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IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 1: TESSIE'S POV
I turned lazily and accidentally kicked the alarm clock off the bedside table. The shattering sound it produced was enough to wake me up fully knowing that I had gotten myself in trouble. My dad had definitely heard that which meant that was another item added to the list of the things I was yet to pay for, all I had broken because of my clumsiness. I held my breath with my eyes closed waiting for his voice from downstairs but after two minutes, it didn't come. I frowned. Where was he? That was so unusual but maybe it was my lucky day. Maybe I was going to have a great start of my junior year but that would only happen if I got out of that bed and got ready. I was already running late as it was and my best friend Ava would be up my ass again. My phone rang. *Talk of the devil.* I thought as I flipped it to see the caller ID. "Hey bitch!" Ava greeted as soon as her face appeared on the screen. "You are not dressed yet?" she gasped.I lowered the camera trying to hide my pyjamas but i
Last Updated : 2023-12-08IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 2: TESSIE'S POV
"Did you get the pages for the maths homework?" I asked Ava as soon as I got back to class from a bathroom break only that Ava's mind was elsewhere. "Ava!" I shouted snapping her out of her daydreams. "I'm sorry, what?" she asked suddenly gathering her books. I sighed and sat down heavily. "What? Don't look at me like that, I'm heartbroken." "Or you are fantasizing about a certain hottie who isn't even in your class and is obviously worse than Tim." "Don't be so mean. How could you even compare him to my ugly ass ex? I also sat behind him in AP History. Apparently juniors and seniors are going to have it together this semester so joke's on you." I shook my head. Whenever Ava got like this, getting her back was next to impossible. I didn't blame her though. Any girl who set her eyes on the mysterious new student was prone to acquire that fever and even I had found myself thinking about him in one occasion or two and I didn't like that he was distracting me during my classes. What I
Last Updated : 2023-12-08IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 3: JASON'S POV
Playing football with the school team in my new school had been the highlight of my first day in the new town and just like my appearance had caused a stir the whole day in all my classes, the football field was no exception. I never cared about my looks like everyone else who wasn't me did. I never wanted to come off as obnoxious but the situations around me forced me to be using that as the only way to push people away from knowing who I really was. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. Those were the moments I had to embrace and fit in but it was only because of my mother. Everything I did was for her otherwise I wouldn't have agreed to move states leaving behind the life I had known for eighteen years to start over in a new school in my senior year.I had just changed back into my regular clothes when a message popped up on my screen. It was my mother reminding me of the meeting we had with her new boyfriend. I loved her and it always made me happy to see her smiling especia
Last Updated : 2023-12-08IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 4: TESSIE'S POV
I ran upstairs and disappeared inside my room breathing hard. I couldn't believe my eyes or even any part of my body but most of all, I was mad. I was mad at my father for all the secrets and what they would have done but I was also mad at myself. His eyes, his face and his smile were stuck in my head. How could all those years of never being crazy about boys be deleted in just one day. I wasn't sure what I was even more mad about. Was it my father for keeping all this from me and then springing all of them at me at once or was it the fact that I had a crush on my stepbrother? "Oh God!" I exhaled sharply as the reality hit me right in the face. I started pacing up and down. If my dad was marrying his mother, that meant that we would be living together. How could I reset my mind and and divert my thoughts from what I had spent the whole day thinking about- what I was still thinking about? "Why does he have to be such a hottie?" I asked out loud in the empty room but a knock at my d
Last Updated : 2023-12-08IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 5: JASON'S POV
Meeting Tess Prescott had been surprising but within minutes of knowing her, I knew that if I focused more on making her an ally she could be my ticket out of the marriage my mother had saddled me into. Well, it was her marriage but being still in high school, I was forced to live with them which made it feel like a marriage to me too. I had never had to move in permanently with any of her boyfriends. Now we were moving across states and I was not ready to start a new life, even for her especially after I had found out that she had kept a secret from me.As she drove me across the town heading to my aunt's house where we had been staying before that day, I took some time to observe her. Her focus was on the road gripping the steering wheel with too much intensity that made it seem like she was hurting. Tess was obviously younger than me and I had already observed that she was shy. Attempting to make conversation with her always resulted in either being ignored or answered vaguely. I wa
Last Updated : 2023-12-24IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 6: TESSIE'S POV
