Sinful Obsession: My Billionaire Stepbrother 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 141 - 챕터 150

~Isabel~ The drive was long, the city blurred past the window as the sky slowly bruised into shades of dark orange. When the taxi pulled up to the stone bridge, the evening air had already turned chilly. I spotted my mother's car parked near the corner, she was standing by a thick concrete railing, staring out at the dark water rushing underneath. I stepped out of the taxi, pulling off the dark sunglasses I had used to hide my face all day. Hearing my footsteps, she turned. Seeing her face made my own feet falter…deep lines of disappointment, sadness, and exhaustion were etched into her skin. Had I done this to her? She was supposed to be on a beach enjoying her vacation in the Maldives with Arthur. Instead, the scandalous news of my affair with her stepson had dragged her back into this nightmare… I walked up and stood beside her. The wind whipped across the bridge, tossing her hair wildly across her face, she flicked the strands away with a shaking hand. "If an

~Isabel~ We got into her car, and she drove me back to the yacht… to my surprise, she and Sabastine actually knew each other… I found out from their conversation that she used to visit Eleanor here when she was alive… Mom left later that night to head back to the hospital, having received a call that Arthur was being discharged with a full-time, live-in nurse and for once I felt a spark of hope. At least Arthur was well enough to go home. Over the next few days, I hid away on the yacht I couldn't bring myself to face the campus but Chloe sent me all her notes and informed on everything that was going on in school…but today hiding wasn't an option. Chloe had texted me this morning about an important revision class before First Exams began and I had to go. I kept telling myself Chloe would be there by my side…plus this was my chance to corner Professor Alester one-on-one…to see if he had any updates…or better yet, to finally get that flash drive back because I couldn't just si

~Isabel~ The voice boomed from the public address system a middle-aged professor, Mr. Godfrey, stopped his lecture and pointed his marker directly at me… I froze on the steps gulping down my saliva... In an instant the entire sea of students shifted, i felt all eyes of my coursemates land on me, the silence lasted only a second before the whispers began again… the hisses of gossip and also pointed fingers. "Silence in my class!" the professor shouted slamming his hand on the podium and everywhere quieted down. He turned his stern gaze back to me. "I'm sorry, I was held up by one of my professors," I lied, my voice shaking. Because what else could I say that would be a reasonable excuse? I couldn't tell him I was hiding in the hallway to recover from being bullied. He seemed to watch me for a minute his eyes narrowed behind his spectacles… It looked as if he recognized me from the tabloids…connecting my face to the viral pictures…. another stretch of silence passed As I

~Isabel~"What did she say?"Chloe's voice snapped me back to reality, her eyes wide with anticipation.I lowered the phone slowly.The war had officially started… the Sterling mansion was becoming a battlefield and my mother was inside mingled in a commotion with a man whose brain could give out at any second…"I have to go to the mansion now." I rushed over my words, my panic making me breathless.I grabbed my spoon with a trembling hand, eating fast. I tried to stuff as much as I could eat into my mouth at once... I couldn't go over there facing whatever nightmare was going on an empty stomach… and besides, I was feeding for two so I needed every ounce of strength for the hypothetical warzone I was about to walk into."I am coming with you, then," Chloe said, leaving her own food untouched as she started packing her things into her bag with a hurried gesture.I stopped chewing, the spoon slipped from my fingers landing on the plate."Oh my God!" I exclaimed as a forgotten detail sl

~Isabel~ Professor Throne’s voice stopped us just as we reached the door. "You know, there's more I found on that flash drive of yours. It is personal. Not my business..." He paused. "But I think you should see for yourself." Chloe and i moved over to the table again as he clicked open a separate folder on his laptop then played an audio file, as the recording played, my mouth fell open...the audio playing was Juliana responding to the blackmail audio we had listened before… I stood in shock as the pieces of her lies fell together forming a picture so ugly I had to brace my hand on the table. Juliana’s Pregnancy was fake! and this female doctor was harassing her for more money than they agreed!! "That lowlife bitch!" Chloe swore. "I can't believe this," I mumbled still shock... who knew this flash drive could expose all this… i scrolled through the image of an ultrasound sent to her that he showed us one more time, making sure my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me... they