Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother novel Chapter 249

KESTER.

Terrifying…

She meant it.

Her eyes locked onto mine, and I swear I saw something fold in her

“You know what?” She wiped her eyes, “I want to be able to look at the father of my child and not wonder what he’s capable of. But I can’t. So, just leave. I never want to see you anywhere near me or my baby. Leave!”

That broke me.

She could threaten me with anything, but not our baby.

“Baby… What do I do to make you know how much I love you and that everything I do, I do for you? Kasmine…” I didn’t recognize my voice anymore, and the way my emotions spiraled from anger to hurt surprised even me.

“This isn’t love, Kester. It is control. I don’t want it. Just… Go…” She sobbed, her lips trembling so hard.

“Kasmine… please.” My words came out as a whisper, trembling with a vulnerability I had never shown to anyone except her. “Please just love me back. What does it take to love me? Baby?” I swallowed, closing the distance between us, “Just—just love me.” I begged.

I could feel my heart wrenching out of my chest.

My hands trembled as they reached for her, brushing against her arms as if afraid she might vanish if I held her too tightly.

She looked at me like I was something pitiful, something broken–and maybe I was.

“No! I can never love a selfish monster like you!” She let out a bitter scoff, wiping off the tears from her eyes with her trembling hands before letting them slump beside her as if she were tired of fighting.

“You don’t need love, Kester. You need help,” she stared at me weakly with those green orbs of hers, and I didn’t like the look I saw there… It was that of pity. Not love. Not the love I expected.

I wanted her to love me, not pity me.

“I am not selfish, Mine. I chose you. I always choose you. I’m. Still. Choosing. YOU!” I counted my words ever so slowly, ignoring the crack in my voice, “I gave up so much for you. I am going through this whole mess right now because of you and you call me

selfish?”

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I closed the little gap between us. “Every drop of blood on my hands is there because of you! Everybody I have and will take down is because of you! Don’t you get it? Everything I’ve done, everything I’ve become it’s all for you.” I whispered, cupping her face in my trembling palms.

Why was her face blurry? Was I crying?

Fuck. Yes.

I was crying.

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Hot tears spilled down my cheeks, blinding me as the words tumbled out, unfiltered and raw. “I’ve bled for you, Kasmine. I’ll bleed again if that’s what you want. I’ll change. Tell me. What do you want me to do? I’ll fucking do it. Tell me how to make you love me. Please just give me a shred of your love, even for a second, I cried.

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Chapter 249

My forehead pressed against hers, my tears sliding down to mingle with the warmth of her skin. I held onto her like letting her go would mean my end.

I couldn’t lose her. Couldn’t love the only woman I had spent my life loving. This was the only time I ever felt what love was. I wasn’t letting go.

“Mine…” My voice cracked, so low and ragged it barely sounded like mine. “You say this isn’t love. But you- I swallowed hard, shaking my head, you don’t understand what you’ve given me.”

That single sentence carved through my chest like a serrated knife. I didn’t even feel my hands drop from her face. My body just… shut off.