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All Chapters of ONE NIGHT STAND WITH MY STEPBROTHER: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter One

Yubi.I froze in the doorway, my suitcase half in my hands, half forgotten on the polished floor. The house was huge. Too huge. Trey’s house. Our house now, I reminded myself bitterly, because of the announcement my parents had dropped yesterday like a bomb.My stomach churned at the thought. Step siblings. I thought I had put that night out of my mind, the way you think you can erase a scar if you don’t touch it. But now, standing here, seeing him, he hadn’t changed. Tall. Broad shouldered. That same quiet danger in his eyes that had made my heart stutter when he had kissed me one week ago. “Trey?” My voice sounded small, almost foreign in the vast hallway.He appeared at the top of the stairs, leaning casually on the railing. But his casual posture didn’t reach his eyes. Those dark, unreadable eyes scanned me from head to toe, lingering longer than necessary. My cheeks burned and I could feel them turning red. “Yubi,” he said, his voice low, almost a growl. He sounded calm, but e

Chapter Two

Yubi. The first night was worse than I imagined it would be. .I kept telling myself to act normal. To move through the house like this sudden, twisted family arrangement was completely ordinary. But normal was a lie. Every glance, every accidental brush of his shoulder, every low rumble of his voice made my heart skip a beat and my body betrayed me.I had stayed in my room most of the evening, pretending to unpack, pretending the world was fine. Trey hadn’t come up, not immediately. I heard him moving around downstairs, the faint scrape of furniture, the low hum of music from the living room. But it wasn’t the sound of him moving casually, it was deliberate, calculated, like he was trying to avoid me and failing.Eventually, hunger won over my nervousness. I tiptoed down to the kitchen, hoping the lights would hide the turmoil in my expression. I opened the fridge, grabbed some juice, and tried to ignore the sudden, sharp intake of breath behind me.“Trey?” My voice wavered. I did

Chapter Three

Yubi.The next morning was calm, things felt like they could work out between us. I thought I could handle being around Trey during the day. I thought, maybe, I could pretend to be normal when the sun was up and everyone else was around. But reality had a way of shattering those illusions.It started with the car ride. My mom had asked me to run a quick errand, just a grocery pickup and, of course, Trey had offered to drive. I didn’t exactly refuse. Being trapped in a car with him, in that tight space, was the kind of punishment that made my pulse race and my palms sweat.We sat side by side, the silence heavy. The engine hummed beneath us, but it did nothing to drown out the tension that wrapped around us like a vice. I kept my hands folded in my lap, my eyes fixed on the passing scenery, hoping he wouldn’t notice how badly my body betrayed me with every glance in his direction.But of course, he did notice.At one point, his elbow brushed mine, just a casual, accidental touch, I

Chapter Four

Yubi. I thought I had survived the first few days living with Trey. Survived the tension, the stolen glances, the accidental brushes, the unbearable magnetism between us. But tonight, at this party, I realized I hadn’t survived a thing.My mom had insisted we attend a small gathering family and friends gathering. I didn’t want to go, but apparently, showing a united “blended family” front was mandatory. And there he was, Trey, standing a few steps behind me, tall, silent, exuding that same dangerous calm stoic look that made my stomach twist and my pulse race.I tried to focus on the conversation, on the polite laughter, on pretending I belonged. But someone brushing past me, whispering in my ear, caught my attention immediately.“Hey, you look amazing tonight,” the guy said, smiling a little too closely. His hand brushed my shoulder, lingering.My stomach did flips, and I tried to step back. “Uh thanks,” I murmured, forcing a polite smile.And then I felt it, Trey’s hand closing aro

Chapter Five

YubiThe house was too quiet.That was the first thing I noticed when I crept out of my room later that night, still wearing my soft pink pajama shorts and an oversized tee. Everyone else had gone to bed hours ago Mom and Trey’s dad were probably passed out after drinking too much celebratory champagne, Kiara had driven home with Trey and maybe he was spending the night at his house, not that I cared anyway. My throat felt tight as I remembered earlier at the party, Trey and I ad argued, Why did everything with Trey feel like an argument lately, even when we weren’t speaking? Why did it feel like the air changed whenever he walked into a room?Why did my heart ache every time his eyes lingered on me?The same eyes that had looked furious tonight when Kevin asked me to dance. And furious when I said yes. And furious while he slow danced with Kiara like he didn’t even want her near him.I shook my head. Water. All I needed was water.The hallway was dim, just the soft glow from the ki

