Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother novel Chapter 68

Chapter 68

Jasmine

It felt like the whole world had collapsed on me after hearing Hardin say those words. My eyes widened in horror and when I looked at my mother, she looked like she could not even believe what she had just heard.

Well, that made the two of us.

A slut. Hardin had just called me a slut right in front of my mother and it felt like every moment that I had actually thought there was something there, that he was more than this bully, this asshole, that he was just someone that was struggling with his pain and needed to be heard, it felt like those moments were a lie.

This was the real Hardin. This was who he was. This was what he was capable of. He was nothing but a dick.

"What are you talking about, Hardin?" She asked, her voice calm but shaky as she struggled to grasp the words that had been used to describe me.

Hardin merely looked at me, his face filled with disgust and stormed upstairs as fast as he could and I heard the door to his bedroom slam shut.

My mother turned to look at me, her eyes filled with so many questions.

"What is he talking about, munchkin? What does he mean by that?" She asked gently and it was all I could do to not start crying.

Tears trickled down my eyes and when I saw her trying to close the distance between us, I shook my head and ran up the stairs, locking the door to my room and sitting on the floor beside my bed as the first sob burst out of my mouth.

Lost. I was so lost. How could this be happening to me? What was my offense? What was my sin? How was I going to even explain to my mother that I was pregnant and that contrary to what Hardin believed, the person responsible was him, not a random person because I had never even kissed anyone else that was not him.

How would I begin to explain that my stepbrother was the father of my unborn child?

It would break my mother's heart. I couldn't tell her and now that the one person that I had hoped to tell wanted nothing to do with me, I was fucked.

"Jasmine?" I heard my mother say as she knocked gently on the door and I quickly tried to reduce my sobs so that she would not be even more worried.

"Mum, please not right now." I answered and when I didn't hear anything, I thought she was no longer at the door. I thought she had gone but then I heard her gentle voice again.

"Jasmine, I don't know what happened between you and Hardin but please you can talk to me. I know that he might have said those hurtful things but I'm sure they are not true, sweetie. He was probably speaking from a place of pain and I'm sorry that you had to hear that."

My mother was such a sweet soul. I knew that other mothers would have asked what Hardin meant, but look at her believing that he was only being mean. She trusted me with everything she had and yet I had gone and disappointed her. No matter how much I needed a hug from her right now, I could not open the door.

I could not tell her the truth.

And so, I stayed quiet instead of answering her, walking to sit by the door.

"Know that it is still you and me against the world, my love and I'll be here to talk about anything, alright?" She whispered and then I heard her steps receding.

I didn't know how long I sat on the ground but my phone started ringing and when I looked at it, it was from Nadia.

I was about to turn off the phone and throw it somewhere when a message popped up.

“If you turn off your phone, I'm going to show up at your house. Pick up, Jasmine.”

Knowing that she would do exactly as she had said she would if I didn't pick up, I answered the phone on the next ring.

I headed to his office and when I knocked and didn't get a response, I entered and saw that he was not there. My eyes landed on the picture of Russo and my mum. It was the day of the wedding. They looked so happy.

And then I saw the picture that had all four of us. Russo, my mum, Hardin and me. It had been taken right after Hardin had threatened me to leave with my mother or he was going to make life a living hell for me. It was only my mother and Russo that had genuine smiles on their faces. As for Hardin and I, our smiles were forced.

Well, he had gotten his wish now. He had not only succeeded in making life a living hell for me, he had created another life with me and abandoned me without even hearing what I had to say. I was going to be a single mother because of him.

Heading out of the study, I moved downstairs to the garden where I knew that he usually was around this time of day.

I saw him first and hope bloomed in my chest as I started to walk up to him and that was when I saw the look on his face.

"You need to get your shit right, Hardin. I have had enough of your temperament, your attitude and everything in general. Do you think being angry is what makes an Alpha?"

"I never said that."

"It only makes you look stupid. And I'm tired of having to deal with my incapable son's messes. I'm tired. I have coddled you since your mother died but even she would be disappointed in how you've turned out. From fighting to skipping school to have temper tantrums like a child, I have had enough. One more slip up, one more mistake and I might just deny you the position of Alpha. After all, not all Alphas are born, some rise to the occasion."

My eyes widened in horror and I didn't even wait to hear if Hardin responded, heading to my room and slamming the door shut.

Telling Russo about this pregnancy would definitely make him strip Hardin of his title and Hardin would no less blame me for it even though we both knew whose fault it was that I was pregnant.

I hated him but I didn't think I would ever forgive myself if Hardin lost his position because of me.

This meant that I had only one option left. I was going to run away and face the consequences of being a rogue wolf.