All Chapters of The Wrong Brother: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Two days to our summer break.Almost sundown.No calls.No texts.Nothing.I paced my dorm room, exhausted — not just physically but mentally.Two beds. Two worlds. My side was a Barbie explosion: pink pillows, pink-and-white blankets, a giant teddy bear, and a dresser crammed with clothes and romance novels instead of textbooks.Crystal’s side? Pure goth queen. Black, grey, and red. Posters of guitars, rockstars, and chaos.But back to the problem at hand. The reason I was mumbling as I clutched my phone like it was my lifeline.Bruno.My boyfriend hadn’t called or texted since last night — the night he said he was out with his C.O.D. buddies. Now he was nowhere to be found.Not at his apartment off campus.Not at his friends’ place.And his phone? Switched off.I let out a heavy exhale and dropped onto my bed so hard the pillows bounced.“God, please, let nothing happen to my sweet boy.” I stared up at the ceiling, hands clasped. “I promise I’ll stop masturbating and stealing Susie’

The purr of the engine faded into silence as I killed the ignition. For a moment, I sat there in the stillness of the car, fingers tightening around the steering wheel as if I could squeeze the heat out of my veins.Nova sat beside me, looking smug, arms crossed over her chest like she’d just won a prize fight. Maybe she had.I shouldn’t have agreed. I shouldn’t have let her push me into this corner. But there she was, a living reminder of every rule I’d broken the second I let her words get under my skin.“Nice car,” she said, running her hand along the leather seat like she was caressing it. Her voice carried that same teasing lilt she’d used all night—mocking, daring. “Bet it makes women fall over themselves for you.”I forced myself to look straight ahead, jaw tight. “It’s just a car.”She laughed softly. “Says the man driving a Mercedes worth more than my cousin’s house.”I finally turned, meeting her eyes. Dark, mischievous, unafraid. That was the thing about Nova—fearless to t