All Chapters of Dealing With The Other Brother.: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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Chapter 51— The Stalker Is Always Near.

~SARA~Air leaves my lungs.A chilling sensation runs down my spine and cold beads of sweat spread across my temple.Jeremy is talking, but I don't hear what he says. I only watch his mouth move, every other sound in the room fading into background noise.Mira nods along to Jeremy’s presentation.Someone laughs in the background.My fingers tighten around my phone, the coldness of it feeling so heavy and oppressive in my palm.Quietly, I press the power button.The screen goes black.I straighten and flash a smile at Jeremy, forcing my expression into something neutral."So with the right cross platform strategy," Jeremy says, clicking to the next slide, "we can expect a forty percent engagement increase within three mont—""Impressive," I interject abruptly, nodding along, a stiff smile plastered across my face.They all turn to me.Jeremy blinks, confused."Erm," Mira says, glancing from the influencers to me with an awkward laugh. "Love the enthusiasm?"My phone vibrates again. I g

Chapter 52— What Would You Do?

~SARA~ "Here you go, ma'am," the gentleman says, handing the bag of ice to me. I take it and press it to my cheek, wincing at the sting as I adjust myself on the table. "You're lucky the contents of the mist were just pepper spray," he continues, taking a step back. "The effect should be wearing off by now." Yeah, right. Through my almost-cleared vision, I take a look at him. Black suit. Black shoes. White shirt tucked in neatly. A tie. Blonde hair. Blue eyes. About six feet tall. Alex is slightly taller. I press the ice against my cheek again. "I don't think we've been introduced?" He clears his throat and place one palm over the other, standing at ease. "Joseph Cain. The new guard assigned for your protection." I nod. "Well, Joseph, nice to meet you." He nods in return. I shift as if to get off the table, then pause. "Oh. And thank you for helping me with the… little altercation earlier." He nods again. "You're welcome, ma'am." Silence. I clap my hands lightly and ho

Chapter 53- ALEX?

*SARA* I trace a finger down his chest, a smirk tugging on my lips. “I would,” I tease. “Scream so loud…” A pause. My jaw locks. “… That the guard outside would rush in and punch your nose multiple times that it’d look like burst jelly for the rest of the year.” Whim! He pulls away from me and staggers back immediately, the stupid grin on his face vanishing. "G..Gua..Guard?” he mumbles. I throw my head back and laugh. Hard. That I feared my throat would go sore. “You… You should see your face right now,” I say in between laughs, barely able to breathe. “You look like you've just seen a ghost.” He mumbles something under his breath and tucks his hands in his pockets, grunting. “So you walk around with guards now. You scared I’d do something to you?” I scoff, rolling my eyes. “Oh come on, Jason. Get off your high horse. You might be a jerk, but you don’t really have the balls to do anything.” I lock my gaze with his. “You let others do the dirty work… just like you did ten y

Chapter 54- Hide And Seek.

*ALEX*Few hours earlier…“Sir.” My secretary, Rachel, says as she hands me the set of documents. "The finance department are waiting on your signature for the release of funds concerning the construction of the new green house complex. Also, the legal department are worried about the pressure from the press for a statement from Miss Jane and Sir Jason regarding…” she coughs, clearing her throat. “the sex-tape. They want to know if they should take action by filing a lawsuit."“Tell them to sheath their swords on any lawsuit.” I say, eyes locked on the document as I skim through. “The last thing we want is adding fuel to an already raging flame.”I scramble my signature on the paper and hand it to her. “And as for the accounts department, please tell them I won’t be signing anything until they give me a worthy explanation on what happened to the two hundred million dollars released to the marketing department without my authorization.”She mumbles. “But they say Jason was the one that

Chapter 55- What The Other Party Hides.

*ALEX*“Get out of the way, Joseph. Now,” I say, my eyes blazing with dangerous intent.Joseph stands firmly in front of the door, one hand reaching for the knob behind him. He wraps his fingers around it, his gaze flickering from the floor to me.“S-sir… I’m sorry,” he says, planting himself squarely in front of the door. His fingers tremble, but he doesn’t move. “Miss Sara ordered that I let no one in.”I close the small gap between us, looking down at him. He is tall, but I’m slightly taller—and if there’s one thing I’ve come to recognize, it’s that my height can be imposing.He swallows.“Who pays your wages, Joseph?” I ask, my voice low and dangerous. “Miss Jane… or me?”His gaze darts left, then right—anywhere but at my face.“You do, sir.” He swallows again. “But I’m just following orders.”A muscle in my jaw ticks.I’m done with this bullshit.“Move,” I order.He doesn’t move.That’s it.I lunge forward. He braces for impact.Bam.I shoot out, gripping his lapel. The fabric st

Chapter 56 - Trouble Comes Knocking... Again.

