Chapter 6
Jasmine's POV
"He didn't come down today either?" Russo, Hardin's father asked as we sat down to have dinner in the dining hall.
I saw my mother shrug but knew that she would be upset the most because she was trying her hardest to reach out to Hardin and I hated Hardin even more.
Today at school, he had publicly embarrassed me after one of his friends had lied and said I could sit with them at their table since I was Hardin's family.
Well, I couldn't blame them. I blamed myself for being naive and thinking that the order had come from him directly when he didn't even want to go to school or come back with me.
I shivered as I remembered the confused look in his eyes when he saw me there before it turned to rage. Pure unadulterated rage.
"What is this thing doing here?" He had asked and no one, not even Alex, his friend who had invited me to the table could stand up for me and explain to them that I was not there of my own accord.
But then again, Hardin was the king of the school. Everyone was scared of him.
"Perhaps he will join us another time then." Russo said, giving my mother a sympathetic smile that held so much love, I was jealous.
I wanted to experience a love like the one they had. And I wished Hardin could see how sincere they were and just stop with all of the theatrics.
"Thank you my love. Let's eat." My mum replied, kissing his cheek and squeezing his hand which caused his smile to widen.
What was there to not like about them?
I wanted to be loved like that. I wanted to be serenaded and have my happily ever after just like my mother had.
"So, tell me. How is school? Hope Hardin is not giving you so much trouble?" Russo asked and I choked on the water that I was drinking.
How was I going to answer this without lying? Because I was a terrible liar.
And there was no way I could tell him about what Hardin had really been up to.
About how he had vowed to make my life a living hell despite his father's warning.
About how he brought girls home to have sex with them.
About how I had seen his son's penis.
My face turned red as I remembered how he had held Dahlia down with so much control, it was obvious that he had done it a million times before.
Rubbing my back, my mum looked at me with concern and I cleared my throat and feigned a smile.
"Are you okay?" She asked and I quickly nodded.
"I'm sorry. Did the question upset you that much?" Russo asked and I shook my head so fast, I hoped he didn't see through my lie.
"He isn't bothering me." I answered, biting the inside of my cheek to stop myself from adding the 'yet'
Because the truth was that I knew Hardin had plans for me. And none of it was good.
"He isn't particularly welcoming yet, but with time, I'm hoping he is." I added and Russo smiled.
"I'm sure he will. He has always been a hard headed kid but he'll come around. I'm positive he will."
I wasn't positive one bit but I smiled and nodded.
The proof that Hardin wasn't anywhere close to welcoming me into the family was waiting for me on my bed as I came out of the shower later at night.
I screamed so loud, running to the door and panting until I realized that if I didn't stop shouting, my mother would hear and come over to find out what was wrong.
Looking at the lock on the door, I wondered how he had gotten in because I was sure that I had locked it.
Or had I not?
The dead rat on the bed with a note written in blood of what was possibly the rat's, that said 'Welcome to the family' was more than enough evidence that Hardin had been in my room.
It hadn't been there when I got back from the dining hall, so it had to be when I was in the bathroom.
Had he entered the bathroom?
Had he seen me naked?
No, I couldn't afford to think that he did. Hardin hated me. He wouldn't want to see someone that he hated naked, would he?
Shaking my head, I took deep breaths, counting backwards from ten to one continuously, all in an attempt to calm down before I started to think of what to do.
I couldn't confront him.
No. That would be playing directly into his hands and I had learned more than once, that I would never win in a physical confrontation with Hardin Morales.
He was the reason why the word intimidating was created.
How could someone so handsome be so ruthless?
Picking up my phone, I dialed Nadia and she picked up on the first ring.
"Yo, Jazz, what's good?" She sounded like she was about to sleep.
"What is good is that Hardin kept a dead rat on my bed with a note in blood."
"The fuck? Are you serious? Let me see it!"
Quickly changing the call to video, I tiptoed closer to the bed and she screamed.
"That is nasty. How did he get into your room? You didn't lock your door?"
