Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother: Kabanata 261 - Kabanata 269

AutumnAfter everything I had learned about my mother and her greed, I knew I couldn’t let her go for that money.“Of course, she would accept it in a heartbeat,” I stated with anger as I paced on the floor of the bedroom.Why did she even need the money?She left my dad when things got bad for him and lied to me for years that he treated her poorly, and then when she found Mateo De Luca, Dante’s wealthy father from a big clan, she hastily married him. shouldn’t she be contended at this point?What did she need the money from, especially from the man she rejected?My hatred for her grew almost immediately.However, just being in the room and thinking about it wasn’t going to solve anything. Dare-Devil already said that my mum had accepted it and she was willing to come for the money.“Can you stall that for me?” I asked him.“Does this mean that you have changed your mind?” Dare-Devil had asked me.Saying that I had changed my mind and accepted the money wasn’t just something that I

DanteI landed on my bed with even more exhaustion from the previous evening, and my eyes were already heavy, so the only thing that was coming to mind was to sleep.“Fuck!” I exclaimed tiredly as I closed my eyes to sleep.I knew that I wouldn’t wake up until the next day, so it was even best I slept now, especially as Romiro’s servant had developed the habit of harshly waking me up when it was barely even morning.I had overworked myself the entire day, way more than I had ever done my whole life, and it was even worse because the guard supervising me had been pissed that he returned from cleaning off the poop he didn’t know Autumn poured on him and saw that I hadn’t been working.I couldn’t have told him that I didn’t continue working because I was talking to Autumn; that would have only made things worse, and so I simply ignored him. He had relayed that to Romiro and my work had been tripled.And now, I went right to sleeping as soon as I fell on the bed. The most important thin

Autumn“Autumn, wake up, it’s time.”That was the voice I heard deep inside my head, and I stirred.“Come on, Autumn, wake up.”This time around, I was able to recognize it as Dante’s voice, and that was when I jerked awake.“I didn’t realize I dozed off,” I said, wiping my mouth.“Of course, you didn’t,” Dante mumbled.The last thing I recalled was that we were both waiting for the right time to leave, since Dante had said that we had to wait for most of the servants to go to bed, including Romiro. That way, escaping wouldn’t be difficult.We hadn’t had much to say to each other.Dante had been deep in thought, and so have I, but I hadn’t even known when I allowed drowsiness to consume me.“It’s time,” Dante repeated.I got up from the bed, and that was when I realized that I had been properly placed on the bed to sleep.“Did you…” I started to ask.“You were going to sprain your neck if I didn’t reposition you,” Dante interjected sharply.“Thanks,” I said. “But why didn’t you wake m

DanteAutumn and I took to our heels, and we ran as fast as we could, and almost blindly, but I didn’t let her go, especially as the bodyguards came after us.“Make sure we catch them!” One of them yelled to another.His torch was on, which was used to keep track of us, and I could have used it to direct our paths, but it wasn’t very stable, and so I had to use my discretion.“Come on, Autumn!” I said as we ran.I couldn’t deny how impressed I was that Autumn was running this fast, and she clung to my hand as well, ensuring that she didn’t let go. There was no way we were going to leave each other.We continued running and they kept chasing us, but with the speed we were surprisingly moving with, I was certain that we would evade them in no time.And then, out of the blue, I felt a piercing on my bare sole, and I realized that I had stepped on something, but I didn’t dare stop or slow down. I didn’t even dare groan.The pain was deep and sharp, but it was not any close to the determin

DanteI became conscious even before I opened my eyes, and as soon as that happened, I felt a pounding headache, almost as though my head as about to fall off.Pain zipped through my entire body.“Argh,” I groaned.“Dante?!” Autumn called.Even in the midst of the chaotic pain happening inside my body, I could still recognize her voice the moment I heard it, and I opened my eyes. It was really difficult at first, but I had to, and as soon as I did, I shut it back because of the forceful ray of light that hit me, and of course, sent more pain through my body to my soul.“You are awake,” she said.And then she touched my arm gently.Her palm was warm, and I allowed the warmth of it to seep through me, not wanting her to get away from me. Then without being told, Autumn began to rub my arm up and down, sending warmth to me, and she did that without saying another word. For a few minutes, we remained like that, and I had to gently open my eyes so that I could get used to the light becau