Lahat ng Kabanata ng My step-brothers; My mate: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Celeste's POV."Do you have flashes about the unfortunate situation?" The elderly doctor asked with his large glasses on his nose and his pen on a medical report, ready to jot my answer down.How was I going to tell him that the mere question forced my head back to last night?"Not as frequent as I expected. It comes and goes occasionally."That was the only solid lie I could come up with. I couldn't let him know that I still saw Ryan's haunting image in my head, and I couldn't get it out no matter how hard I tried."Have you had panic attacks since that incident?""No," I lied, trying to ignore the time I had a breakdown seconds before Cassian walked into my room last night."Your body still hurts a little?""Yes. But I don't even notice it."He stared at me with a skeptical look on his face before writing down his thoughts on my answers.Lucian took me to the nurses to have a series of tests that I didn't know I needed. After that, he made sure he was he was present as they cleaned

Celeste's POV."Hey you, give me three more bottles of vodka!!"Through my blurry eyes, I saw him hesitate with a look begging me to pity myself, but it only got me angrier. "Are you standing there because you're deaf, or because you're stupid? Did you know here me make an order? Will you get out of here and get back with my order?!", I dismissed him angrily, and he had no choice but to go get the drinks I order.I felt music getting dizzy. The tip of my fingers were getting numb. I couldn't feel my legs anymore, and I knew I was temporarily paralyzed by intoxication.I'd never gone this deep into alcohol in my entire life. I was an introvert - a nerdy naive girl who had a late bloom, so I'd just started drinking recently and lightly.But tonight was different. I'd consumed eight bottles of vodka tonight, but I still hadn't had a night.It was almost midnight. Hours had passed since that surreal panic attack, but the memories of Ryan drugging me and trying to rape was still as vivid a

Celeste's POV"You bastard!!" I screamed at him, let anger take utter control of me. "The utter nerve of you to touch me!!"The look of shock on his face and he nurtured his hurting cheek was supposed to be a fulfilling sight, but I could barely resist the urge to land another one."Celeste, you... You slapped me?""And you deserve another one, you jerk! Do you know how hard it has been without you? Do you know how bad I've been resisting you? Do you know how bad I've wanted you to make me feel like a woman again? I literally begged you to let me be so I don't have my feelings toyed with, and you had the guts to break down my walls and hurt me while I was defenseless?", I questioned, rage coursing through my veins.I kept yelling and ranting without giving myself a chance to breathe. I was feeling lightheaded, but I didn't care if I fainted right now."Why can't you accept the fact that we can't be together? Do we have to end this on a bad note? We're... We're not meant to be for good

Celeste's POV.The awkward silence that sat with us throughout the flight was unnerving, but I had no choice but to deal with it, since it was the tone I set.No matter how many times I tried to explain to my mom hours ago that I was better off without this genius idea of theirs, she vehemently refused my suggestion to stay back."I know you, Celeste. It seems there's more to this than not wanting to go on this vacation. Are you going to tell me what's wrong? Is it the place or the fact that Lucian is going with you that is bothering you?"How was the Moon Goddess's name? How was I going to explain to her that I didn't want to spend the rest of my week with someone I had sex with and didn't love?I reclined further in my seat and switched off the music from my headphones when I began to feel sleepy. At that point, I welcomed it since it was the only thing that could cure this awkwardness."Good evening, Prince Lucian," I heard a flight attendant come up to us. "We'll be landing in a few mi

Celeste's POV."This is not the vacation we planned for her. How do we resolve this?"The low but firm murmurs I heard from a corner of the room forced me awake, but I still shut my eyes and stayed in my sleeping position while I heard Lucian yell at the person he was on the call.I opened my eyes halfway to watch Lucian in his usual shirtless aura and my eyes refused to shut close.I couldn't imagine the panic attacks I would've had if Lucian didn't stay by my side last night. I was acting all tough on the outside, but the only thing my shameless wolf wanted was to feel him drag us from behind into a cuddle. Now this cup of vanilla was standing by the window, and my wolf kept yearning for him.She didn't care that I just woke up from sleep and that I was too tired fot these war.She didn't care that I was doing everything possible to protect my heart from shattering twice.She just kept on at her greediness, despite the number of warnings I'd given her.I sighed at how his back musc