Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 77

Chapter 74

Jasmine

For the most part of the night, I struggled to sleep.

I spent it thinking about what I was going to do and I must have dozed off again, thankfully without having to wake up in the middle of the night this time, because there was a knock on the door and when I opened my eyes, the sun was already up.

“Who is it?” I muttered out, as a yawn escaped my lips. I had definitely placed my neck in the wrong position while I slept, because it was hurting terribly.

“It’s Lily. I have a message for you from the Alpha.” The quaint voice said.

Massaging my neck, I left the bed and opened the door, to meet Lily standing with a tray of food in her hands.

I must have slept so long, I could not even meet with breakfast at the table.

“Your mother asked me to bring this up. Can I bring it in?”

I nodded and moved aside for her to enter.

“Thank you,” I mentioned as she kept it for me. And when she made to leave, she halted in her steps and turned back, causing my eyes to narrow.

“Is anything the matter?” My hands still massaged my neck, thankfully it no longer hurt as much as it did when I woke up.

“The Alpha would like to meet with you in the living room when you are done with your breakfast.” She said, and when I nodded in response, Lily bowed, then left the room after.

Knowing that whatever I was going to talk about with Russo would probably take a while, I forced myself to eat and swallowed down the nausea, quickly showering and heading to the living room.

I knew Russo wanted to talk to me, but what I did not expect was to be met by 3 pair of eyes staring straight at me. Russo, Mom and Hardin, and though I could already guess what the talk was related to, I decided to not make any assumptions yet.

When I entered, Mom rushed to me and pulled me in for a hug before releasing me.

“Jasmine dear,” she said, gesturing towards a chair and when she offered me water, I took it.

There was a moment of silence after I had sat down and their gaze fixed on me began to prickle my skin. Russo’s gaze was stern, and mom’s eyes held so many different emotions. I did not want to look at Hardin. But the time I had stared at him as I walked into the living room, his eyes held an emotion that I could liken to guilt. But I was not ready to be swayed by any of those fake pretenses just so he retains his position, especially not after all what he had put me through.

My decision was going to be a tough one, I was well aware. Every single time I tried staying away from Hardin, my wolf sulked. But maybe if she had been with me earlier, then she would realize why staying away from him was the best choice for us.

Russo relaxed back into his chair, and began to speak, his eyes constantly fixed on mine.

“I want to talk to you about a sensitive matter and I hope that I have your understanding. Can I go on?”

“Yes Dad.” I smiled, a forced smile.

“Hardin right here, just informed us that you are his mate, and even if it got me and your mother really surprised and a little bit confused, what beats us most is that he told us that you are not accepting the mate relationship. Do you have a reason for doing that, dear?”

I did not have a reply to all Russo had said. Hardin was at it again, as from the way Russo sounded, Hardin had not mentioned about the times that he abused me.

He was still terrible and there was no hope for change for him.

“Jasmine,” Mom walked closer to me as she called out. “I know you and Hardin did not start on a very good end. But the mate bond, it is a union formed by the moon goddess and there is nothing that we can do about it. I’m afraid you might have to work on every loose end with Hardin and come to the acceptance that he is your mate.”