Dirty Little Secret With My Stepbrother
"I don't want a single person at school or anywhere else to know that I am related to the likes of you. We are not family."
The words tore through my chest like a jagged blade, completely destroying any lingering, foolish childhood fantasies I had left. The likes of you. We are not family.
To him, I was just a lower-class girl who had invaded his perfect, wealthy world. An embarrassment.
The pain was so sharp that tears immediately stung the backs of my eyes, but I forced myself to swallow them down. I refused to let him see how easily he could break me.
"No one should know that we are step-siblings. Got it?" he demanded coldly. I couldn't even speak. My chest was entirely too tight, full of