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Semua Bab Addicted to my Stepbrother : Bab 111 - Bab 120

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CHAPTER 111

JULIANKai’s apartment smelled like butter and whatever cologne he always overused, and the door was unlocked the way he’d promised. I’d barely stepped inside with the bag of food when Eros came out of the kitchen, saw me, and pulled me into a hug that knocked the air out of my chest.“You look like you're dying inhospital,” he said into my shoulder. “Come here.”“I am dying in a hospital,” I said, hugging him back. “That’s the job.”He let me go, leaned over, and pecked Charlotte on the cheek like it was the most normal thing in the world. “You look worse than him. I say that with love.”“Say it quieter,” Charlotte said, already kicking her shoes off. “I’ve been on my feet since before dawn.”“You brought food,” Kai said, taking the bag from me. “I take back every mean thing I’ve thought about you today. Sit down. I made popcorn because I’m a host with standards, even if I refused to cook.”“You said you weren’t a chef,” Charlotte said.“I’m not. I’m a man with a microwave. There’s a
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CHAPTER 112

JULIANI got home a little after midnight, and the penthouse was quiet. I dropped my bag by the door and called my mom before I even took my shoes off, because I’d been waiting through Kai’s movie and Kai’s games and I wasn’t going to get in the shower without knowing if Dante had shown up.She answered on the second ring.“Julian.”“Mom. How was dinner? Did he come?”“He came,” she said, and she sounded tired. “The dinner was fine.”“Fine.”“Yes. We talked. He apologized again, and he listened more than he has in a while, and then he drove to the hotel for my bags. We’re already back at the house.”I sat down on the arm of the couch and pressed my fingers into my eyes. “You’re back at the house.”“I am. Please don’t start.”“I’m not starting. I asked you to call me if the table stayed empty, and it didn’t stay empty, so I’m asking you if you’re all right.”“I’m all right. I’m tired, and I want to sleep in my own bed, and I don’t want you to worry.”“You left last night with a suitcas
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CHAPTER 113

JULIANEnzo told me to be ready at seven, and he would not tell me where we were going, only that it was not the first restaurant and it was not anywhere near campus or the estate. I put on a black shirt and the dark pants I had wasted an hour choosing, and I stood at the mirror and put on the lipstick without thinking too hard about it, just enough that my mouth looked finished. When I came downstairs he was already holding the door, and he looked at me once, then again, and he smiled.“You look good,” he said.“You said that last time.”“I meant it last time too. Come on.”We drove farther than I expected, out past the parts of the city I knew from rotations and late nights, until the streets opened and the restaurant sat on a quiet corner with warm windows and no one from school in sight. He parked and came around to my side before I could get out, which I pretended to complain about.“I can open my own door.”“I know you can. I still want to do it.”“You’re showing off.”“I’m taki
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CHAPTER 114

JULIANThe door had barely shut behind us when Enzo grabbed me. He pinned me to the wall in the entryway, mouth on mine, still tasting like the car, and I made a broken sound against his teeth because I was already sore and already hard again.“Enzo…wait... we just..”“I know what we just did.” He bit my lower lip and dragged my hips against his. “I’m not done.”“I can’t…ah…if you start here I won’t stand up.”“Then don’t stand.”He lifted me. My legs went around his waist and my back hit the wall, and I whimpered, high and involuntary, because his belt buckle pressed against my oversensitive cock.“Fuck. Enzo. That’s—nnh—”“I’ve got you.” He carried me down the hall, kissing me the whole way, and I kept making those small noises into his mouth every time his step jostled me. “Listen to you. You can’t even be quiet walking to the bedroom.” He dropped me on the bed and yanked my pants down. “Turn over. No. On your back. I want your face.”I went onto my back, panting already, shirt ru
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CHAPTER 115

JULIANWe woke to both phones going at once, a hard, ugly little chorus on the nightstands, and for a second I thought it was my mom, or the hospital, or some disaster that still belonged to last night. Enzo reached for his first, then I reached for mine, and the same picture was already sitting on both screens: the two of us in that parking lot, close, his hand on my face, cropped so tight it read as a kiss. The caption did the rest. Someone had written stepbrothers and finally and I knew it, and by the time I sat up the post had jumped from a campus page to three group chats I was in and two I was not.“Enzo.”“I see it.”“They framed it as a kiss.”“I know.” He was already scrolling, jaw tight, the bruise on his cheek doing nothing to soften him. “It’s the same lot. Last night. That’s my hand.”“You were wiping lipstick off my mouth.”“I know what I was doing. They don’t.”My phone rang in my hand. Kai. I answered because if I didn’t he would keep calling.“Julian. Are you okay? Ha
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CHAPTER 116

