All Chapters of Meet My Overprotective Brothers : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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First Meeting

Ryan stood in the center of Ethan's office, his phone clutched in his hand, determination burning in his eyes."I will get the DNA sample," he said firmly. "I promise you both. Tomorrow at lunch, I will find a way to get what we need without raising any suspicion."Ethan leaned back in his chair, his fingers steepled under his chin. His expression was unreadable, but his eyes were sharp and calculating. "How?""Her glass. Her napkin. A strand of hair if I can manage it." Ryan slipped his phone into his pocket. "There are a dozen ways to collect DNA without someone knowing. I just need to be smart about it.""Smart and fast," Caleb added from his position by the window. "She already does not trust you. One wrong move and she will walk out of that restaurant and never look back.""I know that." Ryan's voice was calm, but there was an edge to it. "I have been handling delicate negotiations my entire career. I know how to read people. I know how to make them comfortable.""This is not a b

The Exit

Ryan felt the words hit him like a physical blow. The coldness in Cora's voice. The suspicion in her eyes. The complete and total lack of trust.He had known this would be difficult. He had prepared himself for resistance. But hearing her say it so bluntly, so harshly, still stung."I understand why you feel that way," Ryan said carefully. He kept his voice calm, steady, non-threatening. "You have every right to be suspicious. After what you have been through, trusting anyone would be difficult.""Difficult?" Cora laughed, but there was no humor in it. "Trusting anyone right now would be impossible. And yet here I am, sitting across from a complete stranger because he sent me a few text messages promising to help me.""Then why did you come?" Ryan asked gently. "If you do not trust me at all, why are you here?"Cora's expression flickered. For just a moment, Ryan saw something vulnerable beneath the anger. Something desperate."Because I have no one else," she said quietly. Then her w

Confirmation

Ryan stood on the sidewalk for another moment, watching the spot where Cora had disappeared. His chest felt tight. His mind raced with everything that had just gone wrong. Then he turned and walked back into the restaurant. The waiter was already at their table, clearing away the dishes. Ryan's heart jumped. The glass. Cora's glass was still there, half-full of water, sitting on the edge of the table. He had to act fast. "Excuse me," Ryan said, moving quickly toward the table. "I think I left something." The waiter looked up, already reaching for Cora's glass. "Of course, sir. What did you leave?" "My phone." Ryan patted his pockets, pretending to search. "I thought I set it down here." "I have not seen a phone, sir." The waiter glanced around the table. "Perhaps you left it in your car?" "Maybe." Ryan pulled out his wallet. "Let me settle the bill first before you clear everything away." "Certainly. I will bring your check." The waiter picked up the empty bread plate and R

The Father's Doubt

The silence in Ethan's office was deafening. Ryan stared at his phone on the floor. Ethan gripped his desk so hard his knuckles had gone white. Caleb stood frozen, his chair still lying on its side behind him."We need to go to Father," Ethan said finally. His voice was rough, like gravel scraping against stone. "We need to tell him right now.""Yes." Caleb was already moving toward the door. "We cannot wait. Not another second."Ryan bent down and picked up his phone. His hands were still shaking. "Dr. Park, can you send the full report to all three of our emails? We need physical copies.""Already done, Mr. Sterling. You should have them now."Ryan ended the call and checked his email. There it was. The DNA analysis report. Pages of scientific data and genetic markers. And at the bottom, in clear, undeniable language: POSITIVE MATCH."I am printing it," Ethan said, already at his printer. The machine whirred to life, spitting out page after page of the report. "Father will want to s

Going to Get Her

Alexander Sterling picked up the DNA report with shaking hands. His eyes scanned the first page, then the second, moving faster and faster as he read through the scientific data.Then he reached the final page. The conclusion."POSITIVE MATCH. 99.9% probability of biological relationship."The papers fell from his hands and scattered across the desk.Alexander made a sound that was not quite a sob and not quite a laugh. His legs gave out and he collapsed back into his chair. Both hands came up to cover his face."Father?" Ethan moved forward, concerned."She is alive." Alexander's voice was muffled behind his hands. "My daughter is alive.""Yes," Ryan said. "She is alive. We found her."Alexander dropped his hands. His face was wet with tears, but his eyes were blazing with something the brothers had not seen in years. Hope. Real, genuine hope."Where is she?" Alexander stood up so fast his chair rolled backward and hit the wall. "Where is my daughter? Take me to her right now. Right