"I did. Or I'm sure that I did" I replied, moving back to stand by the door.
It was almost comical that I was standing in my bedroom, wearing nothing but a towel wrapped around my chest like a stranger.
"Have you told your mum about it?" She asked, her eyes wide and looking very far from the sleepy person I had dialed.
The news was enough to stir someone awake.
"No." I whisper-yelled.
The last thing I needed was to report Hardin and have him more mad at me.
His dad thought the threats had worked and the last thing I wanted was to make matters even worse for myself.
"So, how are you going to get that out of your bed or do you not plan to sleep on the bed tonight?"
"I'll find a way around it, but I doubt I'll be sleeping on that bed tonight."
Eyeing the couch, I knew that I would be sleeping there, if at all I was able to get any sleep after what had happened.
First thing tomorrow, I was going to request that the lock on my room be changed with immediate effect.
"Alright, let me know if anything else happens, alright? Sleep with one eye open. That boy's a menace." She said and when she nodded, I hung up and stared at the mess on my bed.
There was a knock on my door and I flinched.
"Who is it?" I squeaked, hurrying to find a paper bag when I heard my mother's response from behind the door.
This was the worst timing in the history of timings.
"Give me a minute." I screamed, taking a deep breath and forcing down the urge to scream more as I removed the rat and the bloodied paper, then hid it inside a nylon bag beside my bed. Before removing the bed covers and placing it in the laundry basket.
Rushing to my wardrobe to get a robe, I took a deep breath and finally opened the door.
"Oh, you were in the bathroom. Is this a wrong time? I can always come back later." She said and I shook my head with a smile that was probably too wide, it could be suspicious. Then I moved aside for her to enter.
Her eyes moved to my bed and she looked at me, with her brows raised.
"What happened to your bed covers, Jasmine?"
I was resisting the urge to scream at her that her step son dropped a dead rat and a bloodied note welcoming me to the Morales family.
"I stained my bed. Period! You know how it can be." I blurted and when she nodded, I heaved a sigh of relief and gestured towards the couch.
"Oh no, I'm not here to take a lot of your time. I know how much stress I have put you through with this marriage and I'm so glad that you have been so understanding. I feel like we have not hung out much since we moved. You know, just me and you. And so I wanted to ask if you would go to lunch with me. Whenever you're free, of course."
I nodded with a smile, reaching out to hug my mother and reminding myself that no matter what Hardin thought, she was the sweetest person in the world.
She was not an opportunist and neither was I.
"Anytime is fine, mum." I told her and she nodded, kissing my cheek.
"Alright then. I'll leave you to it. Goodnight my love."
I waved at her as I closed the door and immediately I turned around, my smile faded because I knew that this was just the beginning of Hardin's antics.
I dreaded what was going to happen next.
Chapter 7Jasmine's POVThe next day at breakfast, I was helping my mother set up the table when Hardin suddenly came down to the dining hall.My mother looked like she had seen a ghost and perhaps she had because since we moved in to the house, Hardin had refused to eat with us, choosing to either eat in his room or go out to eat which I knew had made my mother very distressed and sad about how he had not still accepted her."Oh, Hardin, it is a pleasure to have you join us for breakfast. Please sit." She had said."Thanks." He replied, his voice deep in a way that made me shiver and I kept staring at him, unable to look away.His ebony hair was damp, indicating that he had just showered and as the shirt he wore hugged his biceps paired with loose fitting pants, I could not deny that Hardin Morales was probably one of the most gorgeous male I had ever laid eyes on.But then, that gorgeousness meant nothing when I remembered that behind that face and body was someone who hated me and
Chapter 8Hardin's POVHeading straight for the shower after leaving Jasmine's room, I removed my clothes and rested my head against the wall as the rivulets of hot water poured down on my back.My mind wondered back to the horror in Jasmine's eyes, the way her body had bucked up in fear and how she had tried to flee from me, her eyes confused and scared when I touched her and I wondered if she was a virgin.Had I been her first? Was that why she had been so resistant of me? Or was it because I was her step brother?I didn't understand why instead of satisfaction from watching her squirm and beg me for mercy, from watching her body react to me even though she did not want to, from feeling that tight wetness and seeing those large tits, I was feeling guilty for what I had done.Why in the hell was I feeling like I should not have done that to her?She deserved it. She deserved everything that had gone down tonight and even the rat yesterday. Her innocent eyes could not deceive me. She
