My Alpha Stepbrother's Dirty Secret novel Chapter 205

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CHAPTER 96

ANNA’S POV

I could remember it all now. The more the memories came rushing back, the more my anger tripled and the harder I pulled at Sophie’s clothes, tearing them into pieces like my hands couldn’t stop even if I wanted to. I hated her. I hated her with every part of me that had ever felt pain.

“I HATE YOU!” I screamed, my voice raw and broken. “I HATE YOU, SOPHIE!” My heart was pounding so hard that it felt like it was going to burst through my chest, and I didn’t care. I wanted her to feel everything she made me feel. I wanted her to feel it all and more.

Sophie screamed, trying to cover herself, but I wasn’t done. I wasn’t even close. My nails dug deep into her skin as I tore at her again, blood dripping down my hands, staining them red, but I didn’t care. I wanted to hurt her the way she hurt me.

“Anna! Don’t kill me! Please!” Sophie cried out, her voice trembling as she tried to fight back, but her strength was nothing compared to mine. I didn’t care. I didn’t care if she cried, screamed, or begged. All that was in my mind was to destroy her. This was Sophie, my greatest enemy. The reason I’d suffered so much. The reason I lost my baby. The reason my family was destroyed.

I grabbed her by the hair, yanking her head back until she cried out in pain. “You wanted me dead, right?” I said, my voice shaking with fury. “Well, here I am, Sophie! Look at me!”

She shook her head rapidly, crying harder. “No, Anna, please, I didn’t mean—”

“Shut up!” I yelled, slapping her hard across the face, the sound echoing through the room as she whimpered, clutching her cheek. She didn’t know I knew. She didn’t know I’d overheard everything when Ryan spoke with Dad and Mom last night. My lost self had been too blind, too foolish to see her for the enemy she truly was. And now she thinks begging can undo everything she’s done?

Sophie was trembling now, her eyes wide with fear as she stared at me. “Anna, I swear, I didn’t want to kill you! It was my dad, he made me do it, he-”

I laughed bitterly, cutting her off. “Your dad? The same man who ordered the death of my parents? Don’t even start! I know everything now!”

Sophie shook her head again, her tears falling harder. “Please, I didn’t know it would go that far! I just―”

“You just what?” I screamed, grabbing her throat. “You just wanted to see me bleed? You just wanted to see me lose my child? You wanted to take Ryan from me too, didn’t you? You wanted to destroy everything I ever loved!”

Sophie’s voice broke as she tried to speak, her words coming out in short, desperate gasps. “I was jealous, Anna … I was jealous of you! I thought if you were gone, maybe Ryan-

“You thought wrong!” I snapped, my hand tightening around her neck. “You thought you could take what was mine, but you can’t. You’ll never have him. You’ll never have anything I love.”