I was at school early the following morning for two reasons. Firstly, it was because my father had agreed to let me use my car before the doctor's appointment. I didn't have to wait for the bus which always came much later than the students who drove or cycled to school. Secondly, I had been determined to leave before my father and her new girlfriend woke up because I didn't want to be subjected to another conversation involving that woman. Sure, I was happy that my dad was happy but that didn't mean that I would get used to it so quickly.Ava arrived shortly after me and we walked inside together. As usual, she was her cheerful self which meant the previous evening had turned out fairly otherwise she would have been complaining and guilt-tripping me for abandoning her. I didn't have to ask to get the conversation because, by the time we got to our lockers, she had narrated the whole story about her evening. "Wait, you what?" I asked turning to her. "I poured coffee on her. Pretty s
Last Updated : 2023-12-27IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 7: JASON'S POV
I walked into the room I was supposed to attend an advanced math class in but stopped at the door the moment I saw her. She was seated alone reading a book I couldn't see, her curly hair covering her face. I watched her for a while knowing that she couldn't see me. Tess was wary of me in a way that I couldn't explain but it was fascinating which bothered me. In a whole school with over thirty girls in each class, cheerleaders and other cool girls who would fit the perfect definition of the cutest high school couple, with my looks and with a hoard of girls all over me but still, none of them had moved me like Tess had. I was obnoxious, sure but I was whenever I needed to be. I figured that maybe if I tried to show her the version of me that she hadn't seen, maybe she would stop treating me like the enemy. I needed her in my corner. I closed my eyes and sighed deeply. Who was I kidding? It was no longer about breaking up our parents. I wasn't a kid anymore to do that stuff. Why couldn't
Last Updated : 2024-01-04IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 8
TESSIE'S POV"Whoa!" My mind screamed the moment Jace broke the kiss. I had tried to resist him but the moment his smooth lips brushed against mine, I felt my whole body transform. His breath was that of ripe berries, intoxicating and pulling me in opposed to what I had always considered boys' breaths were like. If my first kiss had been with him, maybe I would never have taken a step back from dating.I breathed hard staring at him. I couldn't believe that had just happened but it had. Jace was a jerk but he was a great kisser. I could still feel him on my lips and regardless of the sharp voice at the back of my head that warned me that this was wrong, I didn't hate it. It had been too brief but how could I say that? I wasn't sure he could read what was on my face as he stared back at me as if waiting for me to say something. What could I say? That I wanted him to kiss me again? No, I would never tell him that. It was best if I ran out and hid from him for the rest of the day until i
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IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 67
AVA'S POVImmediately the teacher stepped out after the class, I slumped into my desk, sighing heavily from exhaustion. Thank God there wasn't another class after that because I would have died. "Get up lazy ass! Go sleep at home," Margo said, shaking me. "Leave me alone," I groaned, my eyes still closed. "Five more minutes, okay?" "Yeah, that's code for thirty." A different voice said. One that was too familiar to me. I frowned and then slowly looked up only to find Tessie standing over me, a tiny smile on her face. "Hey," she greeted.I wasn't sure what to say to her so I started looking around. This was the first time in months that I hadn't sprinted out of class right after a lesson just to avoid talking to her. I could get up and leave her there but this time, I didn't feel like it. "Where is Margo and Katie?" I asked, just to make conversation. "They just left. They said something about going to watch the boys' swimming practice?" "Mo
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 66
AVA'S POV "Okay, your frown just went from a two to a seventy real fast. What's pricking your butt?" My friend Margo, asked as we walked out of the cafeteria. "Nothing, maybe it's just something I ate?" "Ava, you barely touched your lunch," she pointed out giving me a disapproving look as she blocked my way forcing me to stop right outside the cafeteria. "In the morning? Maybe it's something I ate for breakfast." "I'm pretty sure your half pancake and a sausage are digested by now. I'm also very sure this," she said, expressing with her hands all over me. "Happens every time we walk by your ex-bestfriend and that walking heartbreaker stepbrother of hers. I have noticed so, spill." "Yeah, you never told us what really happened between you two. You two were always so tight than you ever was with us," my other friend, Katie weighed in. I sighed. I was cornered and I wasn't sure what I was supposed to tell them. The truth? No, I would neve
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 65
JASON'S POVSeveral months had passed after Tessie and I got back together. They had been the best months I'd had in a while but also the busiest. With college applications, tests and retests especially for maths. Thankfully, I had Tess to help me study and I was more positive about passing than I had been at the beginning of the year. Prom was just a month away but I wasn't looking forward to it like I was looking forward to graduation. I had already made up mind that I wouldn't go. There was no way I could go with Tessie so, I had other plans for us that day even though it was still a bit further away.Having moved back to the Prescott's house permanently, everything was moving smoothly. Late night sneaking into Tessie's bedroom, helping her father at his office sometimes... He had even offered me a summer job with him before I went to college. I hadn't given him an answer to that yet because I wasn't so sure I wanted to be there after graduation— something I hadn't told even Tessi
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 64
