My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret novel Chapter 721

Chapter 21

Chapter 721

Gianna

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My little brother never sat still.

He climbed everything, ran everywhere..He couldn’t stay in one place for longer than five minutes without getting bored.

“…Gio?”

The word barely escaped me when Perla finally looked up. The moment her eyes landed on me, she froze. Her entire body went completely still.

For one long moment, she simply stared, “Gianna?”

I looked from her, to back to Giovanni, then to the wheelchair again, nothing made sense.

I started walking toward them, “What… What happened?”

Neither of them answered. Perla’s eyes filled with tears almost instantly. She stepped toward me, lifting one trembling hand before gently placing it against my arm.

It was such a small touch, “You’re really here.”

My own hand moved without thinking. I wrapped my fingers around hers, “I’m here.”

The words had barely left my mouth when she suddenly pulled her hand away, not because she didn’t want me to touch her but because she looked terrified.

She looked past me toward the house, then back at me, “What are you doing here?”

“I-I just-”

She cut me off by grabbing both my shoulders, “Gianna… why are you back? What the hell is going on?”

I blinked at her, “Dad… Dad brought me back.”

Her entire expression changed, “He… brought you back?”

I nodded.

Perla shook her head immediately, “No. No, Hazel would never- How did Hazel let you leave with him?

Everything inside me stopped, the air refused to reach my lungs. Her fingers slowly slipped from my shoulders as I took one step backward. The tears I’d been holding back, I couldn’t stop them anymore.

My voice came out as nothing more than a whisper, “She couldn’t.”

Perla frowned, “What?”

I shook my head, “She… She’s gone.”

Perla stared at me, “Gone?”

I nodded once, my vision blurred, “She left me. And… she’s never coming back.”

Perla’s brows pulled together, “Gianna…”

I looked at her through blurred eyes, “She’s dead.”

The words echoed between us but it was as if Perla’s mind refused to understand them, “No…”

Chapter 221

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She staggered back a step before catching herself on the wheelchair handles.

I looked at Gio again, really looked at him closely. His face had become older and there were dark circles beneath his eyes as if he hadn’t been sleeping. He looked so exhausted, nothing about him looked like the lile boy I left six years ago.

I dropped to my knees in front of him, “Gio…”

My voice shook so badly I barely recognized it. I wrapped my arms around him carefully, terrified I might somehow hurt him. He hugged me back immediately. His arms felt so much bigger than I remembered.

I buried my face against his shoulder, “What happened? What happened to you?” my eyes squeezed shut, “How… how did this happen?”

“Because he was careless.”

The voice came from behind me. The deep, cold voice I’d know anywhere, and I stood back up like it was instinct.

“And weak.”

Every muscle in my body stiffened. I turned my head. Dad walked down the stone path with the same pace he always had, one hand tucked into the pocket of his trousers. In the other, he carried a glass of orange juice.

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