Chapter 83 - 2.4

"Will, don't!"

"He and his group gang rȧpėd me until I had to be hospitalized for two weeks." I stated and saw Jayden's posture stiffen.

"You asked for it!" Luther argued, "we were fuċkɨnġ Hunter and you asked to take his place."

His name stung my heart as my stomach ached, but I wouldn't show it. Not in front of him. "That doesn't make up for what you did. We were childhood friends!"

He scowled, "as if I would be friends with an Omega!" He growled, "no self-respecting Alpha would get near your kind if it weren't for your pheromones!"

I froze as my heart stopped. I looked to Jayden as he froze, but quickly looked to the ground. "You're right," I replied in a gulp as they both looked to me in surprise. "But we wouldn't ȧssociate with you bastards if we didn't have to. Feeling all high and mighty just because of your gender, treating us like trash, and controlling us! But do you hear us bitch? No! We are better and stronger than that." I stormed over to him and kicked him square in the ċhėst so that he fell back on the ground. I gave him a large smile, "think whatever you want of me, but keep in mind..." I leaned towards him, "you fuċkėd me by force when I had five guys ċum inside me. You're as filthy as I am."

I walked past Jayden without looking to him and went back to the kid's classroom. The twins looked up from their desks when I snuck back in. The teacher finally dismissed the kids and thanked the parents for coming. The twins rushed over to me and hugged me on either side. I closed my eyes and focused on their warmth and love.

"Are you ready to go?" I asked and they nodded. They both looked behind me so I knew Jayden was there. "Well let's get going." They each took my hand and we began walking. We went straight to the car and the kids got into the back. I got into the passenger's seat and sat with my head back. The nausea is getting worse and so is the pain.

I could feel Jayden continually glancing over at me. I did not look back at him as I just kept my eyes closed and laid my head back. As the kids listen to music in the back seat, we both stay quiet in the front. Being brought to the reality of society and of our origional feelings towards each other, it put a wall up between us. It was like we had to start all over again as I was reminded that I am not worth anything other than pheromones. When we got to the house, I slowly got out of the car and drug my way to the house.

The nausea is becoming unbearable, but I don't want to worry anyone. The twins rushed off to their room to play as I slowly went up the stairs. When I finally got to the bedroom, I went into the closet and immediately pulled out a pair of workout shorts. I went and laid in the bed and quickly turn on the fan at high speed.

I close my eyes and felt Luther's words buzzing around my head. He got to me. I tried to fight it, but he got to me. A light knock came to the door and I opened my eyes. Chase's head popped in and I felt a large flood of relief. I gestured for him to come over to me and he quickly did so after shutting the door. He crawled onto the bed and lay down beside me, making sure not to touch me as it was obvious that I was warm.

"When did you get back?" I asked as I looked to Chase and he blushed with a smile.

"Early this morning."

I gave him a wicked smirk before lightly smacking his shoulder. "What am I going to do with you?"

He chuckled slightly before he took a pause and then sighed deeply. "When the twins found me they asked me to come up here. What happened? They seemed really worried."

I looked up to the ceiling and thought before looking over to him. "I ran into someone from my high school years that brought back a lot of bad memories. We got into it and his words got to me."

"Did he bully you or something?"

I smirked before my face turned grim. "I've told you, my past is almost too bad to believe. Jayden bȧrėly knows anything of my past and now he knows more than I wanted him to."

"Can I ask?"

I turned my body towards him, "I don't think you will want to know. These are things I'm thankful you never had to experience and was glad I found you before you had to."

"You know you can tell me," Chase said in a whisper as his eyes became soft and kind. "I won't judge you for anything. Besides, it will be good to get it off your ċhėst and I'm the only one you can talk to about it. Well at least I'm the only one that will truly understand."

I nodded slightly, "just tell me to stop if it becomes too much for you. He brought up a lot of really bad things that happened and to explain the situation today, I'll have to tell you things I hope you never had to here."

Chase nodded and his face encourage me to go on. I look down towards the bed even though we were facing each other.

"When my parents kicked me out the day I found out my true gender, I was left homeless with nobody to turn to. I spent a few days in a shelter, before a man offered to give me food and a place to sleep. Although he was a Beta, these things didn't come for free." I took a deep breath before clenching the sheets in my hand. "In order to stay, I had to let him and his friends **** me every night. They would get so drunk before they did it that they would never remember what they did." I scoffed, "so they would do the same things or worse in the morning to make sure they would remember. Well, one day, I went to school after a very rough night with him and his friends and couldn't find Hunter. I ended up finding him in a storage room being held captive by the man I met today and his group of friends. His name is Luther and he was a childhood friend that never spoke to me again once my gender was actually revealed." I took another deep breath before I finally looked up to Chase his eyes. I was thankful to see that they were not tearing up but saw how much sorrow was on his face. "They plan to attack Hunter all at once and thankfully I got there before that. But because of my gender, I did not have enough social standing or strength to get them to stop and leave him alone. So I did the only thing I could think of; I took Hunter's place and let them attack me instead. Today, when I ran into him, he mocked me for being permiscuous in order to get up on the social ladder. He then tried to suggest that we get together and Jayden stepped in. I knew that Luther was scared of Jayden so, as pay back, I let Jayden know what Luther did to me in the past." I gulped as I look back down to the bed. "But Luther brought up a truth that Jayden and I both try to ignore and avoid. That we only are with each other because of our pheromones and that, without them, we would never have ȧssociated with each other." I look backup to him and gave a slight smile. "At least I got in the last word. I mocked him for being as dirty as I am because he rȧpėd me while he knew that I had been with others just earlier."

Chase suddenly lunged towards me and hugged me against him. Even though I was hot, I let it be. "Is that why you insisted that I could live with you?"

"You have a bright future Chase. I don't want things like that to hold you back. I had no choice so I wanted to make sure that you had one." I chuckled slightly which made Chase pause. "Now that I think about it, the woman at his side was the girl my parents wanted me to marry. That's why I can understand where Jayden's coming from to a point. I was raised to think the only person I could ever marry and be with was another Alpha. And in order to keep the bloodline going, it was only acceptable for my mate to be a female Alpha. I sighed, the day my true gender was exposed, that poor girl had the most horrified face. I found out later that she liked me and had asked her parents to set us up. What a shame she ended up with such a horrible man. When we were growing up, I wouldn't ȧssociate with Betas and Omegas, but Luther would go out of his way to torture them and torment them. One of my biggest regrets is following my parents rules and their expectations. I was brainwashed to think anyone other than Alphas was scum. And now being on the receiving end of that has made me realize what horrible people they are." I stopped talking and close my eyes as the nausea and pain hit me again.

Chase grabbed my hands and squeezed them. "Are you okay?"

I opened my eyes and looked at him with a slight smile even though I felt horrible. "Braxton Hicks contractions," I whispered in a harsh breath. "I had them with the twins. It makes you feel like you're in labor when you're really not. But I only had them mildly with the twins. This seems a lot worse."

"If they're worse than before, we should really call your doctor."

I shook my head, "it will just worry the twins. It's really not a big deal."

"Well you should at least tell Jayden," he insisted and I shook my head again.

"He will overreact. And after what happened, I think we need some time apart to get ourselves back together. Maybe eating something will help," Chase suggested and I nodded with a smile. He got up off the bed and went over to the door. "Cherries, right?"

I gave him a broader smile, "what would I do without you?"