ENZOJulian had already left for the hospital when my father called, and I almost didn’t pick up. The picture was still dying in slow pieces on my phone. The real video had done most of the work, and the last person I wanted to explain myself to was Dad. I answered anyway.“Enzo.”“Dad.”“What the hell is going on?” His voice was already up. “I’ve had three people send me the same photograph this morning, and then someone else sent a video, and then your uncle called to ask if I’d lost control of my house. You and Julian. In a parking lot. With your hand on his face. Explain it.”“There’s nothing to explain.”“Don’t start with me. The whole campus is talking, and it’s got my name on it.”“Your name is always on it,” I said, not bothering to keep the edge off. “Someone cropped a still of me wiping something off his mouth and wrote a story over it. People are out to destroy us. That’s what is going on. They see Romano and they see a headline, and they don’t care if the picture is a lie.
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CHAPTER 117

ENZOI lost track of time the way I always did once a file started making sense. The library had gone quiet around us. The lamps were still on when I finally looked up. Marcus was asleep on his folded arms. Theo was slumped in the chair with his mouth open. I sat there for a second, then kicked Marcus’s chair.“Get up.”“What?”“It’s late. Go home.”Theo made a noise and didn’t move. I shoved his shoulder.“Theo. Up. I’m not carrying you.”“Five minutes,” he muttered.“No. Now.”Marcus lifted his head, blinked at me, and groaned. “What time is it?”“Late enough that you’re drooling on a casebook. Pack your stuff.”“You’re a terrible friend.”“I’m a friend who’s awake. Move.”They started gathering their pages in that slow, half-asleep way. I finally checked my phone. Twelve missed calls, all from Julian. A string of texts under them. Then the photo.I went still. He’d sent it from the bathroom or the bedroom, I couldn’t tell. Just his ass in the frame, bare, the shirt pushed up. No ca
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CHAPTER 118

JULIANThe phone woke me before the light did. I fumbled for it on the nightstand with Enzo still heavy against my back and answered without looking, my voice rough from sleep.“Hello?”“Julian?”I sat up a little. “Aunt Lila?”“There you are,” she said. “I wasn’t sure this was still your number. It’s been a long time.”“It has.” I rubbed my face and glanced at Enzo, who hadn’t fully woken. “Is everything all right?”“I’m only checking on you. Family shouldn’t stay this far apart, and I realized I’d let too many months go by without a call. How are you?”“I’m fine. I’m in school. I’m working.”“You always were the serious one. I heard your mother got married again.”I stared at the wall. “She did.”“To Dante Romano.”“Yes.”“And you’re living in the city with them, more or less.”“More or less,” I said. “Aunt Lila, it’s early.”She gave a small laugh. “I forget other people sleep. I wanted to hear your voice. After Steve, we all scattered, and I told myself I wouldn’t be the aunt who
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CHAPTER 119

ENZOI got home later than I meant to and the penthouse felt off in a way I could not name yet, so I called Julian before I had even put my keys down, already talking as it rang, already saying I was downstairs, already asking if he wanted dinner, and then I heard his phone going off down the hall and I stopped in the doorway with the call still against my ear.“Julian?” I said, to the empty living room and to the ringing at the same time. “If you’re here, why aren’t you answering me?”The ringing cut out when it went to voicemail, and I followed the sound to his door and tried the handle, and it did not give. I stood there with my forehead almost on the wood and knocked, not loud, because something in me already knew loud would make it worse.“Baby, it’s me. Open the door.”“I need space,” he said from the other side“Space from what?.” I tried the handle again, stupidly, as if it would have changed. “Julian, what’s wrong?”“I said I need space.”“That isn’t an answer.” I could hear
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CHAPTER 120

JULIAN My phone started ringing and I almost ignored it, then I saw the name and stepped into the stairwell. “Aunt Lila.” “Julian. I’m in the city tonight. I already talked to your mom and she said yes to dinner. Eight o’clock. I’ll send the address. It’s quiet. Nothing fancy.” I stared at the wall. “Okay.” “You don’t sound happy.” “I’ve got a shift. I’ll come after I change.” “That’s all I wanted. I’m glad we’ll all be in one room.” I hung up and called my mom before I could talk myself out of it. “Julian.” “Aunt Lila just called. She said you already said yes to dinner.” “I did.” “Why?” “Because if I keep putting her off, she’ll keep calling. I want it done. One meal. We sit, we eat, we leave.” “You don’t have to go.” “I know. I’m going anyway. Are you coming?” “Yes.” “Then we’ll get through it. Wear something normal. Don’t make this a big thing.” “I wasn’t going to.” “Good. I’ll see you there.” The rest of the shift felt longer than it was. I kept thinking about
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