Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forbidden Desire: Tempted By My Stepbrother: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 77

DanteI found myself at the tavern at the outskirts of town because I just wanted to stay away and clear my head. It was ironical, because the tavern was always rowdy and full, but then again, this was where I wanted to be.Or maybe it was because no one knew that I frequented this tavern once in a while. It was like my little kept secret.I thought the cliffs were until I realized that David knew the place as well, and I couldn’t go there because right now, I didn’t want to be found. I needed space away from everyone I knew to think about everything that was running through my mind. I knew that I couldn’t escape getting married to Maria, and a few weeks ago, I wouldn’t be acting this way, but then again, some things had changed.Autumn Taylor had walked in, and now, I was beginning to question things, including the ones I had known for decades.My phone rang. It was Dominic.“What is it?” I asked as soon as I picked it up.I shielded the mouthpiece to prevent the noise from the tave

AutumnThe next couple of minutes after Maria’s screaming had become chaotic. It was as though she had gone wild with craziness, and Mateo had had to ring for the family’s doctor who came in the speed of light.An hour later, dark at night now, we were waiting impatiently for the doctor to come out and tell us what was going on.My mum was sobbing.“This isn’t your fault, mum,” I tried to calm her down.“No, it isn’t,” she insisted.“We don’t even know what is wrong with her,” I said. “She could be mentally unstable,” I added because there wasn’t any justification for Maria’s display of wildness.One minute, she was speaking, and the next, she was tearing out her throat with screaming as though she had seen a ghost. To me, there was only one explanation to that.“Maria is not mentally unstable,” Mateo correctly me instantly, but his tone was harsh.I noticed how stiff and detached he had been since the whole fiasco. He had not even spared my mum a glance once. His major focus and conc

DanteThe gunshot that rang in the air was almost deafening.“What the fuck!” Don Silvanos’s representative swore under his breath as he glanced around rapidly.Then we both heard some of his men groaning in pain before falling silent in death. I hadn’t even known that there were guards outside the room watching over me even though I had already been bound with chains. We both knew that his men were being gunned down, and soon enough, it would get to him.He glared at me with venom and bitterness, and I sneered in return.“One day, I will have the honor of slitting your throat open and watching you bleed to death,” he said hatefully.I could see the anger in the eyes because he was unable to kill me, which happened to be his earnest desire.“You will never have that day, you bastard,” I told him with confidence.It was a good thing that I wasn’t cowering before we heard gunshots, otherwise he would have termed it that it was because I suspected that my men had come for me that was why

DanteI followed my dad into his study. He was furious, but so was I. The moment I entered the study after him, he shut the door.“What is the meaning of this?” My dad asked.“I don’t understand what you are talking about,” I said tightly.Dominic already told me that he didn’t alert my dad before coming to get me. While that was relieving to hear, I doubted that he would stay unaware forever because David had already been involved in it. I was still upset with Dominic for involving that dickhead.“Don’t play games with me, Dante,” my dad warned.“I am not playing games. I just don’t understand what you mean,” I lied.“After acting funny, you decided to disappear during dinner time,” he stated the obvious.“I didn’t disappear,” again, I lied.It wasn’t that I couldn’t tell my dad to his face what I felt like saying, but this was completely different. From the very beginning, I already knew what was at stake, and this wasn’t a risk that the clan was willing to take.“Then where the fuc