Alle Kapitel von My Steprother's Secret Obsession: Kapitel 241 – Kapitel 250

The next morning I found out that Theo had not stayed at the mansion for the night at all. I learned that he had traveled back to the Capital on that very same evening.I chose not to ask Mommy or Uncle Greg about this directly because I knew it would only make them suspicious of how clearly concerned I was about him. Instead I quietly asked one of the maids what she knew. Hearing the truth brought a strange and heavy ache straight to my heart all at once.I had already spent the entire night torturing myself with terrible thoughts. I could not stop imagining him leaving the party with Cleo and spending the night alone with her somewhere far away. Knowing he had truly gone away with her only made the pain settle even deeper inside me.I could not forget what I had witnessed the night before. I could still see it so clearly in my mind the way he held her hand the soft smile he gave her and the cold way he deliberately ignored my presence as if I did not even matt

I stared blankly down at the useless key card resting in my hand while a heavy painful feeling spread slowly through my chest. I did not understand why it hurt this much. Maybe deep inside a part of me still believed that no matter how angry he was or how badly I had hurt him there would always be a place for me right here beside him. But standing alone before a door that refused to let me in I finally realized just how much everything between us had changed. My throat tightened with a sharp aching pain. Had he truly erased me from his life this easily?I pressed my lips together firmly trying to hold back the tears threatening to fall right there in the hallway but the burning sensation in my eyes only grew stronger. Everything felt overwhelming and my emotions had become so fragile ever since I discovered I was carrying his child.I slowly leaned against the wall near the elevator and closed my eyes for a moment hoping to calm the dizziness

“I did try to call and text you many times but you never answered me once,” I replied back unable to hold back my frustration any longer. At that moment I no longer cared if Cleo heard every single word.A heavy silence hung between us for a brief moment. Then Cleo suddenly spoke up.“I think I should leave you two alone so you can talk privately.”To be honest I felt a secret wave of relief hearing her say that. But before I could even process her words she casually reached into her bag and pulled out a key card.My breath caught sharply when I watched her swipe it against the penthouse lock. The door clicked open instantly and without hesitation she walked right inside as if she belonged there.I stood there frozen in place. It felt as though someone had driven a blade straight into my heart. She had a key card. She actually held the very key to his penthouse. My fingers slowly curled into tight fists at my sides while countless agonizing thought

I stared at the screen for several long seconds, hesitating. Honestly, I did not have the emotional strength to talk to her right then. My head still hurt from crying, my chest still ached from everything Theo had said to me, and I felt completely drained in every possible way.But in the end, I answered anyway. She was probably just checking whether I had arrived safely back in the South. Taking a deep, shaky breath, I tried my best to compose myself before lifting the phone to my ear.“Hello, Mom. What made you call?” I asked quietly.“Elyssa,” Mommy began, but there was something serious in her tone that immediately made my stomach tighten. “Your Uncle Greg told me that his employees at the hotel in Springfield informed him that you went there?”My eyes widened in shock. For a moment, I completely froze.So they knew. I honestly thought the staff there would not recognize me, especially since I had never been to that hotel before. But apparently

We were over and this time, I would not let myself cling to false hope anymore. I would not become pathetic enough to accept her back immediately the way I always used to. I had to protect whatever remained of my pride.I could clearly see the pain written all over her face. She looked pale and exhausted, like she had already cried herself empty long before I arrived. Even her hands trembled as she slowly lowered her gaze and wiped her tears away. Then, without saying another word, she quietly turned around and started walking toward the elevator.The moment she walked away, something inside me panicked. My entire body wanted to move. Every instinct screamed at me to chase after her, to stop her before she disappeared again but I stayed where I was. Frozen.My fists clenched tightly at my sides as I forced myself not to follow her because no matter how much I still loved her, I refused to become weak for her again. I refused to let her pull me back into the same