Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Jasmine

“How are you doing this morning, Jasmine?” That was the first thing Lisa said to me as I ran downstairs, heading to the kitchen to help mum prepare breakfast.

The smile on her lips , clearly fake, made me to almost want to puke.

“I had a good night. Thank you” I simply said, then left immediately.

I did not have the time for any fake care and attention she wanted to show, and ever since the incident where I almost got killed back at the forest, I became a little bit weary of her.

Well, I did not have concrete proof that it was related to Lisa, and I still could not boldly say that the attack was aimed as me, as much as I forced myself to believe that lie.

I was certain it was aimed at me.

I had no enemies that I could think of asides from Lisa, and maybe Hardin, I doubt Hardin hated me as much as wanting to kill me. Or was it some other enemy that I had unknowingly made?

“Mum,” I greeted with a smile immediately I got into the kitchen, and hugged her for some minutes.

“I hope you had a good night love?” She kissed my forehead, then pulled out of the embrace, before taking her attention back to the pot that was on the cooker.

“Do you always have to stress yourself like this?”

“What are you saying dear?” Mum answered with furrowed brows, her attention partly on the pot.

“You’re doing it again!” I pouted, then dragged her away from the cooker. “The maids are there, why do you have to do this yourself every morning? Do you even find time to sleep?”

“Yeah sure!” She blushed, and with the sound of a cough, I turned my head to meet Lisa standing by the door.

Why in the world did I have to see her every morning?

If I had my way, I definitely would have sent her away from my life. I always had a bad feeling about my day whenever Lisa starts it.

“I need coffee, Camila,” Lisa said, then strode into the kitchen, and sat on one of the counters.

“Umm, I will just…”

“It’s there,” I interrupted already, holding mum’s hands from doing anything.

“Huh? I don’t get you?”

“You want coffee right? Well the powder is there. You can quickly prepare it or better still ask one of the maids to help you out.”

Lisa chuckled before jumping down the counter. “I am sticking to the second option, which is exactly why I asked her to do it?” With her jaws raised towards mom, she pointed out. And it was then that the anger I had always held within me, went beyond control.

“Lisa enough of you!” I growled. My outburst was not even what I had expected, as I noticed the way Lisa shivered by the time I was done.

Maybe it was because I had made mention of Russo and how I was going to tell him of all her troubles, giving her a hint that I knew about some of her recent behaviors which was out of place, and I felt the way that her heart almost skipped out of it’s placement from fear.

Lisa left the kitchen, and without sparing mum a glance, I left after.

I did not want to hear any talk from mum of how I should not talk to Lisa that way, which was exactly why I left immediately without looking at where I was going to out of anger and only noticing that Hardin was in front of me when I bumped into him.

“You should watch…”

“I am sorry,” I countered, and rushed to the room.

I quickly packed my bag and joined Hardin to school, as Dad had given him a responsibility of always watching me ever since that incidence. Somehow, he got to hear about it from one of the warriors.

And because of Lisa’s stupidity that got me angry earlier, I missed breakfast. Thankfully, mum had packed up food for us.

After the series of classes that bored me out, it was finally lunch break and I left to sit at the cafeteria where Nadia was already waiting for me.

Lorenzo joined us soon after, with the never ending glares of other girls there at school, piercing my skin.

“You have been avoiding my calls, is there any problem?” Lorenzo asked as soon as he was settled in, pulling me closer to him, away from Nadia’s hearing.

“No, there is none. Turns out that most of the times, I am not always with my phone, and also, things have been busy there at home.”

I did not know how exactly to tell Lorenzo that Hardin had literally placed a restriction on me about stepping out, since according to him, my security was now what he had to take care of, so I was left with no choice than to abide by the rules he makes.

“Okay,” he answered, and dug into the burger that was in his hands.

I was guessing that he had seen through the many lies that I made, and did not want to argue with me.

“So you really can’t squeeze out time from your busy schedule and go out with me this weekend?” Lorenzo asked, and before I could give him an answer, Hardin walked into the cafeteria, coming straight at where we sat.

“Jasmine…” He called out, and though it was not loud enough, it sure startled the people that were around us.