The Boss I Shouldn't Want, Now My Stepbrother

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alked into the room, her lips in a tight smile. The glass of scotch I'd been holdi

impos

s beneath my feet, the amber liquid slowly slipping

ed. "I really a

my face. I shook my head, my eyes twitching as I refu

dget

f glass on the marble tiles. "I thought we already settled this." I yelled hars

throat tighten. "Haven't I suffered enough to get my own happy ending?"

't buy

't going to make

tab me in the back f

step to move on when I was

r hands away. "A happy ending? You want a happy en

sinking deep into my bones. "You've forgotte

mind every time I think about it, darling," she approached me again, but I str

umbled, her voice barely audible

't be wi

uffer for my whole life because of the past? I made

ghed

it wasn't

the cause of everything. Yo

pilled down her cheeks as she pointed at

m from doing it. Do you know how hard it was to live with

gher octave. "I've had enough of your tantrums. I didn't come to li

h horror. "Are you

tone softened as she reached for me. "I've see

n to my very being. "You think you can just chase h

tightened as she

y made her

ing to get

ing to make the past repeat itse

id desperately, holding onto my palm l

d that history mig

o be happy, Bridgette. We both do." She reached out and caressed my cheeks

"Because every time I think about it, It feels like I'm back there ag

again. But instead, she pressed her forehead against mine. "I know it hurts," she whispered. "I know it feels like you'll ne

I spat. "You don't know what it's like to carry this... this thing inside you ev

at you're carrying, Bridg

coul

uldn't bear to face. Instead, I turned away, wrapping my arms aro

bear to look at her, but she still continued. "I know you will. But Bridgette, I can't k

n the air, heavy

e him, before everything fell apart. But those days felt like

whisper. "I can't promise I'll ever be okay with this

s crying with how soft her voice was, but I didn't respond to her last statement. Instea

onder if maybe, just maybe, there was a way to