All Chapters of Dealing With The Other Brother.: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

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Chapter 101—Into The Storm.

~Sara~I’m late.I don’t care what the clock says.I’m late.My heels hit the polished floor in an uneven rhythm as I rush toward the conference room, my heart pounding hard.Thirty minutes.Who gives someone thirty minutes like it’s a countdown to execution?I stop right in front of the glass doors and take a deep breath, steadying my nerves.Voices filter from inside. Low. Careful. Measured, like speaking any louder would damn them all.My fingers tighten around the handle.This is it, Sara.I push the door open.And step in.Silence.The whole room turns to me.Fuck.“Hi,” I mutter, raising an arm awkwardly.They blink back at me, their gazes wide, like they haven’t the faintest idea who I am or what I could possibly be doing here.I don’t blame them. Not everybody can pull off great fashion after being summoned to work in thirty minutes.Jeremy’s mom’s clothes are not exactly what you’d call… work clothes.White blazer paired with green cargo pants and white heels?Hey, at least S

Chapter 102 — Enter The Ice Queen.

~Sara~“Game on? You—” she stands akimbo, scoffing in disbelief. “You really think you’ve got a bite behind that bark?”My lips curve into a mocking grin as I cross my arms.“Bark?” I raise a brow. “I don’t think I bark… ma’am.”A beat passes. My gaze flicks over her.“Like I said, I’m only stating facts. I want this campaign to succeed. Resolving bad blood between us seems like the best way to avoid conflict moving forward.” I tilt my head. “Think of it as therapy. I bring up what might make our work relationship uncomfortable. We solve it here and now.”“Wow,” someone mutters from the room. “She really is coming for Celine.”Celine glares at me like she wants to shoot bullets straight through my skull. “You really think you can get away with this?” Her voice looms with something dangerous. “Think you can insult me because Alex and Jeremy are backing you?”I shrug.“It’s not an insult. It’s facts. And gosh—” I slap a palm to my forehead with exaggerated frustration. “Stop acting lik

Chapter 103 — Threads of Ruin

~Celine~I fall into the leather chair with enough force to make it roll back a few inches.“This is ridiculous.”I fling one heel off and let it land somewhere on the carpet.“That woman has no breeding. No manners. No sense of hierarchy.”The second heel follows.“She stands there with that cheap little smirk and talks to me like we are equals.”I snatch a crystal pen from the desk, twirl it once, then throw it down again.“She should be grateful I even let her breathe in the same room.”Hands settle on my shoulders. I exhale despite myself.Behind me, my assistant says nothing. She never rushes to fill the silence especially after I throw my tantrums. She only listens while her hands knead the knots from my neck like she is shaping clay for later use.I glare at my reflection in the dark window.“I should have humiliated her publicly.”Her fingers press deeper.“I should have had security remove her.”A pause.“I should have slapped her.”One of her hands glides to the side of my

Chapter 104— Home Sweet Home, Sis!

~Sara~I drop the stack of papers on the table so hard that it screeches.“Apology?” I slam my fists on the wood, rage brewing inside me. “I should write a fucking apology?”I scoff.It is enough that that silly bitch thinks she can boss me around like she personally hired me. Now I have to write a damned apology to her for standing up for my rights.Good Lord.I fall back into my seat, letting out a grunt.The door pushes open, and Alex’s secretary walks in. She is dressed in her usual skirt suit, hair styled in a tight bun, minimal makeup, and black heels that fail woefully to push her from short to average.“Miss Jane.” Her eyes brighten as she smiles.I roll my eyes, barely looking away from the piece of paper I am now holding as I rack my brain for the right composition to frame the damned apology so it can stick up that stupid blonde’s ass.“Yes.”“Your new assistant will be arriving in the next few minutes,” she says. “Mr. Alex suggested I ask if you’d need any other help.”Sug

Chapter 105— Rachel?

~Sara~Silence.She stares at me for a second.“That’s...” She blinks. “Impossible. Have you seen her interviews since she got out?” She reaches for her pocket and pulls out her phone. “She went through a lot in the hands of that wicked monster.”She holds her phone to my face. I see a video of Linda shedding tears in an interview.I must give it to her. If the Oscars ever decide to give an award for best crocodile tears shedder of the century, she and Lily would be strong contenders.“There is no way she’d plan her own kidnap,” she says, lowering her phone and shoving it back into her pocket. “She looks so traumatized. No way she is faking that.”Ugh. The naivety of humans.I exhale sharply and clap once. “You’re right. There’s no way she’d plan the whole thing.”She chuckles. “You say it like you weren’t there yourself. I mean, she did kidnap you too, right?”My mouth hangs open. I blink.“Y-e-a-hhh,” I drawl, nodding along as she smiles brightly. “Shheee... she did kidnap me too. J

Chapter 106— Snake In Heels.

