Semua Bab My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret: Bab 421 - Bab 430

Gianna ━⊰ ❦ ⊱━ He rubbed his thumb against the steering wheel absently before finally looking back at me, “I was sitting here trying to figure out how to tell you the exact same thing.” And somehow hearing that hurt even worse. For a second, I wished he had argued. I wished he had told me I was

"I am not overreacting, Raphael," I replied softly. I didn't raise my voice. I didn't snap. I just let the cold truth of my words hang in the space between us, "My mind is completely made up. I've been thinking about it the entire drive home. I kept replaying everything. The hiding. The lying. Sneak

Then the back of my head and my shoulder blades collided violently with the wall. The impact knocked the wind clean out of my lungs, leaving me completely breathless. He didn't use his hands to hold my arms down. Instead, his fingers shot upward and clamped directly around the front of my throat.

My eyes never left Raphael, "This is exactly why I ended it." His expression hardened at my words. I kept going, "This," I pointed toward Jules, "Look at her. She is terrified." The guilt that flashed across his face lasted less than a second but I saw it. And somehow that made me even angrier,

"Do you wish he loved you?" A lump formed in my throat. I hugged Jules tighter, "So much," I whispered, my voice cracked, "So much that it hurts." Jules immediately wrapped both arms around my neck. Holding me as tightly as she could like somehow she could fix it, like somehow a hug was enough to