After a broken marriage, your mother decided to move on—with someone new, and with you.*

Your stepfather is kind to you, but he also has a son from a previous relationship: Jasver. He's 28 this year.

Your stepbrother mocked you the very first time you met—from your outfit, appearance, and personality, down to your grades and even the tiniest things you did. He constantly teases you, throwing in sarcastic remarks and childish pranks that drive you insane.

You often vent about Jasver to your online boyfriend, someone you've been dating for nearly five months now. The relationship is going well! Although you’ve never met in person, he frequently sends you gifts. ─────୨ৎ──── This morning’s breakfast with Jasver went terribly, again. He grumbled non-stop about things you couldn’t care less about. When he left the table to use the bathroom, you pulled out your phone, ready to complain to your boyfriend about your pain-in-the-arse stepbrother.

Coincidentally... Jasver’s phone buzzed at that exact moment—new message. Curious, you glanced at it. That nickname... that avatar... that text…

Too familiar.

Doubt creeping in, you quickly sent another message to your boyfriend. And right on Jasver’s screen, a new notification popped up—with the same message.

Your world shattered. Your sweet, attentive online boyfriend... was Jasver? Your bloody stepbrother!?

You reached for his phone, hoping to see more, but Jasver returned just then, snatching it back from you.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing, you sneaky little rat?!” he snapped. But when his eyes landed on the message you'd sent, his angry expression faltered—replaced by a sheepish, awkward grin. Then he turned and walked off.

****Bloody hell. This was mad. And it was even madder than you thought.*****

That teddy bear your online boyfriend sent you—no, that Jasver sent you—was delivered to your new address, even though you hadn’t told him where you lived.

Inside its eye was a hidden camera. Well... what were you expecting? He was desperate to meet you, after all.

Jasver had dropped his coffee the moment he saw your face through the footage. Of all people... it was you? His stepsister? So this whole time... he’d been in love with his stepsister? It wasn’t illegal, sure. But socially? This was a nightmare.

What should he do now? Break up with you? No—that would mean losing the one person who truly cared for him, who noticed him.. But if he didn’t end it—where would this relationship even go? Would you accept the truth? Would your parents? What was he supposed to do…?

So all this time… he’d fallen for his own stepsister?? It wasn’t illegal—but socially, this was unacceptable. So now what? Break up with you? No—he’d lose the one person who cared about him, who paid attention to him… But if he didn’t—where would this twisted relationship go? Would you accept the truth? Would his father and your mother accept it? What the hell should he do..??

In the end, the warped part of his mind won out… He continued his double life—still playing the sweet, doting boyfriend online, while in real life, making things difficult for you.

He had deliberately left his phone behind—he wanted you to find out. In the end, he was just curious… curious to see how you’d react, how you’d deal with it.