GoodNovelChapter 232 Chapter 232 KASMINE.
I hadn't even dropped the cup of coffee when a high-pitched, syrupy giggle broke the silence and nearly startledinto cardiac arrest.
My body jerked so fast in the direction of the sound that the dizziness I'd been ignoring all morning slammed harder into my skull, turning my vision into a funhouse mirror. Fantastic. If the walls spun any harder, I might start levitating. Maybe it was finally tI stopped playing tough and visited the damn hospital. "Look who I get the pleasure of meeting all alone in the kitchen!" Karina's voice was a little too loud and sweet, like poisoned honey and her expression? Pure sunshine with a chance of lunacy. Too abnormal to be this cheerful so early in the morning.
God. Was she high or something? She had that glittery-eyed, overenthusiastic vibe of someone who'd either snorted something very illegal or returned from making a deal with the devil. Or maybe she was the devil. Who could tell with her? Either way, I didn't have the energy for it.
I said nothing. Just dumped the mug into the sink like it had personally offendedand turned to leave. Since she moved into the house, I'd done a good job of avoiding her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe only tI'd actually seen her face was during the family dinner last night- and even then, I'd pretended like her entire existence didn't itch beneath my skin.
My being indoors because of Kester helpedstay away from her. I heard she was trouble, and Mum also toldeverything she had done to Kester, including being the reason he was finally sent to the psychiatric hospital. Everyone believed whatever story she made up back then because Kester already suffered from anger issues. So, it was easy for Karina to pull such a big one on him.
God, the girl was a walking red flag in designer shoes.
I wonder why I never knew about all these. I mean... Yes, I was still a bit too young, but con... They should have at least said something tothen.
"That's not a very nice way to greet your stepsister, you know?" she said, pouting tically.
Okay. Confirmed. She was high on something.
The playful frown didn't reach her eyes. Nothing ever did. Those eyes were always scanning, and observing like a monster dressed in bubblegum pink.
But wasn't it too early for that? "Hi, I muttered flatly, already halfway out of the kitchen. My brain had filed her under irrelevant, and I was ready to go back to pretending she didn't exist.
But then her voice caughtmid-step.
Chapter 232 "Why the rush, little sis?" she purred, still all sugar and venom. "You got sunfinished business to get back to? Hm?" She giggled again in a high, flirty, almost manic voice, and something in my stomach twisted so hard I nearly turned back to throw up in the sink.
I paused in front of her.
"What do you want, Karina?" I sighed, spinning around with an exhausted eye- roll. My head was already pounding, and now she wanted to add herself to the list of things I couldn't deal with today? Her finger tapped against her bottom lip, mock-thoughtful, Иke a child pretending to think during a gof Clue.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Oh, nothing much... Her grin widened. "Just wondering... about last night..." My heart decided that now was a good tto try and escape through my ribcage. I swear, I could feel it racing toward the door, dragging my composure behind it like a dead weight.
"What about last night?" I snapped, a little too fast and breathless, hoping it wasn't what I was thinking.
But the wicked twinkle in her eye sharpened.
"You had quite the fun with him, didn't you?" She giggled again and walked past
"What fun, Karina?" I tried to keep my voice steady, though it felt like it had joy the turned to glass in my throat. Cracked. Brittle. Close to shattering.
My plan to keep my distance from her? Abandoned. Crumpled and tossed into the trash.
I turned and followed her back into the kitchen like a storm trailing smoke.
"Ooh... she purred, turning halfway to face me, her lips curling in triumph. "Someone finally wants to talk to me."
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