Lahat ng Kabanata ng Help Me, Stepbrothers, For I Have Sinned: Kabanata 231 - Kabanata 240

Lavender:I don't think I’ve ever felt so awkward around someone the way I felt in the water with Nikon. It was also weird, the way he saved me, but then took his time getting me out of the water. The way his eyes lingered on my face, the way he chose his words so teasingly, I felt a strange tingle in my chest.There was no denying he was a very good-looking man, but he had done messed-up things, so I’m glad nothing else happened.Still, the possibility of something happening has actually increased in my mind now. He seemed more open to the idea of intimacy, or maybe I was just reading too much into it.I mean, he had a habit of teasing me, so he was probably just doing it to make me feel lesser about myself later on, when he reminded me I gave in too quickly. So, I didn’t want to ponder too much on it.I sneezed once again while sitting on the bed, wiping my nose over and over. I had changed into a brown dress, but my hair was still wet.I think I was just a little too sensitive, bec

Lavender:“Nothing. I was just worried that if anything happened to you, I’d be stuck here without help. So don’t get any ideas,” I hissed, or at least I tried to.He casually shoved his hands into the pockets of his shorts and stood there, eyes narrowed, head tilted.“You know what, wifey!” he said in an overly dramatic, mock-spooky tone, “screw what I said. This place is quite dangerous.”“Ha ha ha. You can’t scare me anymore,” I said, folding my arms confidently over my chest. “I saw there’s nothing out there that could climb.”“Are you sure, Lavender? Nothing can?” he asked, taking one step forward.My posture wavered a little.“I know. Besides, you said your men are all around here, so we’ll be fine, right?” I reminded him.He pouted and nodded slowly, almost like he was saying, Hmm, I hear you.“But Lavender,” he said, “do you remember that man who came into our mansion? The one led in by my own guards?”My cocky smile faded instantly.“How do you know none of my men here is cor

Nikon:I watched her come out of that room in a red dress, and I must say, I forgot what I was saying or what instructions I was giving to my man on the phone. It was a pretty important call, and I just lost my words. I didn’t want to admit it, but she was the most gorgeous thing I had ever laid eyes on.Before that, I didn’t want to acknowledge that I’d noticed her beauty. I didn’t even want to compliment her. I didn’t want to have those kinds of feelings for her. I had been fighting them for a while, and it was obvious, whenever she was in trouble, I would go to save her myself. Normally, I’d just send my guards to help someone, but this was different.Still, I didn’t want her to get involved in the mafia business. So I stayed away from her. I thought, ‘Hmm, maybe it’s better this way— that she stays just a stepsister.’ Even then, I was slightly confused. Worried. She was too pure and didn’t deserve to be surrounded by such toxic people.But she was stuck with her mother; that evil

Lavender:“Were you angry back there that she was hitting on me?” Nikon asked, making me shift in my seat on the couch. We had returned home after I lost my appetite, and Nikon had sensed it, so he excused us. I liked how attentive he was to details. If only he were the husband of my choice.Once we got home, he ordered food for me. I ate plenty, and now I was back on the couch, ready to sleep.“I wasn’t. I just don’t like people seducing someone and then acting like they were the victim. And from the looks of it, I could tell you were going to reject her, and she would make up a lie just to frame you,” I said everything I had been rehearsing in my head throughout the car ride. I had a feeling I had acted a bit aggressively back there, so I knew Nikon was definitely going to bring it up.“Hmm, interesting,” Nikon said, taking off his shirt after coming out of the bathroom post-shower to get ready for bed.“But Lavender, what makes you think I would’ve rejected her?” He turned to me, e

Lavender:I felt strange after Igor overheard me speaking casually to his brother. I guess he expected me to be rude to Nikon all the time, which to be fair, might’ve been the right thing to do. But I didn’t want to piss off Nikon when I was still trying to teach my stepsisters and my mother a lesson.Besides, being rude to Nikon all the time wasn’t a good idea. He could be deadly when provoked. I just didn’t understand how Igor seemed to forget what his brother was capable of.“Where are we going?” I asked, sitting in the back seat of their car.After Nikon left for some back-to-back meetings, Igor had come to fetch me, and I found Easton already sitting inside. Now, the two of them were driving me somewhere. They had been unusually silent the whole ride, so I had a feeling they were upset with me. It felt like they might take me to some secluded place where it’d be just the three of us, so they could confront me.“Our mansion,” Easton said, sounding almost offended that I didn’t rem