Betraying My Perfect and Beautiful Childhood Fiancée, I Fell in Love With My Devilish and Naughty Older Sister - Chapter 17 - Side: Shiho
Chapter 17 – Side: Shiho
I woke up in the middle of the night. I felt something warm. My arms were hugging someone in bed.
When I realized I was hugging my older brother—Hayato-Nii-san’s arm, I panicked.
“E-Eh…!?”
How did I end up in the same bed as Nii-san… Ah, that’s right, I was fired up by a woman who said she was my older sister, and I came to this room with the intention of sleeping in the same bed…
And then I realized I had done something outrageous to Nii-san. I rudely seduced him and even confessed to him.
Even though it was because of the alcohol, I made a huge blunder.
When I looked in the mirror, my face was bright red.
Nii-san was sleeping surprisingly well. Now I’m a little frustrated. Is he not excited to the point of not falling asleep when I’m next to him like this…?
O-Or did he not try to do anything when I was asleep…?
Nii-san is definitely conscious of me…
Yes. I like Nii-san. Ever since the first time we met.
Nii-san was cool. He could do anything and was kinder than anyone else.
Even though I didn’t belong anywhere for a long time, he warmly welcomed me as a family member.
I saw him not as my older brother, but as someone I liked.
But Nii-san has a fiancée. Amahashi Aika-san. She’s very kind to me too.
She’s perfect, comes from a good family, and much prettier than me… I’m no match for her, and as an adopted daughter of the Hashiro family, I’m not free to decide my love.
In despair, I got up and decided to go have some tea.
Then, in the dining hall, there was a person I didn’t expect to see.
With red hair and blue eyes, she gracefully sipped into a teacup.
Fufu, Chiharu Maria giggled.
“Do you want this as well? Chamomile tea is good for a good night sleep.”
“I-I have no intention of being friends with a thieving cat.”
I raised my voice.
I don’t like this person.
She says she’s going to be Nii-san’s older sister, but she’s really planning to seduce him.
She’s definitely a threat to the Hashiro family. In other words, my enemy.
“Is it me the thieving cat you’re referring to?”
“Of course Nii-san belongs to Aika-san and you’re trying to take him away from her, aren’t you?”
“Then what about yourself? You were lusting after your brother and trying to get him to do naughty things to you.”
“W-Well, t-that’s because you provoked me… Huu, how am I going to look at Nii-san tomorrow when I see him…”
“You like Hayato-kun, don’t you? Then be honest. Take Hayato-kun away from Aika.”
“There’s no way I can do that. I’m an adopted daughter of the Hashiro family, and I have to support my brother.”
“Are you going to give up from the beginning like that?”
“It’s a battle I can’t win.”
“Even if you can’t win, fight with all your strength and lose, only then can you move forward. Isn’t that right?”
“That’s…”
“Are you planning to keep dragging your feelings for Hayato-kun like this forever? If that’s the case, why not try competing? If you manage to drag Hayato-kun into your swamp of love, you might become his legitimate wife with the power of the next head of the family.”
Like the devil, Chiharu Maria whispered.
Yes. I was running away. I was making excuses because I thought I couldn’t win.
But Chiharu Maria gently licked her lips. Then she looked straight at me.
“Well, but in the end, I’ll be the one who takes Hayato-kun.”
“That’s a lot of confidence. Your odds of winning aren’t high.”
This person is a tremendous beauty, and although it’s frustrating, she has a unique charm.
That doesn’t mean she’s from a good family, and I don’t think she can beat Aika-san.
Chiharu Maria nodded.
“Well, maybe. But I will fight. No matter how harsh the fate imposed on me is.”
“What do you mean?”
“You’ll find out soon enough, but I’ll tell you now. I’m Hayato-kun’s half-sibling.”
Half-sibling. She’s a sibling with one different parent.
In other words, this person is Nii-san’s biological sister?
“The head of the Hashiro family, Hashiro Tomohito, had a mistress. That was Chiharu Anastasia, my mother. My mother was widely recognized as a beautiful girl. She caught Tomohito’s eye when she was a high school student, and he pressured her into a relationship that led to her getting pregnant. That’s how I was born.”
“B-But the head of the family is supposed to be devoted to his wife, he should be loyal to Fumika-san…”
“It was different in the past. Well, anyway, my mother was just his fling. Eventually, she was discarded and became a mistress of another head of the Five Seasons Households. She needed money to go to a music college, after all. But well, she was also abandoned by that family after giving birth to a daughter there.”
“…Did you come here to avenge your mother?”
“That’s part of it. But I don’t want to harm the people of the Hashiro family. My revenge is in a different form.”
“W-What do you mean?”
“I like Hayato-kun. I’m really serious. I’ve liked him ever since I met him a long time ago. But my mother told me we’re siblings. You can imagine how I felt, don’t you?”
I also like Nii-san. But because of my position as an adopted daughter in this family and Nii-san’s engagement with Aika-san, I had given up hope that we would ever get together…
If Nii-san and this person are blood siblings…the situation is even more difficult.
“I’m going to make Hashiro Hayato mine. The family matters, blood ties, none of that matters. And then, I’m going to ruin Tomohito’s plans completely. That’s my revenge and my ultimate wish.”
Chiharu Maria—My new sister—declared.