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.”-

and get in the car, avoiding his

to me! He is

quickly take a deep breath to calm myself down before he gets

do you want to eat?” he starts the engine and asks

physically and emotionally. I’m really not in the mood for dinner and just want to lie down. But my

know…a simple bite perhaps?” I force out a smile. “It’s late and I’m sure you have

just drive out of the parking lot. When

song is playing, Whatever It Takes,

car with nothing

smile fell from

kills me that I hurt you

is that I didn’t even

million reasons for

can find

the air getting thinner around

also done me wrong in the past. But I don’t know if he has ever regretted

have both moved on, but this song just

it’s still going in the

do whatever it

To turn this around;

what’s at

I’ve let

give

Believe that—”

The song stops abruptly.

turned off

he turned it off, because unlike the singer, he doesn’t have any regret

has moved on

struggle to fight back those hot tears in my eyes. I can’t let him find out that this song

I’m cool with

breaks the awkward silence. “Tough day at

so I carry on with a light tone. “I’m really sorry about that. But I got fired for

his voice suddenly turns darker

is my fault, nevertheless. Can’t really complain about

unfair? Getting fired over something really small like

I guess the innocent side of him

people like us can only be 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, people like you won’t

realized that the final sentence sounded

silence driving his car with his face hidden in the darkness. I

other after this

the mood. “Your girlfriend seems

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

trying to start a decent conversation here. Be a good boy and play along,

then says, “I think food is a better idea than

the window

here,” he says and then gets

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