Lahat ng Kabanata ng Owned By My Stepdad(MxM): Kabanata 191 - Kabanata 200

I stared at him. No reaction. No words. Nothing.My brain had officially given up, filed for bankruptcy, and left the building.A brother? A brother?!I looked him up and down from head to toe all over again, desperately hoping that a second inspection would magically make that sentence make sense. It didn’t.I pointed a trembling finger at him. “No.”He blinked, unbothered. “No?”“No.” I began pacing around the tight perimeter of the room, my hands wildly gesturing at the air. “No, no, no. Absolutely not. I just found out my dead father is actually alive like twenty minutes ago, and now you’re standing here casually telling me you’re my brother?”Adrian leaned his back against the wall, folding his arms. “Half-brother.”I stopped dead in my tracks, slowly turning my head to glare at him. “That is not helping your case.”He compressed his lips, looking like he was trying very hard not to laugh at my impending mental breakdown. I stared at him in complete, exhausted disbelief. “You’re

For a second, I just stared down at the glowing screen.Bella calling.My heart actually skipped a beat. I hadn’t realized how desperately, how profoundly I had been craving the sight of that name until right this second. It felt like a lifeline thrown directly into the middle of my chaotic, drowning reality.I snapped my head up to look at Dad. He had clearly noticed the name flashing across the glass, too, but he didn't make a move to intervene. He didn't say a word, he didn't reach out to snatch the device away, and he didn't signal the guards. He just stood there, silently watching.My fingers moved entirely on instinct before my brain could even catch up, swiping the screen to accept the call. I pressed the phone hard against my ear.“Bella?”“Elias?!”I closed my eyes, a heavy shuddering breath escaping me. God, her voice. She sounded furious, terrified, intensely relieved, and ready to physically fight someone all at the exact same time.“Oh my God, Elias! Where the hell are y

I typed out the first message, staring at the letters on the screen for a few agonizing seconds before hit send.Bella, don’t overreact.Then, before she could even type a response, I fired off the second one.I found out I have a brother.I stared at the screen, watching the interface intensely. Three little dots immediately popped up on the bottom left. Then they disappeared. Then they appeared again, bouncing frantically, before vanishing once more.Then, the floodgates opened.WHAT DO YOU MEAN BROTHER???I physically flinched, moving the phone a few inches away from my face. “Damn.”Adrian leaned forward in his armchair, looking at me suspiciously. “Who the hell are you texting that requires that much distance?”I ignored him entirely, watching another notification banner drop down instantly.YOU LEFT FOR A FEW HOURS AND UNLOCKED BONUS CHARACTERS????A sudden, sharp snort escaped my nose.Across the room, Dad raised a dark eyebrow at my outburst. Adrian, however, looked genuinely

The walk to the dining room felt entirely too long. Too quiet.It felt as though the mansion itself was actively watching me move through its veins, calculating my every step. Adrian kept walking slightly ahead of us, his hands shoved deep into his pockets, casually humming a tune under his breath like he hadn't been an active participant in the psychological chaos he’d helped orchestrate just five minutes ago. I was silently making a mental note to strangle him later.Dad walked directly beside me. Not too close, but not too far away either. Just... there. His physical presence somehow felt significantly worse than if he had been talking nonstop, because the quiet was suffocating. I kept stealing sharp glances at him without meaning to, my brain still desperately trying to accept the reality of the situation. Still trying to accept him. Alive. Real. Right here.We finally reached the grand dining hall, and the heavy double doors swung open.I stopped dead in my tracks. For a second,

The atmosphere inside the control room shifted the second the security gates groaned open.The casual chatter died instantly. The guards went rigid, Adrian stopped smirking, and even Dad fixed his gaze entirely on the monitors.Naturally, my eyes were glued to the screens too.Kai and Nikolai walked through the gates side by side, yet somehow they looked worlds apart. Kai walked with his hands shoved casually into his pockets, his expression calm but intensely focused. Nikolai looked colder. Much colder. His sharp eyes slowly swept over the perimeter, taking in the guards, the perimeter cameras, and the scale of the mansion itself.Then, his gaze lifted. Straight toward the lens. Straight toward me.My heart skipped a beat. For a fraction of a second, the rest of the room melted away."Damn," Adrian muttered under his breath, breaking the spell.I frowned, keeping my eyes on the screen. "What?""They look like they came to start a war."Before I could process that, Dad turned away fro