Semua Bab Good Riddance, Stepbrother: Bab 1 - Bab 10

I did not like Thanksgiving, and I never wanted to go home for it. However, my mother called me crying and lied that she had late-stage cancer, insisting that I make a trip home.Over dinner, she criticized me like there was no tomorrow. “I wouldn’t even get to see you if I didn’t tell you I was lying! It’s been years since you came home. Do you still consider us your family?”Ethan Cole looked up lazily from his food. The smirk on his lips made my hair stand on end.“I bet you did something so terrible that you can’t even face us anymore. Am I right?” he said purposely, his voice laced with insinuations.Everyone knew we did not get along. We became stepsiblings after my mother’s remarriage.At her wedding, Ethan had cut up my dress to embarrass me. His father punished him harshly for it, but that did not stop him. In fact, it only made things worse.Whenever the adults’ backs were turned, he would torture me with pranks, mockery, and taunting. He had a tight grip on my weakne

No one knew. The dangerous secret that Ethan and I hid was our relationship that only existed behind tightly locked doors.At school, we were stepsiblings, just two kids who lived under the same roof. There was nothing odd about us at all.However, once the lights went off and the room turned silent…We became something completely different.The passionate kisses and burning hot embraces were so dangerous that I nearly lost myself.He studied seriously, and I helped him with his exam prep, checking every essay he wrote. His GPA soared, and it actually reached 3.8 when he graduated.His father fulfilled his promise. When the results came out, a brand new silver Camaro appeared in our garage.Ethan won, and I had completely fallen for him.However, others were also starting to catch on.“Aren’t the two of you… a bit too close?” someone mentioned over lunch. “Ethan, are you making a move on your stepsister, too?”He scoffed and tossed a grape into his mouth. “Are you crazy? Sh

"Come on." Ethan smiled and leaned back lazily in his chair, looking as if he were in control of everything. "Seems like her first love was so handsome and unforgettable that she just wanted to keep it a secret forever."He looked so smug, as if this whole dinner was just another performance of his. How ironic!Chloe's smile froze slightly. She poked the piece of fat beef that was added to my plate earlier. "You haven't touched your food, Summer. Do you not like my cooking?”"I don't eat fatty meat," I answered coldly.Ethan's leg touched mine again under the table. This time it was deliberate, slow, and suggestive."Eat,” he said casually. At the same time, he held Chloe's hand and interlaced their fingers in front of everyone. "Your sister-in-law, Chloe, specially made this beef. Don't be rude."My stepfather was just about to speak, but my mother interjected first, "Yeah, Summer. Don't be rude! One bite won't kill you."I clenched my fist.Chloe muttered, "It's my fault. I s

I was up all night that night. I curled up in the corner of the small bed in my childhood bedroom, with the light off and the blanket pulled up high.I used to think Chloe was my best friend. During college, she was always so glamorous, walking around the Berkel campus with her Jimmy Choos. She was usually surrounded by a group of followers from the Alpha Phi sorority. I always wore my headphones and studied organic chemistry in the self-study area of the library.She was the first person who really noticed me. We began to take elective courses together, drink cheap coffee from the library together, and even bake frozen pizza together in the kitchen of the student apartment. We became close—or at least I thought so. Everything collapsed when she officially announced her relationship with Ethan on Instagram.I had no idea what he told her. Perhaps it was something I had never said before, or perhaps it was the same set of tricks he used to manipulate people's hearts.No matter what

I gave Ethan a powerful slap.My hand smacked his cheek so hard that my wrist went numb."Your girlfriend is in the next room," I said, my voice low and angry, and my breathing heavy, "yet you still sneak over here to say such mean things? Don't you care about anyone but yourself?"You already messed up my first night," I said, my voice getting louder and sharper, "and now you want to mess me up again? Do you think I'm still the same scared little girl you can just push around?"His eyes turned stormy, his muscles tight under his shirt."Why are you acting all innocent, my wild little stepsister?" he said, moving closer and grabbing my wrist hard.He pushed me against the wall and started to rip off my clothes.However, he soon stopped.A thin red line was wrapped around my back.His fingers shook a little."W-what's this?"He saw more marks on my knees, purple ones that looked like they came from kneeling for too long.I quickly grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around myse