My Shameful Secret (Forbidden Stepbrother Billionaire Romance) by Lana Evers Read Free Book Online Page B

he wanted to do most was stay by Elizabeth’s side and focus on caring for his wife. “It’s okay,” she reassured him. “I can handle this. When all’s said and done, he’s still my… brother .” Hector didn’t seem to notice the catch in her voice as she said the last word, and she was thankful for it.  
    Hector nodded. “If you really think so…” He dug his wallet out of his pocket. “Here…”
    Thinking he was offering her money for a cab, she started to protest until she saw what he was offering.
    A key?
    Her eyes widened.
    “So you won’t have to risk being turned away,” Hector said unevenly. “Just say I sent you, and they’ll let you in without question.”

5

    Saehan’s apartment was exactly how she had envisioned it. Stylish and unabashedly masculine at the same time, the 10,000 square foot place boasted of high ceilings, gray brick walls, and floors made of slate gray wood panels.
    The lights in the hallway were switched off, but the modern chandelier made of steel and glass cubes was lit up, revealing the figure lying on the couch.  
    Saehan.
    Slowly, she walked towards him, her heart beating madly. A part of her was questioning if this was really happening. She had never thought she would see her brother again. Never.
    And yet—
    He was lying on his back, one hand over his head, while his other arm had fallen to the floor. The lines of exhaustion on his face, the suit carelessly discarded on the opposite sofa, and the half-empty bottle of whiskey on the table told the rest of the story.
    He was drunk.
    And…
    He still made her heart beat like crazy.
    For one long moment, she could only look down at him. She felt like she was drunk, too, his sheer presence responsible for making her intoxicated.
    So, so beautiful, she couldn’t help thinking dizzily. Her work in reputation management allowed Misha to meet a lot of rich and famous individuals, and many of them had been men even more handsome than Saehan was.
    But somehow, all of them paled in comparison to him. All of them lacked something in her eyes. But her brother, on the other hand – he was perfect. Always was, always would be.
    Swallowing convulsively, she croaked out, “Saehan?” Misha held her breath the moment she spoke his name, preparing herself for the worst. She half-expected him to wake up immediately, take one look at her, and toss her out of his apartment before she could get another word out.
    He stirred, but his eyes remained closed.
    Bending down, she slowly reached for his shoulder. The feel of his hardness under her fingers made Misha’s entire body tremble. Alarm bells began to ring inside her mind. They screamed at her to get out, now, before she ended up doing something… irrevocable.
    “S-Saehan?” She shook him the slightest bit.
    Saehan stirred again, his hand falling from his head.  
    She had seen him drunk before, when he had gone out with his high school friends. When he was this drunk, Misha knew the whole world might as well be dead to him.
    A wild, crazy, sinful idea took hold of her mind.  
    She bit her lip hard.
    No, she couldn’t. She shouldn’t. She mustn’t.  
    But the idea had already taken root, and insidious thoughts started to grow from it. He wouldn’t ever know. He wouldn’t ever remember. And in exchange , those nasty perverted thoughts taunted inside Misha’s mind, what you’ve always imagined will finally come true.
    If he woke up , she thought feverishly, she could make it seem like she had lost her balance . As soon as the thought occurred to her, she was already speaking out loud, her voice shaky. “I’m going to try to get you to your room.”  
    And that was her alibi.
    Under her, Saehan remained unconscious, eyes still closed, his chest rising and falling in a regular pattern.
    Slowly, she took her two-inch heels off, one by one. The first dropped harmlessly to the rug-covered floor. The second, she took her time with, pretending to struggle with it. When she