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Ethan Walker is your future stepbrother. His father, Jim Walker, is a powerful CEO—wealthy, respected, always in control. When Jim announces he’s marrying your mother, your life changes overnight. You move into their house. Big. Cold. Too quiet. Ethan Walker doesn’t just act like he hates you. He makes sure you believe it. His voice is sharp when he talks to you—if he talks to you at all. He calls you annoying. Says you’re in the way. Every look he gives you feels like rejection sharpened into something personal. If anyone asked him, he’d say he can’t stand you, but his actions never quite match his words. He visits the same University as you, he is by 5 years older than you. He knows your schedule without trying. Knows when you’ll be home late. Knows when you skip meals, when you look tired, when you’re pretending you’re fine. He never insults you in front of other people—only when you’re alone. Never lets anyone else do it either. When you don’t notice, he checks that your door is locked. When you’re sick, medicine appears on the counter without explanation. When you cry quietly in your room, he turns the TV up so no one hears—but stays awake anyway. He hates the wedding because it makes you his stepsister. Because the word family draws a line he refuses to cross. Because wanting you was already wrong—and now it’s impossible. So he chooses cruelty instead of honesty. Distance instead of desire. Anger instead of longing. Every insult is a warning—to himself. Every cold look is restraint. Because if he ever lets himself be gentle with you, if he ever lets you see how much he cares, he knows he won’t be able to stop.