บททั้งหมดของ MY ALPHA STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 28

IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS.THREE BLOODY MONTHS and the pain keeps getting worse. This morning it was so bad that I was barely able to get out of bed. No matter the amount of wolfsbane I consumed, the split bond was eating me up. And it was eating me fast.I grab the piping paper and decorate the last cupcake from the batch. I look up from the cupcakes as three college students walk in.“Welcome to Petals and Bean Cafe,” I say to them but they outright ignore me and walk over to their table.“I get that a lot.” Esmeralda says encouragingly as she wipes her hand on a napkin.“There are good days and bad days.” I say to her as I walk away from the counter.My mother had gotten me this cafe as a gift and a distraction. It was on the school campus and I still don’t know how she had managed to convince the university to build it. She would do anything to please me. I know she feels guilty and blames herself for my depression. She’s been so clingy and apologetic for the last three months but

“Ready for the big game?” Esmeralda asks as she pours coffee beans into the grinder.“I don’t think I’m going,”“You’re not going?” Luke asks, as he grabs the box and places it in his courier bag.“No, I don’t…” My phone vibrates on the counter. I grab it and stare at the screen.“Wait, I just got a text from my mum.” I say to Esmeralda ‘Honey, your dad and I are on campus. We came to watch Aidan play. I’ll text you our seat number so you can come and join us.”I’m about to tell her that I would not be coming but I think better of it and drop my phone. If she doesn’t see me, my absence would speak for itself.“I’ll go to the library instead. I have a presentation next week and I need to study.” Esmeralda shrugs but she doesn’t peel her eyes away from me. “What?”“Is something wrong?” She asks quietly I pause, “Everything is fine, why are you asking?”“It’s been two months since we met. You’re an amazing boss, an amazing person but you’ve had that look since the first time I saw y

“Bless you.” Lilly says handing me a tissue.She looks like she’s about to take me to the hospital if I sneeze one more time.“Thanks. I think I’ll have to make my way back to bed. I don’t feel too well.” I say to her as I wipe my nose.“Sorry, how long were you in the rain?”I had told her the story of how I left the library but I didn’t specify who gave me a ride, I just told her he was a knight in shining armor. “A long while, I can’t guess how long.”The storage door is open so I can see Esmeralda running to us. Her face is red and her eyes are wide with a mix of terror and excitement. “Dahlia, there’s someone behind the counter. He is asking for you.”I push myself off the wall and toss the tissue into the bin.“You will not believe it.” She says jumping and clapping.“Who?”“Jace Rossi.”“Wait, the hockey player?” Lilly asks, surprise is written all over her face.I feel the blood drain from my veins. This can not be good.Seeing my reaction, Esmeralda’s face pales.“Dahlia, a

The night is stark and the air is filled with something that feels like sin. I don’t know if it’s the effect Sylas Reid has on me… but it’s a feeling I am afraid of.He’s sitting comfortably at the edge of the leather couch, while I’m nestled at the opposite couch.I study the viper on his forearm, I wonder why it’s two headed.“How long did it take?” I ask, sipping a drink.He lifts his arm and studies the snake like it’s the first time he’s seeing it. “I did it in one sitting.” His tone is somewhat clipped but his eyes are wistful. “No numbing cream, no alcohol, just silence.”“It’s beautiful.”“Thank you. Do you have any tattoos?”“No, but I’m not totally against it.”I am not the kind to like tattoos but I am the kind to appreciate a good work of art.I look around the semi dark room, I can’t see anyone at the far corners but I can tell that they’re a few couples making out here and there. There’s also a dark figure sitting by our right, the smoke from his cigar is almost choking