Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Jasmine's POV-

"Jazz, are you okay?" A voice to my right made me open my eyes and it was Nadia's.

"Huh?"

"You closed your eyes and shuddered, like you were having a nightmare. Your food is going to get cold."

I had totally forgotten that we were in the cafeteria and as my eyes met with Hardin's from where he was seated at the popular table again, I realized why I had gone into a trance instead of eating my lunch.

It had been a week since the wedding.

Where Hardin had threatened me and I had wept like a baby instead of standing up to him.

I realized now that the one time I did it was a knock off, and I understood why no one ever stood up to him.

Far away from him was the only way anyone could ever have the liver to talk back to him.

I couldn't get the way he had looked at me from the other end of the aisle on the day of the wedding, his face completely expressionless but his blue jade eyes hot with rage.

His hands had tightened into fists as his face took me in and recognition hit. I didn't know why I had expected any thing better from the pack's golden boy who thought everyone that was not him was trash and should lick his boots.

I was naive enough to believe that he was getting over the fact that I was his stepsister when he had asked me to dance, his handsome face putting up a smile that I found out was fake in the worst way possible.

I had no idea what would have happened if his dad had not saved me that day in the study. Maybe I might have lost a bone from the way he continued pushing me.

And even though Hardin had said nothing since that day, I could not help but feel that he was planning something.

It was in the way he looked at me, face taut and fists tight.

It made all the goosebumps on my body erupt in fear.

"Is it him?" Nadia said and I broke the stare off I had been having with Hardin, to look at her.

"Huh?"

Nadia shook her head and squeezed my hand.

"You've said the same thing twice now. Are you sure you're okay? Is he giving you trouble already?"

Quickly shaking my head, I made an attempt to smile.

"No, he is not. Not yet anyways."

"Perhaps, he will stick to what his father said and leave you alone. Don't worry about it and eat, alright?"

I nodded in response, forcing a smile to her words.

"Thank you Nadia."

I did not have it in me to break it to her that people like Hardin did not suddenly change overnight. Especially when he believed that my mother and I were really just after his father's fortune.

It was only going to be a matter of time before he struck and I could only imagine what Hardin had in mind.

Something not good, I was sure.

I spent the entirety of lunch ruminating on what he might be planning but by the end of the school day, I had completely forgotten all about cracking my head about Hardin's next move as I entered the mansion.

It still felt like a dream that I got to live in a place like this considering where I was coming from with my mother.

"Jazz? Is that you? I'm in the kitchen." I heard my mother say as I was about to climb the stairs to my bedroom.

"Okay, mum." I replied and headed to the kitchen to see her nodding as she swayed to a slow tune of music.

She looked so happy and relaxed. Much more content than I had seen her in a while and I knew Hardin was wrong.

My mother was not someone who was opportunistic or interested in what the Alpha could offer if he didn't love her and one thing I was certain of, was that they loved each other.

"Hello, mum." I said in greeting and she smiled, pulling me in for a hug.

"How was school today? Did you have lunch?" Nodding, I told her all about my day at school, conveniently omitting anything about Hardin.