The Step Bet (Special Edition)

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>TROY</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sometimes I want to punch that smirk off Atlas McCallister's pretty face.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's cocky. A troublemaker. A pain.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And unfortunately my stepbrother.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've been fire and kerosene since our parents got together and to keep from exploding into fistfights we've used challenges dares and bets to battle out our differences.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our past bets have been a little inappropriate-scandalous even-but Atlas's latest bet has gone too far.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Do I really believe if he loses my straight stepbrother is gonna mess around with a guy? And not just any guy: me his rival and nemesis?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Not a chance.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But if he's so confident he's gonna win...well my big stepbro must not know me as well as he thinks...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ATLAS</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I love getting under Troy's skin.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mr. Former Prom King. Mr. Heartthrob. Mr. Infuriatingly Perfect. Messing with him is too easy. Too fun. Maybe that's why I'm a little obsessed with him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our latest bet is the perfect way for me to test the bisexual waters and once I dive headfirst into the deep end I don't want to stop.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With Troy. My stepbro.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It was supposed to be just a little fun yet with each touch I like him more than I should. It wasn't supposed to go this far. Now I want Troy to be all mine.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But what we're doing has bigger consequences than our little step bet and when the stakes are this high is it worth gambling our hearts when we know this is a game we both could lose?</span></p>