Chapter Six

YubiHis mouth is still on mine when my back hits the wall.I don’t even remember moving. All I know is that one second I was standing there, drowning in the shock of his lips on mine, and the next, Trey is kissing me in like his life is depending on it. His hand is warm against my jaw, holding me still, almost like he is afraid I will vanish if he lets go. My heart is beating so loudly I’m sure he can hear it. Maybe he can feel it too, because my chest is pressed against his, the heat of him melting right through my clothes.“Trey” My voice comes out broken. Small. Too full.He pulls back just an inch, his forehead resting on mine.His breath shakes. “Tell me to stop,” he whispers again. But I don't say anything, I try to speak but nothing comes out, I don't want him to stop. Because this feels like every day I have tried to avoid him, every hidden glance, every stupid flutter in my chest all of it crashing into reality.“You shouldn’t have kissed me,” I breathe.“I know,” he whis

Chapter Seven

YubiI barely slept that night, every time I closed my eyes, I felt him again his breath against my neck, the warmth of his hands, the way he whispered my name like it meant something. Like I was special.I don't remember finally falling asleep or him leaving either. I wake up alone in his bed, wrapped in a sheet that still smells like him. For a second, I lie there trying to pretend I’m dreaming, that last night didn’t happen, that I didn’t let myself fall into the arms of the one man I should never have allowed to touch me.But the ache between my legs is real.The marks he left on my skin are real.The emptiness beside me is real. It happened and I loved every second of it. I sit up slowly, pressing a hand to my chest as if I can steady my heartbeat.I can’t. It’s racing.I don’t know what I expect when I step out of his room, maybe that he’ll be waiting for me, maybe that he’ll look at me the same way he did last night, like I was something he didn’t want to lose.But the hallwa

Chapter Eight

YubiThree weeks.It has been three full weeks since that night I stood at the top of the stairs and watched Trey pull Kiari into the house like she belonged here. Three weeks since he said even a word to me. We have become strangers who live in the same house.At breakfast, I sit at the opposite end of the table, and he sits across from me and we all eat like a family, not one word spoken between us. Our parents think we are being petty.They don’t know there’s a wildfire spread between us, one we are both pretending isn’t burning everything in its path.For a while, avoidance works.For a while, I can pretend I’m moving on.But the past few days something has definitely been wrong, at first I thought I was coming down with a bug, but then the symptoms get worse, the nausea, the food cravings.At first, it was just mornings but it was getting worse. By week three, I can’t keep anything down not water, not tea, not even dry bread. My stomach turns at smells I used to love. Chicken.

Chapter Nine

YubiI hardly sleep that night. Every time I close my eyes, I hear Trey’s voice echoing in my head.Kiari said yes. Whatever happened between us can never happen again.The words replay, over and over, until they carve themselves into my bones. I lie awake staring at the ceiling, the faint glow from the pool lights seeping through my curtains, reminding me of where everything fell apart.I press a hand to my stomach.It’s still flat. Still unchanged but after a few months I will not be able to hide it anymore. I need a plan, fast. By dawn, I have made a decision, a quiet, trembling, terrifying decision that settles into me like a final breath.I need to leave. It's the only way this works. Not because I want to run away.Not because I’m weak. But because staying here, staying in this house, staying near him will destroy me and our entire family of the truth ever came out.I need space and distance, besides like Trey had said, it was a mistake and one stupid mistake should not destro

Chapter Ten

YubiOne year laterI’m rocking Chanel gently in my arms, humming the same soft lullaby I have been singing since the day she was born, when my phone lights up on the bedside table. The vibration is low, barely a buzz, but something inside me tightens. A familiar tension rolls down my spine.Nobody calls me at this hour, it's almost midnight. I take a look at the caller ID, and the name is one I have dreaded for months. TreyThe name flashes on my screen, I have not spoken to him for a year now, since I left home. For a second, everything in my tiny apartment feels too small, the walls, the air in my chest.He is the last person I expected to ever call me, especially this late. Chanel lets out a tiny coo, her little fingers tightening around the chain of my necklace, grounding me just enough to move.“Hello?” My voice cracks. So much for sounding normal.There is a shaky exhale from the other end before he finally speaks“Yubi?”His voice hits me harder than I imagined it would. Dee

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