Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother novel Chapter 319

Chapter 319

My heart sank.

“So… you stopped because it was her idea?”

He looked back at me, and there was something cracked in his gaze stopped because there’s nothing wrong with me, Kasmine. I’m not some broken, messed

case. I didn’t need help. I don’t need help.”

I swallowed the ache in my throat. “Kes…”

“All I ever needed and would ever need is you,” he whispered, “Can’t you see what you’re doing to me? How much you’ve already changed me? You’re the only help I’ll ever need.”

My throat tightened.

This wasn’t a man in denial. No, This was a man gripping tightly to the only thing that’s kept him afloat me. It broke something in me. It made my next words tremble on my tongue, but I had to say them.

“No, Kester,” I said softly, You’re not fine. You’re not okay.”

His face darkened, but he didn’t interrupt me.

“You have severe anger issues and emotional wounds you won’t even let me near,” I continued. “Whatever happened to you when you were younger… the things you won’t talk about… they’ve shaped you more than you realize.”

Silence.

“I’ve known you almost all my life,” I said, barely containing my emotion, “And I know you better than you know yourself. You can lie to the world, Kes. But don’t lie to me.”

He tensed beside me, and I saw his eyes glaze over as if he wasn’t here anymore. As if a part of him had slipped behind the walls he’d spent years building.

His breathing changed, becoming shorter and shallower.

“Kester?” I whispered.

He still wouldn’t look at me.

I touched his arm. His skin was cold and tight.

“What are you thinking about?”

There was a long pause. Then he spoke.

I froze. This was like a golden moment. Was he going to talk about his mother?

I knew that part of his life must have played a vital role in whatever he was going through at the moment. But he always made sure

“I asked if she’d drop me at school. She didn’t even pause–just said to. I stood there thinking maybe she’d look at me… maybe she’d change her mind. But she didn‘