~SARA~The car drives down the road in a silent hum.I sit in the back seat, eyes fixed on the window, lost in my own thoughts. My fingers tremble from time to time, and I clasp them together in my lap—an attempt to stop them from shaking. To stop them from revealing how terrified I am.The stalker sent that video.He invaded the most private space either of us had and dug out that footage, sending it to me as a threat. As a way of telling me he was near. Watching. That there was nowhere I could hide.The games were getting more intense.At first, Jeremy seemed to be the stalker. Now, Carl did.Does that mean the stalker isn’t just one person but two?Are there even more?Is this some kind of revenge that goes beyond a madman’s obsessive crush?If it is, then we’re in deep trouble.Because if the stalker could access my tape with Jason, he could access more. He could get that video from ten years ago—the one we all swore would stay buried.Lord.I look up to see Joseph studying me thr

Chapter 57- Pubkic Enemy Number 1...Again

~SARA~“Sara Jane is a narcissistic bitch and a manipulator.”I watch as Pink Barbie—one of the influencers—rants on her Instagram Live. Sitting behind her are the other two influencers, ZedWave and SoftChoas.About ten thousand people are watching, and oh boy… were they ready to skin me alive.“Just today,” Pink Barbie continues, “the Ford Group invited us for a campaign program. Our contracts had already been drawn up and incentives finalized—only for us to receive a message from the deputy head of department...”I glare at Mira. She chuckles.I return my gaze to the screen.“...Mira Denvers,” Pink Barbie says, “our beloved nation’s fairy, letting us know that the Ford Group paid us three hundred thousand dollars each for the campaign. But according to the contracts drafted and gazetted by Miss Jane, we are to be paid one hundred and fifty thousand each. How is that even possible?”I almost choke.Three hundred thousand dollars suddenly changing to one hundred and fifty?Miraaaaa!I

Chapter 58 - The Board...Again

~SARA~The conference room stills with dreadful tension.I stand at the head of the oval table—Mira to my left, Isabelle to my right, as we watch the board members walk into the room in silence, their faces locked in stiff frowns.Chairs scrape back as they take their seats. Mrs. Ford and Jason step in.My heart skips several beats.They sit.Silence.Alex—sitting at the other end of the table—leans forward.“Begin,” he commands.Chairs shift forward instantly.“Miss Jane.” The board member with the protruding potbelly, whom I’ve come to know as Sir Billy, peers beneath his glasses. “You’re hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons… again. As usual, we would like to hear your side of the story.” The other board members nod slowly.He continues, “How do you plead?”I clear my throat and straighten. “Not guilty.”The board members adjust uneasily.“Not guilty?” Sir Billy asks.“Yes, sir,” I reply.He leans back in his seat, his potbelly jutting forward. “Then tell us why.”I begin,

Chapter 59: How Do I Operate A Stove Again.

~SARA~“So let me get this straight,” Sandra says on the other end of the line. “You’re on the news for all the wrong reasons. It’s alleged that you planned to siphon half of the money budgeted for a project—a project worth millions contracted to our agency. The board suspended you based on this, and you believe all of it was orchestrated by the admin director on your team?”I fall onto the bed, exhaling sharply. I was back home at the Fords’ mansion. Sir Alex Sr. had made it clear that I should vacate my apartment since it was swarming with the press.“Yes, Sandra,” I say. “You should have seen the smirk on her face when our eyes met. She practically taunted me, like she was saying she got me good.”Sandra sighs. I picture her pinching the bridge of her nose like she does when she’s frustrated.“Look, Sara. I know you’re desperate right now, trying to clean up this mess, but accusing your admin director based on a smirk seems a little far-fetched.”I grunt and roll my eyes. Yeah, rig

Chapter 60: Dirty Reminders And Food Competitions.

~SARA~I stare at the burner, blinking.What the fuck have I gotten myself into?I narrow my eyes and take a closer look at the knobs, but one glance tells me this isn’t something I can just try my luck with.The knobs are complicated—more complicated than the ones in Alex’s kitchen. Not only are there no clear labels, but there are about a dozen smaller buttons that do God knows what.Martha folds her arms proudly. “That, Miss Jane, is the ThermaFlame Pro X9 Smart Gas Range.”I blink at her.“It’s equipped with an intelligent flame calibration system,” she continues smugly. “It automatically measures and regulates gas pressure to maintain the precise heat level required for whatever you’re cooking. No undercooked centers. No burnt bottoms.”I stare at the knobs like they might start speaking Latin.“It also has thermal sensors embedded beneath the grates,” she adds. “They detect pan temperature in real time and adjust the flame accordingly. If the pot boils over or the flame goes out

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