All Chapters of One Night's Mistake: Claimed by my Boyfriend's Brother.: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

“Where are you right now, Estel?”Estel yawns and I hear it in full force on the other side of the line. It’s 9pm in the city and I’m out, in a mall, in a shopping outlet, trying to shop for clothes while trying not to feel like I don’t belong here.I can already see some of the shopping attendants chattering at one corner of the store. The question is if they’re talking about me or not? Plus, isn’t clothing outlet snobbery only supposed to exist during the daytime? Isn’t snobbery meant to have run out by this time?Estel’s voice on the other end of the line reminds me that I’m actually on a call as she responds, “I can’t disclose where I am right now. What’s up though?”I speak under my breath as I respond, “I’m at a clothing store, trying to spend some of my wardrobe allowance, and failing miserably because my best friend isn’t here. You also missed the dinner.”Estel chuckles, “Girl, you know you’re lying. You didn’t want me three feet near that dinner.”I gasp, and in an attempt

The silence in the room doesn’t lessen even as more people come in. It’s a living thing and it’s slightly suffocating.Christian’s employees all look star struck at the sight of him, but when they turn their eyes to me there’s a look of suspicion and a stark question in them even though no one says anything.Those stares all say one thing, “Who the hell are you?”Christian’s presence is an imposing boulder at my side and those of his employees are an intimidating hard place, so I’m kind of stuck now. Still, my legs take me forward of their own will till I’m climbing the steps to the podium Christian mentioned a minute ago.The moment I get to the top, something like an electric charge shoots through me, and suddenly my face is on a large screen I didn’t even know was there. I clear my throat and I hear the sound echo like I’m speaking into a microphone so the pit in my stomach grows deeper, but I force the words out of my throat, putting as much confidence in my voice that I hope it d

My mind pauses on the possibility of it, but there's no way Christian would know and not do anything about it. He may have never even seen this email, because it's been so long since he's had a secretary, and since no one has been here to monitor things like this, Levi can exploit it.A phone rings and I jump immediately, thinking it's the company line, but it's not. It's mine, and the caller is Christian.I pick up, ready to spill out every bit of my discovery to him, but his voice beats me to it, "The report from the finance department should have been on my desk by now, Miss Bennett."The call cuts immediately after that, and for a while I'm left gaping at my phone, mouth hanging open and a large question mark in the wrinkles on my forehead.Still, my hand is reaching for the report that just came out of the printer a minute ago. I'm shocked, not incompetent.I march my way to the elevator, ignoring the eyes of coworkers as they stare at me. They're probably wondering what has push

For a moment, there's silence.Then Levi tilts his head to the side, eyebrows scrunched like he can't understand what I just said and a look on his face as if he can’t decide whether to laugh or shake his head at me in pity.There's a note of mockery in Levi's voice as he repeats slowly, "You're my brother's girlfriend."I don't know if I should nod or bash his face in with my clenched fists. I might have the force of my anger with me, but that doesn't mean I can take Levi on. He's still a man, with thicker bone density and more height and body mass than me.He's not as large as Christian, but he's larger than me, and Christian isn't here to help me in this moment.Maybe that's why when Levi's taunt lands, it hits me in a place I didn't know I could actually be hit. “That's cute, Lyra. You're smart though, so you don't actually believe that, do you?”I take a deep breath and square my shoulders, responding as calmly as I can, “We’re together. Christian and I are in an actual relations

I force some steel into my spine and as I step into the sleek glass walls of Storm Enterprises, I paste on the weakest version of a professional face I can manage.Just like yesterday, everyone stares at me like I'm this strange creature, and a voice in my mind asks me if they know?What if they're all aware of the relationship between me and Christian, and they only look at me like this because they know how this script plays?I head straight to my office, the sight of myself in a black fitted elegant work dress making me feel a bit better. I see a note on my table regarding a file and I get seated to attend to it quickly.Though my heart is in shambles, I still take myself to the top floor, but Christian isn’t there.His office is empty, the blinds drawn, and his personal assistant, the same woman who picked me up once in a car and mocked me for believing Christian would have anything lasting with me tells me he's gone off on a business trip.She doesn't mention anything about me be