Chapter 42 - HardinHardinIf I was right, I had exchanged barely six or seven words with Dad ever since the incidence at the dinning room. Maybe once when I had answered 'yes' to all of the advice that he was feeding me with, and some forced 'good mornings' to him. The only reason I still stayed back at the mansion and had not moved to the cottage where I always found comfort was because Dad had intentionally added much more duties to me, which at the end of the day will not only be exhausting, but will be so late that I won't be able to leave the mansion anymore.Whenever Camila had the opportunity to talk to me, she came up with the thing of how everything Dad was doing was solely for my care and growth, and how I was just misunderstanding him.I never answered any of the things she said though, because none of it made any sense. If Russo actually cared like Camila said, then instead of placing more jobs on me, the exact thing that he would have been doing will have been to find

JasmineI had no idea why I felt like Hardin had casted all his hatred on me with that single stare. He was angry, and it was obvious on his face, however I was unaware of the wrong that I had done to receive such a threatening glare from him.He had no idea that I was there to support him, so I couldn't really blame him. After I had overheard his discussion with Sandro and Alex, I had been worried sick for him. I knew his love for lacrosse, though his performance had not been really great at recent times from what I heard I had gained information from my eavesdropping that the captain of the lacrosse team would be selected through the feats and performances on the field, as well as academic performance too. It was obvious lacrosse practice wasn't going entirely well for Hardin, and with the decline in his academics, there was no way he was going to make captain.After I had finished eavesdropping on his conversation that day, I had rushed towards the cafeteria to have a chat with Lo

Chapter 46 - HardinThe issue of finding my mate was one thing that I had been trying my best to avoid, and now as the elders had brought up the topic, I did not know how to feel.It was mainly because I was partly beginning to feel that I did not have a mate, which was probably the moon goddess punishment to me, for being the asshole that I was. It was a thing of great concern as I was going to be an Alpha, so I sincerely understood why they had to talk about it.But it will have been much better if they had not brought it up at that point in time.It was just two weeks ago, that Sandro found his mate, at a party that we attended. And before he found his mate, he was already worried, as Alex had found his mate way back in time.Then there's me, older with some months, and of an Alpha blood, and still, I had not felt any sensation that was close to finding my mate.My face immediately contorted into a frown, that Dad noticed, as he called my name."Is anything the problem? Are you und

Chapter 48 - JasmineJasmine"What do you think you're doing Lorenzo?" I asked again, and he seemed genuinely confused by my reaction. He seemed to be confused, and had made to kiss me again. But my second rejection seemed to have made things a bit clearer for him."Get away from me" I yelled as I pulled away from his touch."Get away from you? I thought you wanted this?" Lorenzo asked. He seemed to have misread our friendship. I did like him, but clearly not in the way he had in his mind."Wanted this? Is this what the whole friendship was about?""You are getting everything wrong, Jasmine," Lorenzo voiced out, and tried touching my cheeks again."Don't you dare," I said to Lorenzo, but it did feel like my words had little effects on him.At that moment, I began to regret all the decisions I had taken that day.If only I had just stayed away from Lorenzo as Hardin always warned? Or maybe, if I had gone home with Nadia or even Hardin?I had been trying all I could to escape Hardin's h

Chapter 50 Hardin's POV "You're shooting daggers from your eyes, bro. Did something happen?" Alex's voice dragged me away from my thoughts and when I finally looked away from the table that I had been staring at, I saw that his brows were raised in question as he gestured towards the direction that I had been looking at. It was of course, none other than Jasmine's table where she was sitting with her friend and Lorenzo, her knight in shining armour. I had called and spoken to him yesterday to discuss the attempted kidnapping and to gauge if I had been wrong to not suspect him for having a hand in the attempt and so far, other than him vowing to remain by her side and protect her, a promise that would have put me at ease if he was talking about any other person but Jasmine, he seemed to be in the clear which brought me back to square one. Who could have wanted to kidnap Jasmine and why? Of course this morning before I had left for school, my father had summoned me to his offi