snapped, tight as piano wire, and pulled hard enough to steal my breath.The woman shook her head, cigarette clenched between her teeth as she lit it. "Whole thing sounded crazy."I looked at Veronica who wore my same shock, her eyes wide and white at the edges."D—Did she say who it was?" I leaned forward, a tremor running through my voice."Nah. Ain't think she even knew what she was sayin'. Then she up and vanished. Stopped talkin' to folks."What the hell?It didn't make any sense that the woman would make those claims if she didn't have any suspicions. Something sour coiled in my gut."Do you know where she lives? O—Or is there a way I can reach her?""Valentina," she murmured as she picked up her cellphone beside her. "She used to come clean for me sometimes. Lemme see if I still got her in here."She smoked from her stick as she went through her phone.Her eyebrows hopped. "Yup. Found it." She dialed.My pulse pounded so loud it seemed to drop through the fl

VOID"I'm so sorry. I'll be quick, I promise."I let my head thud back against the headrest and watched her sprint inside 'again.' What is it with women and last-second essentials?I drummed my fingers against the wheel, my eyes closed as I waited for Rali's return. The car smelled like warm lavender—a new fragrance she bought and insisted I used. The dash ticked time at me. My Phone buzzed with a caller ID that made my jaw flex.I glanced up at the entrance of the house through the window before grabbing the phone."Torturer." His voice grated on my nerves. "How is it going?""Not good. Could use some bloodshed." I drummed a knuckle once. "You volunteering?"He laughed. "I'm gonna miss you, bro."'Miss me.'"Yeah, I'm done with Vlyrissa. She finally gave me what I wanted, so I'll be out of your hair.""Good thing. Make sure you take everything that belongs to you.""Yeah, sure I will." He chuckled. "You uh... wouldn't be down to have lunch, would you?"The words sounded like I'd

RALI'Happy anniversary!'The words rang like gunshots in my skull, so loud I dragged my nails against my scalp as if I could scrape them out."How much further?" My voice broke as I glanced at Void, my tears glassing the view of his knuckles strangling the steering wheel.He didn't look at me, didn't even blink in my direction, but I felt the tension rolling off him.'You two have been an amazing couple. Everyday, I look at you and pray to God I get to experience your kind of romance.'The cheers and applauds. The jokes and laughs God, they wouldn't stop replaying."Can this car move any faster, please!?" My voice split between a sob and a snarl.Three long seconds later came his ice-edged answer, "We're almost there, Rali."Fuck. I buried my face in my palms, my tears soaking through the cracks in my fingers.'My husband has been the best one so far. So, you all should pray for a man like him!' Her teasing laughter. A louder one from the guests.'I love you, babe.' Dad's voice w