Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Jasmine

"So for your assignment which is due tomorrow, you are going to be working in pairs." Miss Smith, our homeroom teacher announced and there were collective groans but my mind was far away from the class because I was still stuck in last night's incident.

Lisa had accused my mother of purposely making food with ingredients she claimed that she was allergic to, even though according to my mother, Lisa had never told her anything about it.

It had been such a huge scene with Lisa crying and indirectly calling my Mother an attempted murderer while Russo had tried to dissolve the situation as fast as possible.

The worst part was that my mother had believed that Lisa had told her about the garlic allergy initially and she had forgotten about it, allowing the guilt to nearly swallow her but I knew better.

I knew better because as Russo had attempted to escort Lisa up the stairs away from the dining room, she had given my mother a covert smile that made me want to go and pull her hy the hair, not caring about whether or not she was a werewolf who could throw me across the room and I was mostly human.

Hardin had been absent from the table as usual and it was probably for the best after what he had done to me in the empty classroom the night of their win.

The only times I got to see him now was in school during the classes we shared and at lunch.

Thankfully, we were not taking this class, English Lit together, and as I looked at my phone to the lack of response from the message I had sent to my mum, I was worried.

She had not come down this morning and when I had gone to her room to see her, she had been under the covers, saying that she was cold. But I suspected that she had cried all night and was still feeling bad about last night's incident.

I had instructed one of the maids to make sure that she had breakfast and I could not wait to get back home and check in on her. If she was so down that she could not go to school today, then it was really bad.

The only reason why I had even bothered to get to school today was because Russo had assured me when I called him just as I left the house. He had gone out earlier when she was still asleep, and he promised that he was going to speak to her and take her to the hospital if she was really unwell.

My phone vibrated in my pocket and when I brought it out, I saw that it was a text from Nadia.

Looking up, I searched for her and she nodded for me to check my phone.

" The new guy has been staring at you for the past ten minutes. Don't look."

Well, now I had to look.

Turning to the right because his seat was directly beside mine on the next row, our eyes collided and when he smiled, I swallowed nervously, returning his smile with what I was sure was a grimace attempting to be a smile before I turned back to type furiously on the phone.

"He is just being friendly. Nothing to see here."

"Sure, he is. He is a hot friendly specimen."

I was about to fire a reply that she was being ridiculous and that I could smell the sarcasm in her voice when I heard my name.

Raising my head, I saw Mrs Smith looking at me.

"Jasmine Scott, your partner for this assignment and for the rest of this term is Lorenzo Garcia."

All eyes, especially the feminine ones turned to look between me and Lorenzo and when my eyes found Nadia's, she was giving me a large smirk that said

'I told you so.'

My eyes found Lorenzo's and he grinned, scribbling on a piece of paper after which he passed it to me.

The note read 'Hi, Jasmine. It's a pleasure to work with you. Can you scribble down your number so we can talk about the assignment later?'

Wondering why such a good looking person would also be blessed with a beautiful handwriting, I scribbled my number and returned it to him and when he smiled after reading the note, I fought the urge to smile back, wary of what was going on.

I was already worn out from dealing with one handsome boy and living with him.

I had no idea what was going to happen now that Lorenzo was going to be my partner for the entire term. Or how I was going to survive the extra attention that I would be getting now that not one but two of the most handsome boys in school were somehow linked to me.

In less than a day since Lorenzo's arrival, the only person he had been constantly compared to was Hardin and I was sure that the latter was not going to be a fan if he heard that he finally had competition for his title as King of the school.

When class ended, I walked with Nadia to return books to her locker.

"Is this fate?" She cooed out and when I rolled my eyes, she laughed.

"Oh come on, don't tell me you have not thought about it."

"He almost ran me over with his bike. That's not fate."