Help

Chapter Two

Hazel’s POV

I was still sleeping when a sharp pain exploded across my face.

My eyes flew open in shock.

Before I could understand what was happening, another slap landed on my cheek, making my ears ring.

“You shameless omega!”

Violet’s furious voice echoed through the room.

I stared at her, my mind still foggy from sleep. My heart pounded as I looked around the room, trying to understand where I was. With him under the blanket?

Then the memory of last night slowly returned.

Alan had wandered into the room after drinking too much. I had tried to help him when he nearly collapsed, and somehow we had both fallen asleep there.

My face turned pale. Why hadn’t I left?

Before I could think any further, Violet grabbed a fistful of my hair and yanked me off the bed.

I cried out as I crashed onto the floor.

“You disgusting thief!” she shouted. “How dare you lock yourself in a room with my boyfriend!”

“I didn’t!” I cried, struggling to free myself. “Please listen to me. It’s not what you think.”

“It’s exactly what I think.”

The shouting stirred Alan from his sleep, he slowly opened his eyes and frowned, clearly confused, he looked around the room before his gaze settled on me kneeling on the floor.

“What happened?” he asked, pressing a hand against his aching head.

Violet immediately ran to him with tears streaming down her face. “Alan, thank goodness you’re awake.”

She pointed at me with trembling fingers. “I’ve always treated her like a sister, but look what she did. She took advantage of the fact that you were drunk and stayed in this room with you all night.”

Alan’s brows knitted together as he tried to remember the night before. “I…” he murmured. “I only remember leaving the party.”

He looked at me. “Hey!… why were you here?”

“I was resting after work,” I answered, my voice shaking. “You came into the room by mistake. I tried to send you back downstairs, but you nearly collapsed.”

“She’s lying!” Violet cried before I could say another word. “She’s trying to make excuses.”

“I am not lying.”

Violet tightened her grip on my hair. “Stop pretending to be innocent.”

Alan remained silent for a long moment.

When he finally spoke, his voice was cold. “I don’t know everything that happened last night.”

My heart filled with hope. Maybe… Maybe he would believe me.

“But I do know this,” he continued. “The moment I lost control of myself, you should have called the guards or instead, leave the room”

His jaw tightened. “Instead, you stayed.”

I shook my head desperately. “I didn’t know what to do. I was trying to help you.”

“Help me?” he repeated with a bitter laugh. “Is that what you’re calling this?”

I stared at him in disbelief.

“So you decided to betray your own sister by taking advantage of the fact that I was drunk?”

“No!” I cried, tears filling my eyes. “That’s not what happened.”

Violet smiled behind his back. “I’ll take her to Father,” she said. “He deserves to know what she has done.”

She dragged me toward the door while I begged her to let go.

Not once did Alan stop her.