Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

June tilted her head, clearly savoring the way the blood drained from my face.

"Yeah," she said slowly, as if feeding the horror to me one syllable at time. 'He's been watching you, Kasmine. For months. Even years. Every time you undressed, every time you cried, every time you touched yourself thinking you were alone..." She made a little tsk with her tongue, smiling wider. "You weren't."

There was silence.

"No," I whispered, shaking my head, my eyes stinging. "No. He wouldn't-he couldn't-"

"Oh, but he did. June's voice was triumphant. "And do you know how I found out?"

She took a step closer as if she were offering me a bedtime story.

"One of those days when I was here. He'd left for the office. I was bored. And stupid him, he left his laptop open. I thought-why not? Let's poke around. Try a password or two."

Her lips curled, wickedly amused. "Wanna guess what the password was?"

I didn't answer.

She chuckled. “Kasmine. Your name. Isn't that just precious? Not mine. Yours. Even though he's supposed to be my fiancé." She sighed with mock sadness, then leaned in. "Once I got in, I found everything. Hours of video footage from your bedroom. He'd clipped some of the best moments. Labeled them. Some of them were just you walking around naked. Sleeping in a tank top. Other

times..."

She trailed off and gave me a sickly-sweet shrug. "You were moaning his name, Kasmine. So loud. So desperate. Like a porn star who didn't know the camera was rolling."

I doubled over, bile rising up my throat.

I felt violated. Humiliated. Ruined.

Something in me wanted to fight back. I looked for something... A loop in her story. And there! I found one.noveldrama

“But... I just started living with him less than three months ago," I said, my voice barely holding. "How could he have watched me for years?" I asked, hoping that was a loop in her false story.

This must be made up. She was just saying this to make me hate Kester some more. But she had failed. Or so I thought until she tilted her head and gave me a pitying, theatrical sigh. Her hand moved to her hip, standing akimbo like a teacher waiting for her dumbest student to finally solve the puzzle.

"How much further does your cluelessness go, baby?" She cooed, dragging out the last word like an insult. "Don't tell me you never noticed the hole carved into the wall of your room back at the packhouse."

My stomach lurched,

She continued slowly, like she was spoon-feeding me with poison. "The one beside your closet? Just opposite your bed?" She asked one at a time, almost like she was giving me clues to catch up with.

My knees buckled. I staggered, barely catching myself on the corner of the bedframe. My legs were fucking jelly. My mouth had gone

dry. And my heart? I couldn't even hear it anymore-it was just this iolent, silent thudding in my ears.

"No." My voice shook, "That's not true. He'll never... He..." I swallowed.

June gasped dramatically and clutched her chest, mocking me like I was a toddler who'd just discovered the world was unfair.

"Oh, sweet girl. You're adorable when you lie to yourself." She chuckled. "How then do you think I saw both of you fucking on that cursed dinner night, huh?" She asked, pride staining her cheeks.

"I saw everything, Kasmine. The way you kissed him. The way you moaned his name like a bitch in heat. You practically glowed with

it."

God, I'd seen it a hundred times. A stupid little hole in the wall, just beside the closet. It was small, round, and barely noticeable. I'd always meant to tell someone to fix it. But I didn't care.

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Or maybe I never got curious enough to want to know what it was. I just thought it was... I just... No. My carefreeness didn't even let me think there was anything wrong with a small hole in the wall.

She tilted her head again with mock sympathy in her eyes. "Must be so hard,

huh? Being with a man as unhinged and as manipulative as Kester."

I clenched my fists.

And then... I cracked.

The grief melted. The shame evaporated. What settled in its place was something much darker than rage.

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OMG !!! epic chapter, as much as I felt sorry for June she has it coming. I understand her anger but how can she still want him after seeing all the videos, doesn't she get h...