In Love With My Evil Stepbrother

Chapter 72

Read In Love With My Evil Stepbrother Chapter 72 – Whatever It Takes

I crouch down there frozen, staring at him.

“I said midnight. And you just waited me till midnight?” my voice is filled with shock.

“Yes,” he nods.

 

“But why?” I ask, perplexed.

I can’t think of one reason that would make him wait in the weather like this for 2-3 hours.

Is he just trying to be nice? Or does he still have feelings for-no, impossible. I immediately laugh at that fleeting thought.

And then I hear his answer, “I said I want to have dinner with you. You clearly haven’t eaten anything. Come, let’s go.”

He rises and gestures me to follow. Before I realize, I’m already walking with him side by side under his umbrella. The chilly wind hits me, and I shiver. The next second, a scarf that still carries his warmth lands on my neck.

“It’s cold during the night, isn’t it?” he says casually and looks straight ahead, paying no attention to the astonished look on my face. “Don’t forget to check the weather next time.”

I touch the scarf, which smells so much like him. It’s irresistible. After only a few seconds of hesitation, I tighten his scarf around my neck and instantly feel warmer.

We walk together to the parking lot where he parks his car, which turns out to be a black Audi. Very low-profile. Very unlike him.

“What happened to your fancy sports cars?” I turn to him and ask.

“I sold them.”

I gasp in surprise. I can still remember the proud in his voice when he told me about his car collections, and now he is telling me that he sold them?

Did his family go bankrupt?

“Why? Do you have a financial difficulty?”

He blinks and then bursts into laughter,“ Oh no, nothing like that. I needed money to start my own business, so I sold them for a good price. Plus, I can’t have my business partners see me driving around in a gaudy convertible…doesn’t seem very reliable that way.”

I don’t know which word makes me more surprised, “business” “gaudy” or ” reliable”?

He really has changed a lot. And it makes it harder for me to read him.

“Why don’t you ask Mr. Ramirez for the money?” I ask.

His face darkens for a quick second and then he quickly covers it with a smile, “do you want to have dinner or ask question?”

He is dogging my question. That I am sure of.

He unlocks the car and open the passenger’s door for me. Before I get in the car, I suddenly notice a darker area on his left shoulder. It looks like a water stain from the rain.

But he was holding an umbrella large enough for us two.

Then it suddenly hits me. I was walking on the right side of him. So he must be leaning the umbrella more towards my side to make sure I’m perfectly sheltered from the rain. That’s how his left shoulder got wet.

“Something wrong?” he notices my moment of lost and asks.

“No! No, it’s nothing…I—nothing.”-

car, avoiding his gaze so that

and gentle to me! He is only making this so much harder than

take a deep breath to calm myself down before

do you want to eat?” he starts the engine

in the mood for dinner and just want to lie down. But my gut

late and I’m sure you have things to do tomorrow. I don’t

doesn’t say anything and just drive out of the parking lot. When the car goes into

Whatever It Takes, by Life

heard of the song before but never really paid any attention to the lyrics. And now I’m trapped in the car with nothing to do but to listen carefully, it just occurred to me that, ironically, this song tells the exact story of

strangled smile fell from your

kills me that I hurt you

that I didn’t

million reasons for you

find a reason

suddenly feel the air getting thinner around

has also done me wrong in the

on, but this song just snapped us back to

still going

whatever

To turn this around;

what’s

know that I’ve let you

give

Believe that—”

The song stops abruptly.

turned off

know why he turned it off, because unlike the singer, he doesn’t have any regret for the past and isn’t trying to ask for another chance with

been so long already. He has moved on to

and struggle to fight back those hot tears in my eyes. I can’t let him find out that this song brought out the emotional side of me, which

to pretend that I’m cool with everything, just like he

he finally breaks the awkward silence. “Tough day at

I spilled a drink on your girlfriend, remember?” I’m glad that my voice sounds natural and calm, so I carry on with

got fired?” his voice

is my fault, nevertheless.

don’t you think it’s a bit unfair? Getting

I guess the innocent side of

really careful about every little thing in our lives, or those little things will turn into a real b*tch and come back at us. Of course,

that the final sentence sounded more

his face hidden in the darkness. I don’t know what

it already. We won’t see each other after this one

“Your girlfriend seems nice. How long has it been? How

You call the person who got you fired nice?” there’s a hint of

decent conversation here.

says, “I think food

I look through the window and see a little Taco joint

he says and then

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