Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Jasmine's POV

There was a knock on the door to my room and I wiped my eyes quickly, turning and ready to tear into Hardin if he was the one.

I was terrified of him and what he could do to me but I did not deserve any of this.

And if he was coming here to rub in the fact that he had yet again succeeded in ruining my life with that useless rumor, then he would be in for a surprise because I would not cower.

And it didn't matter what the consequences would be this time because what had he not already done?

The door opened and when Nadia stepped in, with her smile hesitant, I released a breath that I didn't know I was holding and sniffed, more tears rolling down my eyes.

Her face softened and she opened her arms wide as she ran to pull me into a hug.

"Oh, my sweet friend, I'm so sorry. I brought those cookies that you like so much." She said gently.

Pulling back, I widened my eyes.

"You did?" I said tearfully and she nodded, cleaning my eyes with her hand and leading me towards the bed.

There was another knock on the door and I froze.

Oh, God, let it not be Hardin.

Nadia smiled and stood up, heading to the door.

"That must be the orange juice I asked for. The maid said she would bring it up."

Heaving another sigh of relief, I watched as Nadia smiled and thanked the maid, closing the door with her leg as she walked towards me with the tray that had two glasses and a pack of juice.

"You should never eat those cookies alone, should you?" She said in a sing song voice and grinned when I nodded.

Pouring me a glass, she opened her bag and brought out the pack of cookies, handing it to me.

"You look like you're about to cry again. Aww, don't."

I blinked back the tears quickly and feigned a smile.

"It's just been a rough weekend, that's all." I answered, surprised that my voice didn't sound hoarse from all the crying I had been doing lately.

She nodded and squeezed my hand.

"You're still adjusting to being step siblings with Hardin and then someone pulls this shit? That's really low. Why would anyone think that you and Hardin would ever be romantically or sexually involved?"

I choked on the cookie that I was eating and her eyes widened.

"Are you okay?"

I nodded, quickly drinking some juice.

I didn't dare tell Nadia what had happened between Hardin and I in the past few days. I was terrified of what Hardin would do if he found out that she knew and I could not put my friend in that type of danger.

"Who do you think posted something like that? I bet it's one of those people at school that would benefit the most from this."

"No idea." I answered even though I was certain of the one person that would benefit the most from this rumour.

Hardin Morales.

Nadia sighed and moved closer to me.

"You know how rumours are, don't you? It is bound to fade out very soon, especially because it is not true. I'm here for you, no matter what, okay?"

She pulled me into a hug and I sighed, happy that I had Nadia on my side and decided that I would pay no attention to the rumours and Hardin.

"Have you watched the latest episode of our favorite show? It's out!" Nadia said excitedly, jumping on the bed and I smiled, assured that maybe things were not so bad after all.

I was going to get through this.

Several hours later, the next day, I realized that I had spoken too soon about how bad things were when I entered the school's hallway.

Different eyes watched me as I stepped into the hallway which suddenly became awfully quiet as I saw girls run to their friends and start whispering about something.

It couldn't be about me, I thought to myself, trying to reassure myself that they were not talking about me but it was hard when eyes kept watching me.

I ignored them and walked up to my locker, my eyes widening as I saw notes that had been stuck to my locker.

Picking them one after the other, my body shook with rage as each note was worse than the last and from the handwriting on it, they were from different people. And their phone numbers were attached to them.