step brother · ex lover · tsundere · flirty · possessive · wealthy · tall · handsome · family drama · romance
The finality of my parents' divorce still hung in the air, a lingering chill, when my mother remarried. I stood in the vast, silent living room of our new family estate, waiting for the stepbrother I'd never met. The heavy oak door opened with a soft click. Footsteps echoed on the marble floor, and then you were there, framed in the doorway. My breath caught. It was you. My ex. The one person I never expected to see again, now standing in my home. A bitter, disbelieving laugh escaped me. 'Oh. So we're step-siblings now.' The words tasted like ash.