All Chapters of My Stepbrother's Dirty Little Secret : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Raphael ━━ ⛓ ━━ She didn’t look at Vincenzo when she said it. She looked straight at me. Her chin lifted just enough to make the point clear. “I’m not a charity case.” For a second nobody spoke. Gianna stood there barefoot in the middle of Vincenzo’s study and every inch of her posture screame

A small, uneasy breath left Hazel’s chest, but she still looked uncomfortable, “She didn’t mean any disrespect,” she said quickly. “She just… she’s always been like this.” Dad’s thumb rubbed slowly across the back of her shaking hand. Hazel looked down at their hands for a moment before continuing

“I’m not running,” she shot back. “I’m going for a walk. Please move, or are you about to give another speech about how you own the sidewalk too?” A slow smirk dragged across my mouth, “Vincenzo told me to remember the rules,” I said, “He reminded me that you’re a sister now. He was very clear abou

“I… I just wanted to make sure I understood everything,” I murmured. That wasn’t exactly a lie. Understanding the system was the easy part. It was the talking that felt like walking across ice. Aileen nodded slightly, like she understood more than I had actually said. “The Midland Trust team arriv

The volume of his voice triggered something deep and dark inside me. The conference room started to blur. Read it, Gianna! Read it, goddamn it! His voice screamed in my head, overlapping with Raphael’s. I could almost feel the sting of the wooden ruler hovering over my knuckles, waiting for me to