Lahat ng Kabanata ng Claimed By My Best Friend Brother : Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

BambiThe apartment is much nicer than I expected.When Calla drives us there, I spend most of the journey staring out of the window, my mind still trying to process everything that has happened within the last twenty-four hours, because yesterday I was standing outside Jarek’s house in the rain, crying so hard that I could barely breathe, and today I am sitting in a car with my entire life packed into a few bags, heading toward a place that is supposed to be mine.Not his.Mine.It feels strange.When Calla finally parks in front of the building, I stare at it for a few seconds before turning to her.“This is where he got?”She nods.“Apparently.”I step out of the car and look up at the building.It isn’t some huge luxurious mansion, but it is decent, clean, and much better than the kind of place I thought Jarek would get for someone he was trying to get rid of.Calla grabs one of my bags from the trunk.“Come on.”I follow her inside.The apartment is on the second floor, and when

Bambi An hour later, Layla finally comes over to my desk to tell me that it is time for the conference, and even though I have been expecting it since the moment Gia mentioned that we would be attending a meeting, my stomach still twists uncomfortably because I know exactly who I am going to see there, and the thought of standing in the same room with Jarek after everything that happened between us makes me wish I could suddenly become invisible.I take my notebook and pen from my desk before following Layla down the hallway, trying my best to keep my expression normal even though my mind is already reminding me that I have promised myself that I will stay away from Jarek, that I will not look at him, that I will not allow his presence to affect me, and most importantly, that I will remember that I am no longer living in his house and I am no longer someone who has to worry about whether he wants me around or not.“Don’t look so nervous,” Layla whispers as we approach the conference

Bambi I hurry back to my office to get the correct file, my heart pounding painfully against my chest as I search through the documents on my desk, and the moment I find the folder I realize exactly what happened because the two files look almost identical, which makes me feel even worse because I know that if I had simply taken a few extra seconds to check the label, none of this would have happened.I grab the file and hurry back toward the conference room, trying to calm myself before I walk through the door because I don’t want anyone to see how embarrassed I am, but the moment I step inside, I can feel several pairs of eyes turning toward me, and the senior employee immediately looks up from the table with an expression that makes my stomach twist.“I have it, ma’am,” I say quietly as I walk toward her and place the file in front of her. “I’m really sorry about the mistake. I genuinely didn’t mean to—”“You genuinely didn’t mean to?” she cuts me off with a mocking laugh, and my

Bambi By the time I return to my office after the conference, I still haven’t been able to properly process what happened, because every time I think about it, I find myself remembering the way Jarek stood there with that cold expression on his face while he told a senior employee that she had gone too far, and then, as though firing her in front of everyone wasn’t enough, he called her a bully and ended her employment right there in the conference room.I sit down at my desk and stare at the computer in front of me without actually seeing anything on the screen.“Are you okay?”I look up and find Layla standing beside my desk, her arms folded across her chest and an expression of disbelief on her face.“I don’t know,” I admit honestly.She pulls the chair beside me closer and sits down.“I genuinely don’t know what just happened in there.”“Neither do I.”She shakes her head slowly.“I’ve worked here long enough to know that Jarek doesn’t usually react like that.”I look down at my

BambiThree days have passed since I returned to work, and although I have been trying my best to settle into my new routine, there are still moments when my mind wanders back to Jarek, especially whenever I remember the way he looked at me during that conference meeting and the way he unexpectedly defended me, because no matter how hard I try to understand what goes on inside that man’s head, I always end up more confused than I was before.I am sitting on the sofa in my apartment after work, scrolling through my phone while eating a small bowl of fruit, when there is a loud knock on my door.I immediately know who it is.“Calla,” I mutter with a smile before getting up.When I open the door, she walks inside without even waiting for an invitation, carrying a small handbag and wearing an expression that tells me she has come with plenty of things to say.“Guess what your favorite idiot did now?”I close the door behind her.“Jarek?”“Who else?”I laugh softly.“What did he do?”Calla