Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Hardin

I could feel the walls of my room shake as I slammed the door to my bedroom in rage and even though I had thought that I could take off the edge by taking out my anger on Jasmine sexually, which had worked for the most part, I could not for the life of me get over how Lorenzo thought it was okay to provoke me.

And how he had stood up to me, with a frown that challenged me and wanted to see what I could do to him.

The fact that it had been in public was even worse and I knew after hitting him that I had made a mistake because now, not only would the news reach my father, it would not matter what my side of the story was.

It never mattered to him anyways.

I was definitely going to have no choice but to attend even more sessions with the guidance counselor than before.

And it was all Jasmine's fault.

There was a knock on the door and when I opened it, a servant was standing outside, her gaze on the floor as she spoke shyly.

"Your father would like to see you in his study."

My face paled and I had to force my clawed hands into a fist to stop myself from turning around and tearing my room apart in rage.

Nodding, I made my way to the bathroom after she left and washed my bloodied hands before heading to his office.

Already dreading whatever conversation was about to happen because I was sure as hell that it was not going to be a friendly and casual one, I knocked once on the door as I tried to reign in my anger and as I was about to enter the office, the door opened and Jasmine walked out of the office, her eyes widening in surprise when she looked at me.

Her eyes were still bloodshot, probably from crying all the way home after what happened between us in the car and a part of me wanted to feel bad for her, wanted to pull her into a hug and apologize to her but then I forced myself to remember the reason why Lorenzo had gathered the guts to challenge me in front of the entire school today.

Why he had tried to show off the Alpha he was and had the temerity to glare at me and speak against me in a school where no one could even dare to cross me.

It was all because of her. And I was sure that given the way her heart was beating in her chest as she just stared at me, whatever she spoke about with my father was not good.

Curbing my desire to pin her against the wall and ask her what she must have said, I entered my father's office and slammed the door, hearing her gasp and ignoring the strange urge that I had to see if she was okay.

My father was sitting behind his large black desk and his eyes narrowed as he stared at me as I stood in front of the door, my hands clasped at my back.

"You know why you're here, don't you?" He asked and maybe I was just interested in making him even more upset or I didn't care, but I shrugged because I already knew how this was going to end

"I might have an idea" I trailed off and sure enough, he slammed his hands on his desk and rose to his feet, his eyes filled with anger

"You assaulted another human being. And not just the two of you were there, which would enable you to even settle this amicably even if it meant that I had to force you to pen down a handwritten note, but in the cafeteria, Hardin? In front of the entire school? Are you out of your mind!" He yelled and I looked away from him , not wanting him to see how deep his words had struck me.

"He provoked me, Father."

"And so, you're going to go around hitting anyone that provokes you now, isn't it? You're going to show them that you are the Alpha's son and have Alpha blood running through your veins and you're going to cut them down like grass, isn't it? Answer me, Hardin." He screamed the last part and I shook my head immediately.

"It was just the one time..." I interjected, trying to defend myself but it made him growl and I stopped speaking.