Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 36

PLEASE LEAVE.

DON'T TRY TO CORNER ME LIKE THIS.

MARK GAVE ME PERMISSION TO BE HERE.

I JUST MET WITH MARK, YET HE DIDN'T MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

EVEN IF HE LET YOU IN PERSONALLY, THERE'S NO WAY HE WOULDN'T HAVE REPORTED IT TO MR. MILLER.

SEEMS LIKE YOU CAME HERE ON YOUR OWN, DIDN'T YOU?

HMM...

YOU KNOW, NO MATTER HOW I LOOK AT IT, YOU DON'T SEEM LIKE A BETA-

HE'S A BETA. SO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

CHASE...?!

...IS THAT SO? WHAT MAKES YOU SO SURE?

ARE YOU ASKING FOR PROOF? ANYONE CAN TELL BY THEIR SCENT.

HE'S NEVER EVEN REACTED TO MY PHEROMONES.

OH, SO YOU'VE SNIFFED HIM AND TRIED USING YOUR PHEROMONES?

WHY?

...JUST GO. CUT THE CRAP.

WHAT WERE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT?

OH, CHASE. DON'T TELL ME YOU-

GET THE HELL OUT NOW!!!

ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. I'M GOING.

BUT HOW ABOUT HAVING YOUR BODYGUARD ESCORT ME TO THE FRONT?

HAVING TO GO BACK BY MYSELF WOULD FEEL A LITTLE LONELY.

WHAT KIND OF GAME ARE YOU—

FINE.

BUT, JOSHUA!

I'LL ESCORT HIM OUT AND COME RIGHT BACK.

WELL THEN, CHASE. DO YOUR BEST.

OH, RIGHT.

CHASE, IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO...

YOU COULD JUST TURN HIM INTO AN OMEGA.

RIGHT?

YOU--!

SEE YOU AROUND THEN, DOCTOR FLAME.

BODYGUARD, AREN'T YOU GOING TO ESCORT ME?

THIS IS AS FAR AS I GO.

WATCH YOUR STEP.

THAT'S HARSH. WHY ARE YOU SO GUARDED?

I DIDN'T THINK TRYING TO SEE MY YOUNGER BROTHER WOULD BE THIS HARD.

Haa...

YOU SHOULD KNOW THE REASON BETTER THAN ANYONE.

HOW CAN HE BE SO NONCHALANT AFTER DECEIVING HIS OWN BROTHER WITH A DOG?

HE SAID IT HIMSELF BEFORE...

AND AREN'T BROTHERS SUPPOSED TO HELP EACH OTHER? WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? ISN'T IT A GOOD THING?

OR... WOULD YOU HAVE RATHER FUCKED A DOG AGAIN?

MAYBE IT WASN'T EVEN A DOG. COULD IT HAVE BEEN A CAT?

ANYONE WOULD HATE BEING FORCED.

FORCED? ME? WHAT DID I FORCE?

MR. GRAYSON-

OH, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE TIME I PUSHED CHASE DOWN THE CHIMNEY WHEN WE WERE KIDS?

...WHAT?

HE KEPT INSISTING SANTA WAS REAL,

SO I JUST PUSHED HIM IN TO TEST

WHETHER PEOPLE COULD REALLY FIT THROUGH A CHIMNEY.

SURE, HE BROKE HIS ARM, BUT HIS NECK WAS FINE. IT ALL WORKED OUT, RIGHT?

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!

YOU PUSHED MR. MILLER DOWN A CHIMNEY?

YEAH, I'VE ALWAYS TRIED HELPING HIM OUT.

HE SAID HE WAS SCARED OF THE DARK, SO I PUT HIM IN THE CLOSET TO HELP HIM GET USED TO IT.

AND WHEN HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL, I SHOVED HIM IN FRONT OF A SCHOOL BUS ONCE.

IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SCHOOL, YOU NEED A REASON NOT TO.

DO YOU THINK IT WAS EASY TO TIME IT SO HE WOULDN'T GET SERIOUSLY HURT?

AND THAT UNGRATEFUL BASTARD DOESN'T EVEN APPRECIATE IT!

THAT... ISN'T THAT ABUSE?

ABUSE? HOW? I WAS HELPING.

IF HE DIDN'T WANT IT AND IT'S CAUSED HIM SUFFERING, THAT'S CONSIDERED ABUSE.

BECAUSE OF YOU...

I DON'T KNOW WHY HE HATES DOGS SO MUCH.

THEY'RE LITERALLY MAN'S BEST FRIEND.

I ONCE HEARD A RUMOR THAT MILLER DID IT WITH A DOG.

I DOUBT HE HAS A SHORTAGE OF WILLING PARTNERS, SO THAT PROBABLY ISN'T TRUE.

...DO YOU STILL NOT UNDERSTAND THAT MR. MILLER HAS BEEN TRAUMATIZED BY THAT DOG?

HMPH. WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT DOING IT WITH A DOG?

IT ISN'T ANY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING SEX WITH A PERSON'S HOLE OR DICK.

HA...

THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING NOWHERE.

...I'LL BE GOING NOW.

HAVE A NICE TRIP.

THAT'S SO COLD. YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LEAVE LIKE THIS?

BYE. SEE YOU AROUND, BODYGUARD.

I USED TO THINK CHASE WAS THE CRAZIEST ONE IN THE MILLER HOUSEHOLD,

BUT IT TURNS OUT HE WAS THE MOST NORMAL.

NO, HIS LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES LEFT WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO GO CRAZY.

IS CHASE OKAY NOW?

CHASE.

YOUR BROTHER LEFT.

AH...

I SEE...

WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU, CHASE?

TELL ME. I'LL DO ANYTHING.

SHOULD I...

SHOULD I KILL HIM FOR YOU?