Ciara
I didn’t even intend to spy on my step-brother, I just got curious after catching a quick movement from the window, and on realizing it was Zoren, I inched closer, wondering if I could caught him doing something kind of implicating which I could have over him and perhaps, report to his father because he was such an asshole. But nothing special happened, he was just standing by the pool and smoking, in a stance that screams authority. I looked away for a moment, and when I looked back, a startled gasp caught in my throat at the sight of Zoren leisurely undressing till he was stark naked, right before he smoothly dived into the outdoor pool.
My mouth remained wide open from shock, and I stopped breathing. One minute ago, he was still standing by the pool, and now, he was swimming completely naked!
Anger slowly consumed me whole because I knew he was doing this on purpose, to rile me up and show me who the ‘boss’ here is. He doesn’t care that he wasn’t the only one living in this mansion anymore, or that little kids were present in this house as well. He hates that we were here right now, and was making that obvious in all his actions.
Too bad he was ridiculously hot.
I wanted to look away, but I couldn’t.
His muscles rippled as he swam regally, his muscular arms moving in the water as he glided from edge to edge, the lightning from the compound and the full moon was making his skin glisten. For a moment, I wondered how his skin would taste on my tongue. That thought completely caught me off guard and I swore underneath my breath before reminding myself that even though he was hot, his attitude was the absolute worst and I hated him so much.
I could vividly remember our first conversation the first day we crossed paths, which was exactly three weeks ago, the same day I moved in here with my two younger sisters.
“Who are you?” He had rudely barked from behind me, completely startling me and causing me to drop the glass I was drinking from. With shattered glass by my feet and water soaking my socks, I had felt so mortified to be making such a horrible first impression. But I still forced a smile on when I faced him, holding a hand out. He had looked so ridiculously hot that it completely caught me off guard, with his dark hair falling into his eyes and his sharp features making him look like he walked out of a magazine. I managed to gather myself together fast as I introduced myself to him.
“Hello, I’m Ciara, your new sister. You didn’t attend the wedding, else we’d have met before now. I hope we can become great friends.”
He didn’t accept my outstretched hand, he just stared me down with the most intense gray eyes I had ever seen, his handsome face twisted in a scowl.
“You just broke my favorite cup.”
That had made me flush from embarrassment.
“Oh, I’m so sorry, I had no idea—”
He cut me off rudely, his deep voice sharp and firm. “Of course you had no idea, because you don’t belong here. I don’t know what my father was thinking by taking on this kind of charity, but let’s set some things straight, okay?”
I was too shocked to speak after that.
“We’re not step-siblings, and we absolutely can’t be friends. Don’t touch my things, and always stay the hell away from me at all times. Got it?”
Anger had settled within me by the end of his rules and I had flatly nodded.
“Okay.”
After that horrible encounter, I had hated him since then and I’ve tried to avoid him after that, but I always felt his sharp eyes on me almost every time he was home. It unnerved and confused me, especially because he clearly hated me. He was always scowling at me, so I had no idea why he just never stops looking at me. Worse, whenever his eyes were on me, it usually felt like his gaze contained some invisible magnetic force pulling me in his direction. I hated it, it was infuriating and confusing, which is why I liked when he wasn’t home, cause once he returns, that weird magnetic feeling would instantly settle in my chest again.
I was only in this situation because my life fell apart. I trusted stupidly and paid the price by losing everything my father left me. If it weren’t for the fact that my trust fund was stolen by my bastard boyfriend, I and my two younger sisters wouldn’t have been forced to move in with our mom and her new family, before they even returned from their honeymoon. But luckily, Gregg, her new husband seems very great so far, however his son…was the complete worst.
The sound of rippling water brought me back to the present, and I realized that now he was floating on his back, completely unashamed in his naked state. My eyes dragged over his lean muscles before I could stop myself, then on realizing what I was doing, annoyance instantly consumed me.
I hurriedly turned to leave, but a sudden movement of his hand had me stiffening. As I squinted from my position by the window, I watched as he slowly trailed his hand down his lean abs to slowly wrap his large palm around his dick… which he began to stroke leisurely.
A startled sound left my mouth and my knees instantly weakened. My eyes bulged, unable to believe what I was witnessing.
With bated breath, I watched as his strokes gradually built up, till he was jerking off hard and fast. When he let out a low animalistic, guttural growl which filled the air and instantly made my knees grow weak, I whimpered, my stomach filling up with heat.
That sound was so raw and… inhumane. I’ve heard him make that unusual sound a handful of times since I moved in here, and each time, it always startled and shocked me to the core. What was more shocking to me right now, was the heat swimming through my veins right now. I closed my eyes, squeezing my legs tightly together. My cheeks were on fire, because I wasn’t just spying on my stepbrother, I was getting slowly aroused as well.
When I opened my eyes, I almost fainted because his head was facing my direction, and his gray eyes which weirdly glowed brightly, stared right at me, locking with mine.
I let out a startled gasp and stumbled away, my legs shaking and my heart pounding as I raced to the kitchen, struggling to catch my breath.
Fuck! He totally caught me staring at him!
When he suddenly grabbed my jaw, I stiffened, a shiver creeping up my spine from the contact.
“Did you really think that was me being mean? I was merely messing around, little owl. If I was being mean, you wouldn’t be breathing right now.” He spoke with so much seriousness and my mouth hung open from shock and fear until he chuckled, and on realizing… or assuming that he was joking, I pulled away fast while glaring at him.
“Asshole.”
He didn’t stop me when I stepped around him this time.
“I wonder if you were touching yourself while watching me.” He murmured from the foot of the stairs and I froze, my heartbeat accelerating again.
“I didn’t do that! What I witnessed wasn’t all that anyway.” I pointed out, whirling around to stare at him. He didn’t seem like he believed me, and that annoyed me.
“Should we test that theory out right now?” He dared, then he was shamelessly tugging out his cock, which was rock hard. The sight instantly had me stiffening, my face flushing. My breath slowly grew labored, my knees weakening and my stomach clenching.
I felt confused right now because I wanted to look away but couldn’t, it was like that magnetic pull I get from his stares all over again.
“I can smell your wetness right now.” His cocky voice finally pulled me out of that reverie and I gasped, stiffening and feeling horrified to discover that I was truly wet between my legs.
“T- the nose doesn’t work that way! it’s also not true!” I argued weakly, then I turned and sprinted at once.
A low chuckle followed me all the way up, followed by a low string of words that had my knees almost crumbling underneath me.
“That’s right. Keep running, little owl… and never look back.”
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