~Sara~I step aside immediately, and she crashes into the edge of my desk, her nose smacking against the wood.“Ouch!” she winces, clutching her nose as she stumbles back.She straightens slowly, her face turning a blotchy shade of red.Alex’s secretary coughs into her fist, suppressing a laugh.“You dodged me!”“You appeared suddenly.” I cross my arms, brows knitting into a frown. “Instinct took over.”Her eyes narrow.Still the same Rachel.Pretty in the polished, expensive kind of way. Hair sleek and glossy, lips painted a dangerous red, heels sharp enough to stab through concrete. She smells like luxury and bad decisions.Funny how money can polish a traitor.Because all I can see is the girl who packed her bags overnight when Mother needed her most.The one who left me alone with hospital bills.All for a few dollars from the man who dumped me for my best friend.She skims me from head to toe. “You look well.”I scoff. “You look employed.”She smiles too brightly.Alex’s secretar

Chapter 107— Sisters And Saboteurs.

~Sara~She bursts into laughter so violent she nearly slides off the chair. “Oh my God. You were humbled.”I snatch the paper back. “I was politically inconvenienced.”“You were disciplined.”“I was ambushed.”“You were spanked.”“Rachel!”She grins wickedly.There’s a knock at the door.Neither of us answers.The door pushes open anyway.Alex.I slap a hand over my face, dragging it down.Why does everyone keep invading my peace today?Alex steps into the office with the stupid stern look he usually wears.His gaze lands on Rachel first, then on me, then on the apology pages.Then back to Rachel.“I see introductions happened.” He says it like he’s talking about the weather.Rachel rises smoothly. “Mr. Ford.”“Sara.” He ignores her greeting and looks at me instead.My stomach does that stupid little flip it needs to stop doing. “What?”“I came to check if you were still employed.”“How caring.”His eyes flick to the pages again. “Debatable.”Rachel smiles like she’s watching premium

Chapter 108 — Isabelle Monroe Isn’t Behind the Kidnapping

~Sara~I spend the cab ride downtown replaying everything in my head.Rachel betrayed me.And I, like an idiot, almost let her back into my life with open arms.I was foolish.Stupid.Naive enough to think she had changed.That she wanted redemption.That she came back to make things right.After everything she did to Mom and me.After abandoning us.I draw in a shaky breath, blinking hard as I fight the tears threatening to spill over.How foolish I was.How foolish I still am.Part of me wants this to be fake. Wants Rachel to laugh and say it was one of her tasteless pranks.Mom would be crushed if anything happened to her.I just...I just don’t know what the hell to do.The cab slows to the curb.I grab my purse, pull out some cash, and hand it over.“Thank you,” the driver says.I nod, push the door open, and step onto the sidewalk.At the mouth of the alley beside the street, a tall figure stands waiting.Broad shoulders.Hands in his coat pockets.Back turned toward me.The cab

Chapter 109— You Don't Get To Rewrite The Dead

~Sara~ For a second, nothing moves. The city noise beyond the alley fades into a dull blur. The passing traffic, the distant sirens, the footsteps on the sidewalk outside. All of it disappears beneath the silence between us. Alex just stares at me. No blink. No breath. No sound. It feels like we could stand there all day, frozen in time. Then he laughs. Sharp. Offended. “What?” His voice is low and dangerous. I breathe in and steady myself. “You heard me.” “No.” He takes one slow step forward. “I heard words. I’m waiting for sense.” My fingers tighten around my purse strap. “Linda staged it.” His jaw flexes. “She manipulated everything,” I say. Another step. “She used Isabelle.” Another. “She was never some helpless victim dragged through hell for ten years. She built the hell herself.” “Stop.” He barks the word, and it cracks through the alley like a gunshot. I freeze. His chest rises sharply, his eyes burning into mine with a fury so intense it

Chapter 110— The Sorry Cake.

~Sara~I spend the walk home replaying the last thing Alex said to me.Three days.I scoff. “Was I supposed to be scared? Because that was embarrassing.”I turn the corner toward my apartment building, still fuming.He really stood there in the shadows like some overpriced villain in a designer coat, threatening me like Linda was some fragile saint worth protecting.Please.The man has lost his mind.“She suffered.” I mimic under my breath, climbing the front steps. “You know who’s suffering? Me. From your stupidity.”I shove through the lobby doors and head for the stairs. My heels strike each step in sharp, angry beats.“And another thing,” I continue to no one, “if you’re going to threaten someone, commit to it. Don’t whisper dramatically like you’re auditioning for a crime documentary.”By the time I reach my floor, I’m winded and still annoyed.I stalk down the hallway, digging through my purse for my keys. Lip gloss. Receipts. A pen with no cap. Why do I own six expired coupons?

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