The Refusal

The four men stood outside the worn apartment building, staring up at the third floor where a single window glowed with warm light. Apartment 3B.Alexander looked like he might collapse from the weight of emotion pressing down on him. His hands were shaking. His face was pale despite the flush of excitement in his cheeks."That is where she lives," he whispered. "My daughter is right up there.""Father, remember what we discussed," Ethan said quietly. "Let us do the talking first. Do not overwhelm her.""I will try." Alexander's voice was thick. "But I make no promises."They entered the building through the unlocked front door. The lobby was small and shabby. Faded wallpaper. Flickering fluorescent lights. A row of dented mailboxes on one wall. The air smelled like old cooking oil and mildew.This was where their sister had been living. This place that was falling apart. While they had grown up in a mansion with every luxury imaginable.The injustice of it burned in Ryan's chest.The

Recognition

Ryan, Ethan, and Caleb all turned toward the window at the same time. Through the grimy glass, they could see more vehicles pulling up to the curb below. Expensive vehicles. Black SUVs with tinted windows. A sleek town car."What the hell?" Ryan muttered, pulling out his phone to check for messages.Ethan moved to the window and looked down. His face went pale. "That is Father's main security detail. The full team.""But Father is right here," Caleb said, confused. He gestured to Alexander, who was still on his knees in the hallway, looking equally bewildered."I did not call them," Alexander said, his voice hoarse from crying. "I told them I was going for a drive. I specifically told them not to follow me.""They must have tracked your car," Ethan said, pulling out his own phone. "When you left without your usual protection, they probably got concerned.""I did not want a circus," Alexander said bitterly. He stood up slowly, his knees cracking. "I wanted to meet my daughter quietly.

The Embrace

The word hung in the air like a prayer."Daddy?"Nobody moved. Nobody breathed. The entire hallway seemed frozen in time.Alexander's face crumpled. His knees buckled and he collapsed forward, reaching for his daughter with trembling hands."Yes," he sobbed. "Yes, my baby. Yes."Cora stared at him, her eyes wide with shock and confusion and something that looked like recognition breaking through twenty-five years of buried memories. Tears streamed down her face."I remember," she whispered. "I remember you. The coffee smell. The way you laughed. The garden with the roses.""I am here," Alexander said, crawling forward on his knees. "I am right here. I never stopped looking for you. Never."And then something broke inside Cora. All the walls she had built. All the defenses she had constructed to protect herself from a world that had hurt her over and over again. They shattered like glass.She launched herself forward and threw her arms around her father's neck.Alexander caught her and

Collapse

Alexander reached for Cora with shaking hands, his face etched with desperation and grief. "Please, my darling. Please calm down. I am here now. I have found you now. Everything is going to be alright.""Alright?" Cora laughed, but the sound was hollow and broken. "How is anything ever going to be alright? You think finding me now fixes everything? You think it erases what I went through?""No, I do not think that," Alexander said gently. "But it is a beginning. A chance to heal. A chance to build something new.""It is not the same," Cora said, her voice trembling. "Do you understand that? It is not the same as if you had found me when I was five or six or seven. When I still believed in fairy tales. When I still thought the world was good.""I know," Alexander whispered. "I know it is not the same.""Do you?" Cora's eyes blazed. "Do you really know? Because I do not think you can possibly understand what it was like."She started pacing in the narrow hallway, her movements jerky and

Waking Up in Paradise

Cora's eyes opened slowly, her lashes fluttering against her cheeks. Everything was soft. Too soft. The surface beneath her felt like she was floating on a cloud.For a few confused seconds, she kept her eyes closed. Maybe she was still dreaming. Maybe none of it had been real. The men claiming to be her family. The father she thought she remembered. The moment she had collapsed in that shabby hallway.But the softness beneath her persisted. And there was a smell. Clean linen. Fresh flowers. Something expensive that she could not quite identify but that spoke of wealth beyond anything she had ever experienced.Slowly, carefully, Cora opened her eyes fully.And gasped.The ceiling above her was painted. Not just painted, but decorated with an elaborate fresco of clouds and angels and a sky so blue it looked like you could fall up into it. Golden molding framed the edges. A crystal chandelier hung in the center, its lights dimmed but still sparkling like captured stars.This was not her

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