Chapter 9Jasmine's POVI looked at myself in the mirror and what stared back at me was a horrified, extremely sad girl.How my life had drastically changed in the couple of hours following my mother's departure with Russo for the weekend still felt like a dream. I wanted to wake up and find out that everything was just one horrid nightmare. But like the dead rat and the note in blood that Hardin had left on my bed, it was real.Hardin had done all of those things to me, each time without remorse or care.He had touched me and my body had shamefully responded even though I hated everything. Even though I begged him to stop. And then he had put his...I could not even say it. Just thinking about it made me sick.And then he had paraded me in front of his friends like a slave and even made me to call him master after bringing them food by the pool.I didn't know what to do. I felt like pulling my hair out. Perhaps I had pulled it during the night when I was asleep, if I could even call
Chapter 10Hardin's POVOne of the advantages of the fact that my father had built his mansion in the woods, was the expanse of land that we were surrounded by. It was easy to shift and run in the woods. It was also easy to get some exercise in it, if you wanted to do it outside and if there was one things wolves hated, it was feeling claustrophobic.I had just finished running and I stood in the clearing behind our house where I had set two goal posts and lined the field with chalk.We had a lacrosse game coming up soon against the neighboring town and as the captain, it would be a damn shame to be out of form and lose the game when we had managed to retain our winning streaks since the season started.As I removed my shirt and threw it on the grass, I picked up the lacrosse stick and ball and stood in the center of the field that I had created and demarcated, ready to train when my mind went to Jasmine.With the way she had looked at me when our parents had returned from their trip
Chapter 11Jasmine's POVThere was a knock on the door to my room and I wiped my eyes quickly, turning and ready to tear into Hardin if he was the one.I was terrified of him and what he could do to me but I did not deserve any of this.And if he was coming here to rub in the fact that he had yet again succeeded in ruining my life with that useless rumor, then he would be in for a surprise because I would not cower.And it didn't matter what the consequences would be this time because what had he not already done?The door opened and when Nadia stepped in, with her smile hesitant, I released a breath that I didn't know I was holding and sniffed, more tears rolling down my eyes.Her face softened and she opened her arms wide as she ran to pull me into a hug."Oh, my sweet friend, I'm so sorry. I brought those cookies that you like so much." She said gently.Pulling back, I widened my eyes."You did?" I said tearfully and she nodded, cleaning my eyes with her hand and leading me towards
Chapter 12Jasmine's POV"Maybe I should not have come to school," Was the first thing I thought to myself when I stepped inside the hallway.But I was so desperate to prove to myself, to Hardin and the entire school that they did not break me, especially after what had happened in the hallway yesterday, and then when he had abandoned me in the closet, crying my eyes out.I had gone straight home immediately, afraid that I would be harassed some more or worse, have to explain to Nadia why I looked like I had cried my eyeballs out and was worried that I would not be able to keep it a secret.My mother had come up to visit me when I had refused to come down, worried that I would not be able to eat if Hardin was sitting at that table and stomach the smirk on his face for making me cum even though it was without my consent and made me absolutely disgusted by myself.I hated him so much for making me unable to tell my mother the truth like I had always done growing up, because I was worrie
