Chapter 6 : It's Not My Fault

"You're troublesome." Liam looked at me with annoyance.

 

Three months had passed since Alpha Harry and my mom got married. They both still liked each other, and thanks to that, Mom was no longer as annoying as she used to be. One thing that made me relieved and a little grateful. Although, to be honest, I'm still not used to their intimacy, like this morning. Although, yes. Of course, I don't mind it as long as they don't bother me.

 

But behind that, my situation was not much different from before. Because Atlas still bothered me with various things, both on campus and when we were at home.

 

Atlas isn't my only problem right now. Since Atlas arrived, the number of people who hate me has only increased. Like yesterday, some people are looking for reasons that don't even make sense.

 

Especially those women who idolize Atlas. They deliberately spilled water on my clothes just because they were jealous of me and made me go home with wet clothes.

 

I admit that Atlas is indeed handsome. No one would deny his fairy-like looks and magical charm, but he was nothing but a demon disguised in a perfect form. In the three months I've known him, he's consistently bullied me, just like everyone else.

 

Even now, on campus, I'm being bullied by Delta Liam and Donna. They're burdening me again with the tasks they've assigned to me.

 

"Your work is completely out of order, completely useless. You're just a nuisance to Delta, Liam." Donna railed at me. She looked down at me with a condescending look in her eyes. Her hands were on her waist, clearly intimidating. "Can't you work properly?"

 

I took a deep breath. "But the work this time is very complicated, and it takes longer." I ventured to answer his words.

 

Because the assignment was quite difficult, and they asked me to do it in a hurry. Of course, there was no way, even because I needed to do my work.

 

Donna pushed me. I saw her face looked fierce while Liam stared sarcastically. "You're an idiot, aren't you?" Donna snapped at me.

 

It wasn't me who was stupid, it was Donna. Even the whole campus knew that I was academically higher than her and Liam, but they never wanted to admit it, even though they were aware of it.  They kept judging me beyond the facts.

 

Liam looked at me reluctantly and disgustedly. I hated how they stared and judged me, but I could only restrain myself by hiding my feelings.

 

Liam embraced Donna still with his cold gaze on me. "Never mind, let's just get out of here. We have more important things to do, and an outcast woman like her will never know and understand that."

 

Donna smiled mockingly at me. She seemed to reciprocate by wrapping her arms around Liam's waist. "Of course, even though her mother is now married to the alpha, her lowly status will not change. She's still an outcast." They walked away from me after being satisfied with insulting me.

 

I closed my eyes, with my jaw clenched hard, feeling annoyed with their attitude towards me all this time. But I was quite aware that I couldn't do anything to defend myself in front of them other than restrain myself and remain patient.

 

Vaguely, as I walked towards class, I heard people talking about an important meeting.

 

"What meeting are those people referring to?" I glanced out of the tail of my eyes, seeing someone joining the left side of the front of the biology class. This time, they were the ones talking.

 

"The meeting of the young werewolves will be held again." The blonde woman looked enthusiastic.

 

It was only natural that they should be because I had heard that at the meeting, the werewolves would find their mates. So it was no wonder that they were so excited because they must be hoping to be the mate of Atlas, the strongest werewolf and the most charming person to them.

"What a boring event," I muttered quietly, worried that someone might overhear, but I couldn't help expressing my opinion.

 

It was true that the meeting was boring for me. Moreover, I didn't have any friends, so even when I came, I would do nothing and go home from there because none of them would be my eyes.

 

I rolled my eyes boredly, imagining what the meeting would be like, and then I walked into the classroom. Today, I only had two subjects I needed to attend, and both were already finished with the essay assignment and listening to the next material.

 

"I feel like something will happen if I don't go home soon." I looked at the door of the classroom, which was still quiet because some people were still in the classroom. 

 

I had a bad feeling. My intuition told me that I needed to hurry up and get out of there if I didn't want something like yesterday to happen to me again.

 

Sure enough, the moment I walked out of the classroom door, the horde of women looked at me sarcastically and annoyed.

 

"Hey, you!" One of them yelled at me.

 

I wanted to run from there immediately, but I was too scared to imagine that they would chase me and act even more brutally towards me. There were too many of them. Acting implausibly could endanger me.

 

My eyes stared at them hesitantly. I stayed where I was while squeezing the strap of my bag tightly. My heart beat erratically, and I started to get anxious as they stood before me.

 

A busty woman looked at me sharply. "How can you be Atlas's brother who gives him so much trouble?"

 

That nonsensical question again, I don't know how many times it's been asked to me. I was getting sick and tired of hearing it, but of course, I didn't answer.

 

Another slender woman stared at me from top to bottom. I was uncomfortable with the way she looked at me. But she kept her judgmental eyes on me. "Why does Atlas care about you looking so ordinary? He should just ignore you. Ah! But Atlas is too kind. That's why he takes care of you." She pointed at me and pushed my shoulder.

 

"What's ordinary?" Another bob-haired woman who had natural cat eyes protested to her. "She looks like a loser!" She mocked me by leaning towards me.

 

"For thinking of you, that kind Atlas forgot his promise to us!" The woman who pushed me earlier was now yelling at me. "It's all because of you!"

 

I clenched my fists and then glared at them. "It's not because of me." I ventured to refute their words, not wanting to be blamed. "I also don't like why my name is associated with him. Even though my relationship with Atlas is bad."

 

 

They looked incredulous, staring at me fiercely. "How dare you dislike Atlas? Who do you think you are, huh?" He pushed me.

 

They started surrounding me and pushing my body around like I was a ball, and even more than that, they started pulling my hair and bag.

 

"Stop....stop, I said!" I yelled at them, but none of them were listening.

 

My head was hurting from their grabbing, and I was starting to get dizzy from the constant spinning of my body.

 

I recognized some of them, especially the blonde who was the gamma's daughter and the cat-eyed woman who was the delta's daughter. Because of that level, I couldn't fight back because of the pressure they put on me. I was the lowest among them.

 

"Feel this, people like you deserve to be mistreated." He pulled my shirt, and everyone there, including me, heard the sound of cloth tearing.

 

They all fell silent, then looked at me with their gaze that looked at me lowly and contemptible and started laughing.

 

They were too much!

My breathing was ragged, and my emotions at their peak. I clenched my fists tightly as I saw the fabric on my chest ripped off, exposing my underwear.

 

This was an insult that I couldn't endure like any other because I hadn't done anything to lower my self-esteem, even though people were insulting me. My body was still kept clean, unlike those who proudly displayed their bodies in public.

 

"Hey, look, this woman looks vulgar and disgusting!" Shouted the cat-eye, turning to the crowd at the back while pointing at me.

 

My eyes met theirs. All the eyes in the place were watching me. There was a wide variety of facial expressions they were aiming at me, and they were all ugly expressions that judged and demeaned me.

 

My breath caught in my throat, and my chest felt heavy. I was having trouble breathing because the attention of the people there was on me. My body trembled. I felt like I couldn't stand there any longer.

 

My lips trembled, and I held back my tears. I grabbed my bag that was in their hands, and I put it on my chest to cover that part. Then, I quickly moved away from there. I felt humiliated and angry at the same time. On top of that, I felt tired and hurt.

 

"Hey, where are you going loser? We're not done with you yet!" they shouted.

 

I ignored their yelling at me and didn't try to look back. I didn't care what was in front of me and kept running to get as far away from them as possible.