Bullied By My Alpha Stepbrother

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 before stooping to kiss the baby’s forehead.

“Can you allow mummy some minutes of rest by going to sleep?” Hardin said to our child, and a smile came to rest on my face.

It had been 12 months since the fight that Hardin had with Lorenzo. And though it caused grief for a while, we were over it.

We were rather disappointed by Lorenzo’s confession, Hardin had it worse, but with time, we all came to terms with everything that had happened, and Hardin, though roughly, slowly got over his mom’s death. I ran my hand through Hardin’s hair as he continued humming the poem from where I stopped.

Though it was made that whoever won the car race would be proclaimed my mate, I was certain that I wouldn’t have been with anyone who wasn’t Hardin. I was in love with him, and I was damn sure, from the way he made me feel, I was certain that he was just the person for me.

After he was proclaimed my mate and I professed my love to him, Hardin and I tied the knot, and the little bundle of joy in my arms was sent to us as proof of our love.

“See,” Hardin grinned excitedly,” I put him to sleep, isn’t this proof that he loves me more?”

I chuckled as I rolled my eyes, and Hardin took the baby from me and laid him in his crib.

“Are you hungry?” He asked as he helped me up the rocking chair.

“Obviously.” I blurted and locked my fingers with his.

“What do you say about a night out?” He asked, sliding his hand around my waist, while he pulled me closer to him.

“With or without Reagan?” I probed with a raised brow and he slightly turned to look at Reagan, our child before turning back to me with a pout,

“I think I will just order food for us. Or I should not?”

At his confusion, I chuckled.

I knew he was disappointed, and I bet he had been planning all day for a date which I would have readily accepted, but we were in a foreign land and I hadn’t a clue of whom to trust with my baby.

I felt Hardin’s hot breath on me, and I looked up at him and locked my eyes with his. They held love, pure love, and I couldn’t ask for more. I lifted my arms from my side and trailed them up his arms before wrapping them around his shoulders.

“Hi,” he whispered, and I chuckled.

“Hi,” I replied and pushed back the strands of hair that fell on his face and as I turned my eyes back to him, he gripped the back of my head, tilting it slightly to the side, and wrapped my lips with his. It was probably the 50th or 60th kiss I was getting for the day. I wasn’t certain, but I was sure as hell that it was the warmest.

His lips moved against mine and I parted my lips giving him the way into my mouth. After which, I gripped the back of his neck and brought his face closer to mine.

The door to the room suddenly pushed open, which was rather strange, but neither of us pulled away to know what had caused it.

“Ugh, you both should get a room.”

I chuckled into Hardin’s mouth as we heard the voice, and he stopped to smile against my lips without pulling away from our position.

“We are literally in a room, Nadia, you are the one intruding in our space.” Hardin’s breath fell on my face as he spoke, and I felt like bringing his lips back to mine, but I just released my grip from his neck to place them on his back and rested my head on his chest, keeping my face toward the direction of the door.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“You came,” I said, and Nadia nodded, taking a quick survey of the room. ” When did you get here?”

She opened the door fully and walked in.

“About thirty minutes ago and became worried thinking something had happened to you guys not knowing that you were here doing…” She darted her eyes between the both of us, “Okay. I am literally cringing,” she shook her head and waved us off which caused me to laugh.

“Now, if you would excuse me, I would like to see Nadia Jr.”

“He is a boy, ma’am, a gentleman.” Hardin said as Nadia walked to the crib, and she paused to give him a scowl,

“What I name my son is none of your business, get it?”

A chuckle escaped my lips as Hardin threw his hands up in defense, “Yes ma’am.”

“And what are you doing here anyway, don’t you have a pack to look after, Mr. Alpha?”

“I am pretty sure an Alpha deserves rest and besides, I don’t know if you saw it, but I was taking care of something important before you walked in.”

She gave him a scowl and turned to the baby.

“He’s prettier than what the picture said.” Nadia giggled excitedly.

“You are going to wake him up if you keep talking like that.” I warned instead.

“I will be more than delighted to carry him, but then again, I am yet to rest from my journey, so I will let him rest while I go unpack.”