Chapter 13Jasmine's POVMaybe it was because I was sitting on the floor, my hands holding my face that I was sure was turning red. But Hardin looked larger than life where he stood, his hands folded as he raised his eyebrows in question.He looked like a predator in that moments, his eyes narrowing at the scene in front of him and his expression stoic in a way that was threatening and made me swallow nervously.I wanted to believe that he was truly aware of Dahlia's involvement in spearheading the spread of the rumour about me throwing myself at him but from the way his eyes watched Dahlia and the way her face paled in fear as she looked at him, I doubted that it was."Hardin, it's not what it looks like." Dahlia started but when Hardin raised a hand, she fell silent."The rest of you, get out." He said calmly and immediately, all the other girls ran away, looking relieved that they would not be here to witness whatever was about to happen.Dahlia was about to move when Hardin raise
Chapter 14Jasmine's POV"Jazz, hi, good morning, you really need to check your messages. Something big has happened." Nadia said over the phone and I froze in front of the entrance into the school hallway, my throat closing up as panic suddenly hit me.What was happening?Had something else been spread about me in less than twenty four hours?Did I need to turn back and head home?"Jazz, are you there?" I heard her say, and even though the phone was on my ear, her words seemed so far away.Was I having a panic attack?"Jazz, where are you? Are you still there? Jazz!" Nadia screamed into the phone, her voice sounding panicked and I inhaled deeply and tried to look around my surroundings."I'm in front of the entrance" I managed to murmur and I found a tree to lean against, sitting on the ground as I counted backwards, trying to relax.Nadia appeared in front of me a few minutes later and her eyes widened as she knelt in front of me."What happened? You look so pale." Reaching inside h
CHAPTER 80~Jasmine.Sinking into the rocking chair, I racked my brain for a new lullaby to sing, as I had already sung the ones I had at the top of my fingers. I looked down at the little infant who was yawning out of tiredness yet had refused to fall asleep.I smiled as I rubbed his little nose, just when I had thought I had known love, someone little came to remind me of how big it is. He had these sparkly blue eyes just like his Dad and with the way he was fighting so hard not to yield into sleep, I bet he would be as stubborn as his father is.A new relaxing poem rushed into my brain and just as I began humming the lyrics and rocking to its tune, the door to the room opened and Hardin walked in.“He still hasn't fallen asleep?” He whispered as he gently closed the door behind him and I shook my head in negation, “Ugh, he is as stubborn as his mother,” he said in mock annoyance and rolled his eyes.“As stubborn as me?” I asked, and he chuckled and gave me a light kiss on the lips
HardinJasmine had said that she loved me, and had helped me walk through the phase where I had to get over mom’s death especially after hearing that it was all for a petty revenge, and all of her actions threw it at my face that I had done nothing, and was rather banking at the fact that she had easily let all my sins slide. But it was not what I wanted. The only problem being that at the moment, I was still lost on what to do. I still felt guilty, because every everytime that I told her how sorry I was, she said that everything was fine and that she had really forgiven me. Camila and Russo had also mentioned about how I was probably acting out of ignorance and had accepted that I was set to turn a new leaf. The joy in the house had returned, and Camila and Russo had planned so many dates for me and Jasmine to get better than we already were. Thanks to them, it was working really well. Everything at home did feel like it was working perfectly well, if my wolf did not keep haunting
JasmineThe moment those words had left my mouth, I wanted to cringe. Feeling stupid, I wrenched my hand away from his and ran as far as I could. Acting as the best man there is in the world, did not feel enough to me, to make up for all Hardin had done. My heart might have flustered a little after Hardin's words, but my vengeful conscience was not a very forgiving person. His words had moved me for a moment, but going back to our past and all that Hardin had put me through, I just couldn't find myself forgiving him so easily, especially over spoken words. Was I supposed to just give in, and welcome him back? What if he decided to go against his words one day, I would be the one hurting and not him. "But he's proven himself to you Jasmine, he's your mate" my wolf reminded me but I wasn't listening. Being my mate was not enough of an excuse to buy him forgiveness. Had I not been his mate, would he have felt sorry that he tortured and harassed me all these while? If for anything, Ha
