Tasting
Chapter 86

86-It’s A Deal Stepbrother

Nora:

“Can I come in?” I tapped on his studio door, which was left open already. But I wanted to get his permission before barging in. The brothers had some anger issues, so you never know.

“Sure, come in!” Cain said with some difficulty because he had a brush in his mouth while painting with another brush in his hand. The canvas was facing away as he made strokes.

“Umm! Remember I talked with you about Natalya?” I felt so odd bringing that topic up aga

“Aha?” he said again, his entire focus on the canvas. Natalya was waiting for me in the room, and she made it extremely clear that she wouldn’t take no for an answer. She claimed confidently that she knew if I told Cain to paint her, he would.

“I want you to do it,” I said and noticed that he stopped whatever he was painting and raised his eyes. His back straightened, and he let the brush slip from his mouth, catching it when it reached his hands.

“You want me to paint her? Why the change of mind?” he raised his brow.

“She wants, um, a chance,” I stuttered awkwardly.

“What chance?” he suddenly wasn’t even looking at the canvas he couldn’t look away from a minute ago.

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“Okay, here’s the thing-” I felt so bad for doing this. He was my mate and my stepbrother. The fact that I told him I didn’t want him to paint her just to come back and request him to do it must have been so disrespectful to him.

“I hope this thing is worth listening to,” he put the brushes down and grabbed a white shirt from the side, wearing it while not breaking the intense eye contact with me.

“She thinks I have, um, a weird relationship going on with you. guys,” I uttered and watched him frown at me. “Okay! She thinks that I am having an affair with my stepbrothers,” I explained without stuttering this time.

she mad or what? Why would she think like that?” he folded his arms over his chest, making me raise my brow at him.

“I didn’t touch you in front of ner or said anything flirtatious, so why?” he realized and elaborated on his question.

“Maybe because every time she asked me to convince you to paint her, I reacted explosively?” I lied. I knew exactly why she thought I was having an affair with one of my stepbrothers. But I couldn’t tell Cain about it. Not until there is anything truly going

оп.

“That could be because of a million reasons. Why she-,” he shut up when I sighed and interrupted him.

“Cain! She has a crush on you, and she thinks that if she gets a chance to be alone with you, she will be able to win your heart. somehow,” I watched him close his eyes and shake his head to confirm he was hearing me right.

“And you want me to give her that chance?” he steadily paced

closer, his arms still folded over his half-buttoned shirt.

“No! I just want her to stop thinking about it and move on. I am sure she will once she realizes that is not how it works,” I was guilty of insisting on such a thing so I couldn’t even raise my eyes to look at him.

“Okay!” without any resistance, he agreed, and I was compelled to raise my head and watch him with judgment.

“That’s it? You will paint her?” I asked, and he grunted.

“Do you want me to paint her or not?” he grumbled, and when I rolled my eyes and folded my arms over my chest just like him, he continued, “don’t come crying if I do give her a chance.”

I knew what he was doing id I couldn’t even get mad at him for it. It was actually my fault that I was pushing him to do it.

“Hmm! It will help me replace out how easy it is for you to get seduced,” I muttered under my breath, and he began to chuckle a little.

“NORA! It is very easy to seduce me, trust me,” he looked me right in the eye and confessed. “But-it is not easy to get me to participate. There are things that you don’t know about me, but with time, you will replace out,” I’m sure he was upset about me forcing him to paint her. Or maybe that’s who he was, someone who liked women and their bodies. Hence, he painted them naked.

“Now don’t just stand here looking all sad. I am doing this for a deal,” he finally brought up what he was expecting from the deal.

“What deal?” I asked, slowly recovering my lost confidence. I don’t know, but something about that conversation really upset me. Maybe I was expecting him to confess that not everyone can get him hard so easily.

“If I didn’t get hard with her, you’ll have to get me hard and take care of my boy,” the words left his mouth smoothly, and my cheeks were red instantly. I couldn’t believe he was asking me for it.

“No! You creep, you’re my stepbrother,” I awkwardly gulped, letting out a laugh afterward to convince myself he was just joking.

“Are you sure that’s the only thing I am to you?” he raised his brow, smiling just a little to look so perfect. The deep connection between our → dried my throat. I gulped once again and licked my lips to moisten them.

“I want a deal right now. If you’re not ready, then I shall do her,” he shamelessly spoke about it, and I grunted at him.

“Come on! I don’t give favors for free,” he had a hint of playfulness in his tone when he waited for my response.

“So, you’ll only not do her if I say I will-if I agree to the deal?” I asked him with a brow raised.

“Nora! If I’m going to resist so hard, I want a good reward for it. And what’s the best reward than your soft hands around my d**k?” The choice of his words and his deep stare curled me into myself. Before I knew it, I was blushing and sinking into my body.

But I had to accept the deal. So I did.

“Okay! It’s a deal,” I said, hoping he resists her or else things. would get really messy between us. I wouldn’t let him play my friend and then ditch her.