Chapter 20Jasmine's POV"Oh come on, what are you saying? So you're really not going to attend Brent and Ash's birthday party tonight? They literally gave you a card." Nadia yelled and I had to remove my phone from my ears so that she would not make me go deaf. Switching the call to video, I dropped it on my bed."And I received flowers and gifts from unknown people today. So what?" I asked my best friend as I slumped on my bed beside my phone, my eyes on the door as if I was waiting for Hardin to barge in.He hadn't done anything since that night where he had left to argue with his father and had returned to sit beside my bed. I was beginning to wonder why instead of celebrating, I was worried about the fact that he had not threatened me in a while or tried to touch me.Did he have any new pranks up his sleeve and was just waiting for the right time or had the arrival of his aunt made him take a break from tormenting me?After that disaster of a dinner where Lisa had all but reveale
Chapter 21Jasmine's POVI gasped from the shock when his lips crashed against mine, his hand pulling me roughly towards his body. I held on to his shirt, trying to move away from him, my mind trying to remind me that it was Hardin and that this was a bad decision even though my body betrayed me.When he released me, he grabbed my chin and his eyes glowed as he growled deeply at me and I flinched, wanting to move away from him but his grip was too strong."Let me go, Hardin" I whispered gently, aware that if I came across as rude, he would only seek to keep me here and do something to me."Why? So that you can go back downstairs and play your little game like a slut? Look at that little thing on your body. Is it even a dress?""What's it to you?" I snapped, irritated that he would talk about me this way.He raised his brow and his grip on my chin tightened."Oh, so you've got claws now that you're suddenly popular and little boys like Brent want to fuck you, is that it? Answer me!" H
Chapter 22Hardin's POVI knew that I had a temper. Hell if anyone wanted to describe Hardin Morales in one word, it would be anger. Rage.Perhaps it was because I was the son to an Alpha and would be one myself. It was easy to explain the burning rage that I felt beneath my skin everyday as it pushed me to shift into my wolf form but I knew that many things made me upset also because I was highly irritable. And among the things that topped the list of people and situations that made my blood boil, Jasmine topped the list and I could not even explain why.Sure I hated her and everything that she stood for because of her mother's marriage to my father to the point that I had involved my aunt, Lisa which I still didn't know if it was a good idea, considering that it gave my dad more reason to side with his new family and place me as the villain in his fairytale.But the rage that had clouded my vision when Alex had taken a picture of her in that skimpy little dress sitting beside Brent
Chapter 23Jasmine's POVI woke up before my alarm even sounded, to go to school.It had been that way since Saturday morning when I returned from the cottage with Hardin, no longer a virgin.I had thought that there was something that would change in my face or skin when I finally did what others my age had been doing for a very long time.But instead there was nothing but a hollowness in my chest because I couldn't even be happy about what had happened when the next morning, I had to remind myself that the person that had been my first hated me beyond redemption.And it wasn't like I was head over heels in love with him either like all those novels that I had read made the female lead to be. Hardin made it really hard to like him.He had looked so shocked like it was impossible for me to even be a virgin and had completely shut down on me. The entire drive back, he had not said a word as if I was someone that had ceased to exist the moment he realized that whatever image he had made
Chapter 24Jasmine's POV"Is there a reason why you're staring at Hardin with daggers in your eyes?" Nadia asked me at lunch and even though I shrugged, I hoped that he would look at me and see just how much I was angry at all of the events of the past week.After the incident in the closet where Hardin had showed me just how he would handle me standing up to him and calling him out on all of his bullshit behaviour to my mother, I had thought that it was the worst thing that could happen.And that was until Russo travelled a week ago for a Summit in another town.It should not have been a problem that Russo was leaving for a week.But the problem was that he was not taking my mother with him, which should have also not been a big deal except the fact that thanks to Hardin, his aunt Lisa who had absolutely no respect for my mother had seen it as an ample opportunity to treat my mother like she was the dirt beneath her feet.First, it had been subtle, like stylishly calling her a tramp
Chapter 25Jasmine's POV"Mum, this is not a good idea." I said as I entered the passenger seat and she turned on the ignition."Oh come on, Jasmine, it's just a game and he is my stepson." She answered, her smile so bright, I wondered if that was even possible."A stepson that hates the two of us." I tried to reason with her and she shrugged."Well, that might be true now but we cannot hate him too. That's not going to help us bring him over to our side, sweetheart. You're the one that listens to Kill em with kindness almost everyday.""Well mum, when Selena Gomez sang about that, she was not talking about someone like Hardin." I murmured as she moved the car."Well, I choose to not believe that. And besides, it's your school too. I'm sure it'll be fun."Tonight was a lacrosse game between our school and the school from the next town. It was a big night for everyone, most especially Hardin, who was the captain of the team.And that was if he was going to show up since none of us had
Chapter 26Jasmine"So for your assignment which is due tomorrow, you are going to be working in pairs." Miss Smith, our homeroom teacher announced and there were collective groans but my mind was far away from the class because I was still stuck in last night's incident.Lisa had accused my mother of purposely making food with ingredients she claimed that she was allergic to, even though according to my mother, Lisa had never told her anything about it.It had been such a huge scene with Lisa crying and indirectly calling my Mother an attempted murderer while Russo had tried to dissolve the situation as fast as possible.The worst part was that my mother had believed that Lisa had told her about the garlic allergy initially and she had forgotten about it, allowing the guilt to nearly swallow her but I knew better.I knew better because as Russo had attempted to escort Lisa up the stairs away from the dining room, she had given my mother a covert smile that made me want to go and pu
Chapter 27Hardin's POVAnger, red hot like a flame was emanating from me in the hallway and I didn't bother to even hide it this time. Because why was the new guy talking and laughing with Jasmine down the hallway in front of her locker?Did she know him from anywhere? How did the two of them even meet?As if it was not enough that I had heard silly comparisons between me and this new kid since he entered the school less than forty eight hours ago, he was already hanging around Jasmine and smiling like he had just hit the jackpot.Or perhaps it was Jasmine that had come on to him?Weeks ago, I would have been inclined to believe that, but since that night after taking Jasmine's virginity, I didn't know what to believe about her anymore and I hated her even more for confusing me. For blurring the hatred lines between us by refusing to act her part as a villain.She and her mother were both peas in a pod, considering that after everything that my aunt, Lisa had done to her in my name,