TESSIE'S POVMonday morning, I sat in my usual place during literature class, doodling on my book. My mind was so absent, closed off to the noise around me as we waited for the teacher. I turned slowly to the desk next to mine. Ava had still not arrived which was so odd. Well, odd, but I had some ideas why she was probably taking her time. This was the first time we had gone through a weekend with no communication. It sucked, big time. She had ignored all my texts and every time I called her, it went straight to voicemail. She was giving me a message but I wasn't ready to give up yet. How could I just let four years of our friendship go down the drain?I looked up just in the moment she walked in. Our eyes met and my face brightened as I sat up. Finally. However, her face dropped, her eyes growing hostile and instead of walking over to me like she always did, she turned away and headed to a different desk, way far from me. I swallowed hard, something uncomfortable stirring in my stom
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 63
TESSIE'S POV "Tessie!" My father's voice alerted me from the hallway followed by a loud knock. I turned with a groan and sat up rubbing my eyes. Why was he waking me up so early ? "I know it's Saturday but you need to get up and have breakfast with us before I head to work. We have some news we want to share." "What time is it?" I managed to mutter under my breath and reached for my phone. It was some minutes past eight. My father didn't have to go to work early on Saturdays which explained why he was still there. "Tessie? Are you awake?" "You woke me up, Dad!" I shouted back. "I'm sorry. I haven't seen you since yesterday. Is it so bad that I want to share a meal with my daughter?" "I'll be there in a few minutes," I gave in knowing there was no point in arguing when he got like that.Beside me, Jace stirred awake and stretched his hand to me. He wrapped it around my waist and forced me back to bed with him. A silent gasp escaped me
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 62
TESSIE'S POVTears sprung out of my eyes as I watched Ava run away from me. This is what I had been so afraid of— watching her walk away with that hatred in her eyes. Were we ever going to be okay again? Jace pulled closer and I leaned against his chest, my heart completely torn. I had wanted Ava to know the truth. I was going to tell her everything because I didn't want her to find out this way. "I fucked up," I breathed hard. "She is never going to talk to me again." "Tessie, it's not your fault. We both did this, I did this," Jace comforted me. "I lost control, Tessie. I thought she had left." "She did. At least I thought she did. I don't know why she came back." "Hey, it's okay. Stop beating yourself so hard about it. Ava is going to come around, we will talk to her together." "What if she tells our parents?" I asked, my voice shaking slightly. "Do you really think she would?" "I don't know. She is very upset and migh
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 61
AVA'S POVI blinked slowly trying to take in the scene in front of me but my whole body shut down for several seconds. I couldn't move or say anything so I just stared. Tessie and Jace broke apart quickly, their faces pale from shock. At first, I wanted to believe that I had imagined everything but the moment my eyes met theirs, all I could see was betrayal.My insides shredded at that instant. Tears stung my eyes and a soft sigh escaped me. My entire strength failed and I forgot to breathe for a second. "Ava..." Tessie stepped forward.It was at that moment that I managed to gather myself. I turned on my heels and ran out down the hall and headed downstairs. I couldn't be there, I couldn't face her, and I didn't want to talk to her or even see her face. "Ava, please wait!" she called after me as I ran out the front door without looking back. "Ava!" "I have nothing to say to you two!" I turned sharply and shouted. "Unless you want to tell me that wha
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 60
JASON'S POV We searched for her for almost twenty minutes without seeing any sign of her or Evan. I hated myself for thinking that maybe she had gone home with him and used feeling unwell as an excuse. I couldn't stop thinking that they were off somewhere in the backseat of Evan's car or his bedroom making out or having sex.The thought drained the energy out of me and I paused outside the gym trying to fight it off. Just as I was about to give up the search, Evan appeared, heading back to the gym. I straightened up and met him. "Hey, do you know where Tessie is?" I asked. "She texted Ava that she was unwell and now we can't find her." "Yeah, she told me to drive her home. She has a headache but she is safe."I exhaled in relief. Right then, Ava joined us. "Is she mad at me for disappearing on her? Please tell me she isn't mad," Ava asked desperately. "I don't know," he sighed. "But I think you should check on her or call her to find out what's going o
IN LOVE WITH MY STEPBROTHER CHAPTER 59
JASON'S POV "So, how do you and Jude know each other?" I asked Ava as we danced amongst the crowd. "We met through our parents. They used to be coworkers then friends. What about you guys?" "He is my cousin," I stated casually, not surprised that Jude hadn't mentioned my relationship with him. "The one you are staying with," she stated.I frowned slightly, "How do you know that if he never mentioned me before?" "Tess told me, plus I live a few houses down from the Prescott's so... I know things." "Right," I nodded, my heart skipping several beats wondering how much Tessie had shared with her best friend. The truth? "What else did Tessie tell you?" I asked lightly. "Nothing much, except that you are single again which probably the whole school knows and many girls might be trying to get your hands on you." "Tessie told you that?" I cocked an eyebrow. Ava chuckled, "Not really. That was me blurting out every un
