Alle Kapitel von My Stepfather, My Ruin: Kapitel 151 – Kapitel 160

Nicole Harper~•~He said it again.Which meant that he meant it the first time. I tried to remove my hand from his, but he only held on tighter as he faced his wife. “I wanted to talk to you, but Nicole insisted on doing it first.”“Oh my god, this is actually insane.” She scoffed. “And you?” She asked me.“I—“ Tristan squeezed my hand in a comforting manner. “I l-like him.” I’d never stuttered so much in one conversation.My mother narrowed her eyes. “You like him? And he loves you?”My cheeks burned in embarrassment. I wanted to say I loved him too, but I just couldn’t get the words out, not like this, not when I wasn’t sure whether I meant it or not. “Yes, she hasn’t gotten there yet,” Tristan spoke up for me. “But I’m hoping she’ll eventually fall for me.”“You two are crazy. I can’t believe this.” She was stunned and I didn’t blame her. “I came over this evening to talk to you.” I tried to defend myself. “But you weren’t around. You said you were going to come back later.”“S

Nicole Harper~•~I picked Rhea up anyway.After getting into two arguments in the span of ten minutes, I wanted to be alone, but driving back to my apartment meant sitting with my thoughts and I wasn’t ready to do that.“Hey, how did it go?” She asked as she got into the passenger’s seat. I handed her the smoothie I’d gotten for her while getting desserts for myself to make myself feel better. “Horrible.”“How horrible?”“She caught us making out.”“Oh.” Rhea’s eyebrows shot up to the top of her head. “Well, uh, at least you’re still alive?”I rolled my eyes at her. “How did she catch you? Weren’t you specifically going to tell her?”Who would have thought my mother was so eager to spend time with me that she hurriedly came back home? “She wasn’t there when I went. I called and she said she’d be back at night, but apparently, she thought better of it and came back a few minutes later.”“Yikes.” She cringed. “That sounds awful.”“It was.” A frown marred my face when I recalled how s

Nicole Harper~•~Rhea and I spent hours circling the city, talking about everything and nothing. Well, it was mostly me venting about the disaster with my mother and the fight with Tristan. Rhea had listened, offered her usual mix of tough love and humor, and by the time I pulled up in front of her building, I felt a little lighter. “Call me if you need anything,” she said as she leaned in to hug me goodbye. “Even at 3 a.m. I mean it.”“I will,” I promised, though I knew I probably wouldn’t. I’d already taken up several hours of her day this evening and I doubted the smoothie I got for her was enough to make up for it.The streets were quiet as I drove the rest of the way home. My mind kept replaying the fight in the kitchen for the umpteenth time. I could still see my mom’s shocked face clearly, then Tristan stepping in like he was shielding me. Then the argument afterward, how quickly it spiraled into me accusing him of keeping me in the dark. I’d stormed out like a child, and now

Nicole Harper~•~My hands were shaking.I’d never felt nervous about talking to my mother but as I stood in front of Tristan’s house, I couldn’t bring myself to push open the door and get in.I wiped my palms against my trousers. Logically, I knew my mother and I were both wrong, but at the moment, I felt like the shittiest person alive. I’d complained about her for years but ended up doing the worst thing to her. I was more horrible than she was.“You’ve been standing there for three minutes.”I jumped at Tristan’s voice and instinctively turned around. When I saw no one, I turned back around and saw that he was actually in front of me. He was leaning against the doorframe, one of his hands casually in his pocket like he hadn’t ruined my life. Well, maybe we did it together, but whatever. He didn’t seem worried.“You scared me,” I muttered.“You’re stalling.”“I’m thinking.”“You’ve been thinking in the exact same spot for five minutes.”I narrowed my eyes at him. It was easy for hi

Tristan Michelson~•~I could immediately tell Sebastian wasn’t bluffing. It was obvious he knew the truth. I just wasn’t sure if he had proof and if he didn’t, I wasn’t going to be stupid by admitting it in front of him.What if he was recording?“What are you talking about?”Sebastian threw his head back and laughed like I had cracked the funniest joke. I stared at him blankly, making sure I didn’t have a guilty expression on my face. Lily finding out was one thing. She was humiliated and felt stupid that Nicole and I were messing around behind her back, but that was it. She didn’t hate either of us, at least not enough to expose us.But Sebastian? This was the opening for him to get the position he’d been competing with me for all his life. “Are you really going to act dumb with me, Tristan?” His stupid smile refused to leave his face. “I’ve always wondered why you were so protective of Nicole. Everything checks out now.”I glared at Sebastian.“I always knew you married Lily for