Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Jasmine's POV

"Oh come on, what are you saying? So you're really not going to attend Brent and Ash's birthday party tonight? They literally gave you a card." Nadia yelled and I had to remove my phone from my ears so that she would not make me go deaf. Switching the call to video, I dropped it on my bed.

"And I received flowers and gifts from unknown people today. So what?" I asked my best friend as I slumped on my bed beside my phone, my eyes on the door as if I was waiting for Hardin to barge in.

He hadn't done anything since that night where he had left to argue with his father and had returned to sit beside my bed. I was beginning to wonder why instead of celebrating, I was worried about the fact that he had not threatened me in a while or tried to touch me.

Did he have any new pranks up his sleeve and was just waiting for the right time or had the arrival of his aunt made him take a break from tormenting me?

After that disaster of a dinner where Lisa had all but revealed indirectly what she thought of my mother's marriage to her brother in law which was about three nights ago, I had not once seen Hardin by chance in the house.

At school? I did see him because he was back like he had never left, his presence more than enough for all of his worshippers to fawn over him but I had seen him staring at me more than once.

And I knew that he had seen everything that had been going on in the past couple of days and how I was suddenly popular and treated like I wasn't a piece of furniture as I was used to.

Nadia had been more worried about ensuring that the flowers and chocolates that I got were put to good use and even though I had tried to figure out who had sent me those gifts, I had given up the chase, deciding to accept my fate. But the reason why Nadia called me still remained and when I picked up by phone, I saw that she was no longer by the phone but busy ransacking her closet as she threw clothes down on her bed, one after the other.

Turning around to look back at the phone, she raised a dress to her body and when I raised my brows, she shrugged.

"What do you think about this dress?"

"It's okay?"

"Yes! So I've got what I'm wearing to the party and I'm going to be at your house in about an hour and we are going to get you something to wear."

"But..." Before I could complain, she ended the call and I just stared at my phone in shock.

Shaking my head, I headed downstairs to prepare for dinner and paused in the hallway when Lisa came out of her room.

"Oh, hello there. Heading downstairs?" She asked with a smile that I would have believed was genuine if she hadn't treated my mother like shit, all the while wearing a smile on her face.

I nodded, turning around to continue down the stairs when she called my name again.

When I turned to face her, she was standing closer than ever, then she inhaled, raising her eyebrows in question.

"You don't have the scent."

"What do you mean?"

"You don't smell like a werewolf. Why not?" She looked genuinely confused and then as if she finally realized, her lips curved in a smile.

"You haven't shifted yet, have you?"

I bit the inside of my cheek, my chest hurting because I hated that she had identified my weakness. It was a sore topic for me.

I was about to answer when Nadia came rushing up the stairs. My eyes widened in surprise as she reached where I stood and she paused to look at Lisa.

"Woah, you look just like Hardin's mum." Turning to look at me, she mouthed 'you were right' and I replied back with an eye roll.

"I'm his aunt. And you are?" She said gently and Nadia accepted the hand that Lisa had stretched out to her.

"Nadia, Jazz's best friend. I'm sorry but we have a place to be at. Can I take her with me?" She asked and when Lisa nodded, Nadia pulled me back to my room and shut the door.

"Holy shit, she looks like his mother so much."

"I told you. Now what are you doing here? How did you get here so fast? You said an hour."

"I know but then again, why should I dress up at home when we can get dressed again and oh, I saw your mum downstairs and told her that we were going out and she has given us her blessings."