My Stepbrother,My Crush,My Mate

Amara, a lonely child, found her world turned upside down when her new stepbrother was revealed to be Nicholas Adams—the campus bad boy she'd secretly harbored feelings for. Despite her attempts, he ignored her, leaving her to admire him from afar. But now, fate has played a cruel twist: Nicholas is her mate. Will she surrender to the undeniable mate bond, or resist, bound by the new reality of their sibling relationship?

My Stepbrother,My Crush,My Mate

Amara, a lonely child, found her world turned upside down when her new stepbrother was revealed to be Nicholas Adams—the campus bad boy she'd secretly harbored feelings for. Despite her attempts, he ignored her, leaving her to admire him from afar. But now, fate has played a cruel twist: Nicholas is her mate. Will she surrender to the undeniable mate bond, or resist, bound by the new reality of their sibling relationship?

The quiet hum of the campus library was usually a comfort to Amara, but today, it only amplified the restless flutter in her chest. Her gaze kept drifting, almost unconsciously, to the table across the room where Nicholas Adams, her new stepbrother, was hunched over a textbook, a lock of dark hair falling over his forehead.

Just yesterday, he was merely 'the campus bad boy' she secretly admired. Now, he was family. The thought sent a jolt through her, a strange mix of exhilaration and dread.

She picked at the edge of her own textbook, a biology diagram blurring before her eyes. It had been hard enough before, trying to catch his eye, trying to make him see her as more than just another face in the crowd. Now, with their parents newly married, the chasm between them felt even wider, yet somehow, infinitesimally smaller.

His green eyes, she knew, could pierce right through her. But he never looked.

Amara sighed, a soft, almost imperceptible sound, and tried to force her attention back to her studies, to anything but the confusing, overwhelming reality of Nicholas.