All Chapters of IN LOVE WITH DAVE: MY HOT STEPBROTHER: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

CARMEN“What the fuck, Dave?!” I raised my hands in the air as soon as Dave and I finally had a moment of privacy.It was late at night, Kate had returned to her house long ago, and he had pulled me out of the hallway and into one of the many bedrooms which didn’t have a specific use.“Lower your voice, Carmen,” he warned.“Why should I? Do you think people are going to suspect us for being in here together? It’ll be hard for them to have solid suspicions, trust me. I mean, I’m getting married soon, and you’re dating my childhood friend, Kate.” I didn’t mean for my words to come off as spiteful and bitter as they did, but I couldn’t help it.“I know how you must feel right now, Carmen.” He tried to reach for my shoulder, but I stepped away. “Whatever you think this is, it’s far from what it really is.”“Okay, let me take a wild guess.” I crossed my arms. “You asked me out to prom, you had sex with me and got your fun, you found out that I’m your stepsister, then you went along to slee

CARMEN“Will you be free tomorrow?” I asked Jasper out of the blue when he dropped us off at home. My mother had gone out of the car, still having a conversation with Frank.“Does this mean what I think it means?” Jasper grinned. “Carmen Wilmer is asking me out on a date?”“My last name is Cartier,” I corrected him. “And is it such a bad thing to ask you out on a date now?”I figured that if I was going to get through this, there was only one way – getting to know the man I would be spending my life with. From the way things were being arranged and thrown in my face, I had a feeling that I would be married to Jasper for longer than six months as Dave had assured me.“I just wanted to expect it from you.” He shrugged. “By the way, I will definitely be free tomorrow. My schedule isn’t exactly tight enough that I can’t make adjustments or go around it.”“Good. I’ll be ready by twelve. We can have the whole day to ourselves. I need to know who I’ll be getting engaged and married to, right

CARMENThe world seemed to stop when Jasper kissed me, but it wasn’t because I enjoyed the kiss.As his lips grazed mine, his tongue getting shoved down my throat, images started to flood my head. Images of everything I had shared with Dave – and then, they all disappeared.I opened my eyes and broke the contact with Jasper, taking a deep breath and moving away from him even though we were at the top of a Ferris wheel, and there was no taking back what had just happened.“I’m sorry. I just…I didn’t want to leave without having to do that first. I really wish you would open up to me completely without having to run away from me, Carmen. I don’t understand you and why you pull me close one day and push me away the next.”I could have told him that I didn’t understand why either. I knew why, but I didn’t understand it. I knew that I was involved in a closeted affair with my stepbrother, which was abominable enough to even think about. I knew that even though my stepbrother and I had part

CARMEN“Run away with you?” I asked Dave, my brows coming together in a frown. “Where could we possibly go?”“Anywhere. Heck, we could even go out of the country. I don’t want to remain like this. I don’t like how close but far apart we are. Just tell me you’ll go with me, please.” He took my hands and gently squeezed them as he looked at me with the same desperation he had looked at me with earlier in the bathroom.“And how would we do that?” I raised my brow.“I have a mature fund. I could pull it out and take us anywhere. It’s more than enough for us to start a new life together.”I do not doubt that Dave had enough money for our survival if we ran away, but the running away part was scary to think about. It had never crossed my mind and, now that Dave brought it up, it didn’t sound so bad an idea, but I knew it wasn’t the best one.I sighed with a nod.“I’ll run away with you…if telling them doesn’t work out,” I gave him my condition.“Telling who?” He knew that I was talking abou

CARMEN“I don’t think I understand.” I shook my head, confused. “What do you mean you didn’t find a video like that?”“It’s not on the phone, Carmen,” he attempted to confirm once more, but I wasn’t buying it. It was just not possible.“But she…” I paused, my mind taking me to a place of near impossibility. “Do you think she deleted it?”Dave sighed, shaking his head. “If she’s using it against you, I don’t imagine that she would have deleted it so soon. Then again, you’re engaged to Jasper. If she has nothing to worry about anymore, maybe she did delete it.”I looked towards my mom. She was going around, hugging people and sharing air kisses. If I tried to test her…“I’m going to get information about it,” I informed Dave, heading for my mother before he could stop me.“Mom,” I said to her just as she was picking up a glass of red wine from the tray of a butler.“Oh, my darling daughter,” she mused, hugging me and laughing. She smelled like coconuts and wine, a contrast that seemed t