Chapter 77JasmineOut of the corner of my eye, I only caught wisps of dissipating smoke, when out of nowhere a massive caramel blur moving at a high speed slammed into the oncoming beast to send it crashing backwards to the trees.A positively huge wolf covered in familiar brown colored fur prowled around in the middle of the clearing. I did a double take at this newcomer and only then had I recognized it was Hardin. They circled each other for several moments before leaping at once. Possessing greater body mass in his current form, Lorenzo pushed the brown wolf backwards. But in a show of skill that convinced me that it was definitely Hardin, the brown wolf fell on its back and kicked the black one over it.Rolling onto his feet, he dashed after the beast, biting and clawing at everywhere he found entry until Lorenzo threw out an attack that made Hardin retreat. I continued watching in terror as Lorenzo lunged at him to grab his head. Slinking under the beast's large arms, Hardin
Chapter 76Jasmine.I exhaled deeply and released the breath that I wasn’t aware I was holding in as Hardin rounded the third round and successfully made it to the stop. My heart thumped, even though my face was void of emotion, as I watched him step out of his car with a proud smile on his face, but I tried my best not to show my happiness. I was glad that Hardin had won but I was happier that he was the one to be proclaimed my mate.I kept my eyes on Hardin as he looked up at dad and mom, who were looking down at him with so much pride. And when he turned to me, I locked my eyes, pulling him into a staring contest. It was not until we heard Lorenzo’s car screech loudly before coming to a halt that he turned his eyes away to look at Lorenzo. I kept my gaze, still, fixed on him without even caring to look down at Lorenzo who was now accusing Hardin of cheating his way through the competition.“The young lad would have dropped dead by now had your eyes been guns,” Mom said, rubbing my
Chapter 75.~Hardin. Nobody would have probably believed me but, I was damn serious when I said I could give up my position as the Alpha if that was what it would take Jasmine to forgive me, I thought as I walked through the hallway.I had wronged her and I didn't realize my wrongdoings early enough to apologize. I was sorry now and was willing to prove it but, first, I needed to make her see reasons why she should forgive me.And I intended to do that, right until Lorenzo interrupted my thought with a growl that came at me. With a frown on my face, “What is it Lorenzo?” I asked. “Don’t try to be innocent with me, Hardin!” He bawled out immediately, and I wondered for a start, if Lorenzo was even sensible enough to realize that for one of the first times since I had known him, I just wanted to have a peaceful talk with him, without having to throw punches. “Innocent?” I scoffed. “You know that is one thing that I would not dare. Good thing, I don’t find myself pretending like you
Chapter 74Jasmine 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.
Chapter 73JasmineI went for a run in the woods, ignoring the whine of my wolf as I ran farther away from Hardin, but the last thing I wanted right now was to see him. How could he expect me to just accept him back after everything?He had even organized a ball to pick a mate because he would rather do that than admit to himself that he could be responsible for my pregnancy, choosing to call me a little whore because it served his purpose of not taking accountability for his actions.I could not believe that I had gone and fallen for him despite everything, that somewhere along the line, I had stopped hating him and started hoping he was just misunderstood, but if he thought that just because we were mates that I was going to accept him then he had another thing coming.My wolf whined but I ignored her, changing our course and decided to run towards the house.If there was an option to go somewhere else, I would have as I was not yet ready to face my parents.What was mom and Dad goi
Chapter 72 HardinThe only thing that kept me from falling back after I had heard what Jasmine said, was the pillar that I had held as a support. Even as it was not physical - her words, the gravity of my guilt immediately clouded my mind and I hated myself for how terrible I had been all along. That the baby in her womb was mine? And that as much as I can be the way that I am, she would never be so reckless as to have some sort of intimacy with any other man. I had been a terrible person all along, with the way I just thrust my dick into any lady’s hole. “I have been terrible,” I muttered out. And then, remembering how I had not just had sex with other girls, but brought them to Jasmine’s knowledge by making her watch videos made me cringe. I was completely shocked at everything Jasmine said to Lorenzo. I didn't know this was how she felt till now and I feel like a total idiot, a sadist and a maniac. I'll have to apologize sincerely to her. It was not something I enjoyed doing,