Page 83 of My Alpha Stepbrother's Dirty Secret 2

"Don't be.It is what it is.I'm just...I'm glad I have you now."

I felt my chest warm."You sure?"

He smiled and nodded, staring at me intensely."You know...I actually liked you from the first moment I saw you."

"What?"I chuckled disbelievingly.

"That day at your dad and my mom's wedding ceremony."

"What?!I thought you didn't like me!"I gasped because I remembered that day vividly."You practically glared at me, showing your dislike before I even came to say hi!"

He chuckled."It was a reflex action, really."

"Man...That really scared me."I rolled my eyes at him and he laughed.

"I was trying to stay away from you.Especially when I realized I was already falling for a sixteen-year-old girl who I just found out was my mate...and now my stepsister.I just didn't know what to do, so I did what I had to do."

"By acting cold."I shook my head.

"I swear, that was the only way I could survive it.But it got worse.Especially the day you turned nineteen.I remember that family dinner.My mom practically dragged me there, and when I saw you that night...how much you'd grown, how beautiful you looked..."

I covered my face, laughing."Don't make this weird."

He laughed too."I tried to leave.I tried to pretend it didn't affect me, but by 3 a.m., I was losing my mind.I had to do something.So yeah...I did what I did.again."

"and I caught you..."I added, shaking my head, my cheeks burning.

He covered his face, groaning."Don't remind me.That was the most embarrassing moment of my entire life."

We both laughed until our food arrived, and then a frown grew on my face when I remembered something.

"So...after you finally had your way with me, you thought the best option was to throw money at me?"

He groaned as he dropped his fork."God, don't remind me."

"Why shouldn't I?"I was getting pissed now as I faced him.

"That...That was the stupidest thing I've ever done.I was so nervous, Li.You were my stepsister, you were a virgin, and I just had sex with you...I didn't know how to act."

"So you thought throwing money at me was the best act?"

"I panicked—"

"And you didn't think me giving myself to you that day got me panicking too?Especially after I found out I got pregnant later on?Do you know how scared I was?How cheap I felt?"

"I didn't know what to do.You were everything I've ever wanted in my entire life and I didn't know how to handle it.I was nervous."

I bit my lip."all these years...I thought you saw me as nothing more than a cheap fuck.and that...that really broke me, Killian, especially after you came back with her as your fiancée."

He looked wrecked now."God, I'm so sorry, Li.I wish I could go back and do it differently.I really do."

"You have a lot of making up to do, Killian."

"I swear I'm gonna spend the rest of my life making up for all of my mistakes."He took my hand to his lips and kissed it gently."You're everything to me."

"Hmph."I rolled my eyes, but a small smile was growing at the corner of my lips.

after eating and getting ready to leave, something unexpected happened.