My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 203

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Chapter 203

Gianna

“Raphael,” I breathed, my hand clutching at the front of Silvio’s oversized hoodie, “What are you doing in my room?”

He didn’t answer right away. He just watched me, his dark eyes tracking the way I was shaking. Then, he leaned forward into the light.

I saw his hand then. He was holding a small, silver tube. He tapped it against the arm of the chair… Thump. Thump. Thump.

“I went to check on you,” he said, “I thought maybe you were crying. I thought maybe I should bring you something for your face.”

He stood up, his massive frame blocking out the light of the lamp. He walked toward me, and I felt the heat coming off his skin before he even touched me. He stopped just inches away, his shadow swallowing me whole.

He reached out, his thumb catching the edge of the hoodie’s hood and flipping it back. His eyes landed on the deep purple bruise I had given myself, the one that had swollen even more in the cold night air.

“This hoodie doesn’t belong to you,” he said, as he gripped the fabric, “I thought we couldn’t fuck other people, Gianna. Who did you go to see? And why did you come back looking like you’ve been crawling through the dirt?”

I wrenched my face away from his hand, taking a step back. My back hit the door, and the impact sent a jolt through me that settled straight in my lower stomach. It was a stupid, treacherous reaction… my body hummed every time he got within a few inches of me, regardless of how much I wanted to bite him.

“What’s with the interrogation?” I asked as I pulled Silvio’s oversized hoodie tighter around me, “You remember the deal, right? You don’t get to ask where I go or who I’m with.”

Raphael stood there, his bare chest catching the dim light. He leaned one hand against the door above my head, trapping me in the space between the wood and his heat.

“I’m not interfering,” he said, he got so close that I could see the tiny gold flecks in his dark eyes, “I’m just doing a bit of quality control. I need to know if you’ve already violated our deal.”

I felt my eyebrows pull together as I looked up at him, “Violated? Are you serious?” I let out a laugh, “Raphael, the only person who might slip up and sleep with someone else is you. I’ve only ever been with one man, and that was a long time ago.”