All Chapters of Roses For My Bully Step Brother : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

LianaFreedom is supposed to make you feel light. When the music thumped in the room and your classmates gave you a tight farewell hug, you should be heaving a sigh of relief. That was what everyone said. In fact, what the professors hinted at with indulgent smiles, and what my classmates toasted to with cheap champagne and their laughter echoing through the corridors of the art building. Freedom was meant to arrive the moment I zipped my portfolio case shut and turned in my studio key. Instead, it sat heavy in my chest like I just knew what life meant.I stood alone in my studio, my fingers resting on the scarred wooden table where I had spilled paint and tears over the last four years. The afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows, illuminating unfinished sketches pinned crookedly to the walls. Sketches of faces without names and cities unpainted. My name was already removed from the door. I folded my smock carefully."You did it," I told myself. "You survived."As I reached

Liana“Well, little Liana. Don't just stand there and look. Come hug your big brother.”I froze mid-step. The nickname was the one he had used to humiliate me and to remind me of how small I was.I lifted my head slowly, forcing my eyes to meet his.Liam Shedrach leaned against the wall now, his mouth twitched into that smirk I knew too well. The blood in my veins turned to ice."There is no need to cause a scene now," I began, keeping my voice low and controlled. But my pulse spiked, and I couldn’t stop the bitterness from spilling over.“Little Liana,” he repeated, louder this time, his eyes dancing with amusement. He had caught the attention of a few guests. “I have to say, you haven’t changed a bit.”"And what is it you see, Liam?”"Everything. You're just the same four-eyed Liana I always knew from high school. Pathetic and always trying to insert yourself into my life."That was it. Something snapped inside me. Seven years of humiliation, seven years of his laughter haunting me

LiamI remember everything. Like how the day had smelled like rain and the air smelled like tobacco when my father called to tell me he wanted to remarry. A decision I never expected after his divorce two decades ago. When he first told me, I thought she was just another gold digger looking for a way to bleed him dry."She is only after your money, dad!" I would constantly say.But he went ahead and organised the engagement party anyway. So I met her once, Triana Robert. And I knew instantly that her daughter was Liana Robert. The one I always bullied in high school.Hell no! I was going to stop this in any way that I could. Liana was a pathetic student back then, and I was more than certain she wouldn't be any different now. Just intimidate her and she will convince her mom to leave my family the hell alone.That was my plan. Until she walked into the Engagement party, looking like a goddess. Her hair was styled longer and silkier, framing her face in a way that made her lips look fu