Trying to leave Hardin’s hold, “I will come help you.” I muttered.

Hardin raised a brow at me, holding me back as I tried to pull away from the hug.

“Don’t bother, I would rather not have anyone tearing my flesh away with his eyes,” she caught a quick glance at Hardin and turned back to me, “I will let Hardin continue taking care of whatever it is that he is doing, you can join me whenever you are done. Besides, I am not running away, I only just got here.”

“Okay,” I said with a laugh and placed my head back to Hardin’s chest, while Nadia mumbled some words which weren’t clear enough, before she walked away, closing the door behind her. I laughed harder, Nadia sure knew how to amuse me.

“You wanted to leave me,” Hardin mentioned with a pout immediately Nadia was out of hearing, and I looked up at him with my chin on his chest.

“Never.” My smile fell as my mind rushed back to the events of yesterday and how everything came to end. I was trying to have a talk with him, because I wanted reassurance for reasons which made no sense to me. But pack duties that came over the phone kept on distracting us, and I could not.

Noticing the frown that had come on my lips, “What’s wrong,” Hardin asked as he rubbed a thumb against my cheek.

“Would you say we got a happily ever after? Do you think we will live happily ever after from today?”

He shrugged and shook his head,” I wouldn’t say so.”

“Why?” I asked with a furrowed brow pulling my head backwards to have a better view of him.

“I can’t give you happily ever after, Love, the only thing I am sure that I can give you is myself and while I am sure I am not worthy of your love, I will live the rest of my life proving to you how much I love you.”

I smiled. Genuinely and contentedly because that was all I wanted. Hardin, he was all I wanted.

I placed my head back on his chest and hugged him tighter, “That is far better than happily ever after.” I whispered softly because certainly, nothing else was better than this, nothing was better than he.

Nadia’s POV

I was happy for my friend. Despite everything Hardin had done to her, they were together now. While it was amazing, it was surreal to say the least.

As I drove out of the alpha’s house, my phone rang. I rummaged through my bag, with a hand, careful not to lift my eyes off the road. The number said unknown but I still picked it up.

“Who is this?”

“Your darkest nightmares, Nadia,” a gravelly voice said. A voice I thought wouldn’t exist in my life anymore.

Goddess, no, no, not again. My hand shook but I managed to ask, pretending to be clueless, “Who the fuck are you?”

“It’s quite funny how you think you can shrug us off just because you’re done with highschool,” another tone, darker and deeper than the first, bit out into the phone.

‘I–I,” I stammered, my heart pounding furiously as I navigated the car around a corner. It was a wonder I was still driving with the shock running rife in my veins.

“You thought we wouldn’t find out about the college you got admitted into? Baby girl, you’re our possession and if you think you can hide from us, I’ll advise you to rethink.”

“You’re wrong.” I cradled the phone into my ears, preparing myself for the lie I was about to tell, “It’s been eight months after graduation. I’m not going to college anymore.”

Dark chuckles met my ears. Chilling. “Such silly lies from your pretty, cock-sucking lips.”

Then the voice turned abruptly to a much more sinister tone. “Remember when we told you that you can’t breathe without us. Cannot do a fucking thing unless we deem it so? We were being fucking serious Nadia. And for breaking that rule, you will be punished. Severely. No one messes with us and gets away with it.”

No one messes with us and gets away with it.

Swirls of anger began forming in my chest, hot and furious. Who exactly did they think they were again? I had taken their abuse for far too long and I wouldn’t anymore. Enough was enough.

Putting up a brave shell, I started to speak into the phone, “I’ve heard enough of both of you. You don’t own me! You don’t tell me what to-”

The darker voice interjected, “Looking forward to seeing you soon at All High College. We hope you’ve been keeping that pussy tight for us.”

The phone went off just as my left foot hit the brake pedal.

My entire body was as petrified as stone. I was frozen, scared to death even because my highschool bullies were going to attend the same college as me. Alex and Sandro.

And they were back to torment me. Ruthlessly.

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Next book in the series: Bullied By My Alpha Twins (Nadia, Alex and Sandro) A dark reverse harem romance.