Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother novel Chapter 214

KESTER.

I went for a run. Something I hadn’t done outside the confines of my home gym in a long time. But today, it felt like the whole house was closing in on me, and I needed a breath of fresh air.

I ran until my lungs burned, until the early morning air felt like razor against my skin, until the world blurred into nothing.

Two days.

Forty–eight fucking hours.

And Kasmine hadn’t stepped foot outside her room, neither had she opened the door for me or anyone else aside from her favorite maid who takes her meals to her and comes out with them untouched.

I was losing my mind.

It was just five more days until I was shackled to an engagement I didn’t even want, and I wasn’t even prepared for it.

When Kasmine barged into my room and found me and June in that awkward position, I heard her saying something about picking a date. She must have come across the whole engagement thing on social media, all thanks to June.

If only she’d let me explain myself, she’d see that it’s all just a big misunderstanding.

I pushed the door open and stopped in my tracks when I heard familiar voices coming from the dining area.

The fuck?

They were actually laughing?

Just when I thought my morning couldn’t get any worse after finding out that an important document containing our acquisition proposal for my investors for the

acquisition of the Elvric systems – One of the best multi–million Dollar artificial

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intelligence that would boost my technologies and gadgets for a better user experience –

has been leaked to Kex.

How did it happen when I already had the one person I suspected in my basement?

I didn’t want to believe I had more moles in my company than one. It would hurt my

intelligence and pride.

I had to deal with that later today.

As I stepped into the living room, I turned in the direction of the voices, and to my greatest disappointment, I saw Karina having breakfast in my fucking house.

A laugh almost slipped out.

Not even a glance.