Filed To Story: Mated To Big Brother-in-law
However, my eyes fell on the other people. They appeared to be in a state of shock, as if something was wrong.
My gaze drew to the man in front of me. His eyes darkened as he continued to look at the screen.
I felt breathless because of his fierce look.
What could happen if he behaved like this?
I slowly turned around to look at the screen.
With a loud gasp, I took a step back.
There were some texts displayed with bold characters.
“I LOVE YOU, BRUCE. I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT YOU. PLEASE COME BACK TO ME.”
Following the delivery of the sentence, Bruce and my photographs began to slide with gradual momentum.
The shocked look on people’s faces changed, and it turned into a mockery. Suddenly, they started laughing at me.
“Such a loser!”
“Didn’t I tell you? Bruce broke up with her.”
“Yeah, how cheap she is!”
“No, she is a mastermind. In front of Bruce’s brother, she wanted to gain sympathy so that Alpha would persuade Bruce to get back with her.”
Heading their remarks, I just couldn’t hold back the tears. They rolled down my cheeks.
I felt numb. I could not be in shock.
In a hurry, Professor Wilson made his way to the stage and grabbed my arm.
“How can you be so irresponsible, Sophia? I thought you were a brighter student. In front of Alpha, you made fun of us and this event.”
As soon as I heard that, my eyes sprang wide. Then I switched my attention to Bryan.
His gaze remained fixed on the screen, which was in the process of presenting photographs of both Bruce and me. Those were the pictures we took when we were in a relationship.
I cast a quick glance over the crowd, and my eyes fell upon a smirking face.
There was a wicked sneer on Luisa’s face as she looked at me, indicating that she had done everything in her power to embarrass me in front of everyone.
She believed that if she could insult me in front of Bruce’s brother and prove to him that I was stupid, Bruce would never make another attempt to get back at me.
But I did not want Bruce.
I don’t want anyone. I just wanted a peaceful life with my family.
“How dare you do such a nonsense thing?” Our dean spoke out with an angry tone.
I took one last look at Bryan, who was completely silent during the entire time and never once looked directly into my eyes. Next, I left the stage hurriedly with tears in my eyes.
I tried to leave the hall, but my friends Sara and Nolan stopped me.
“Sophia”
“Calm down. We will talk to the professors.”
I shook my head.
“Please leave me alone for some time,” I pleaded with them and dashed out of the auditorium.
I kept running in the hallways. I had no idea where I wanted to go right now. In no corner would I find peace.
As I walked past the students, most of them looked at my face in a bewildered expression because they were unaware of what had occurred in the auditorium.
I sobbed in agony. I felt a throbbing pain in my heart. What was the reason that my old wounds came back to me?
I wanted to move on and try to start a new life. How come everything seemed to be dragging me back?
Why couldn’t I have a normal life like others?
I was about to go to the entrance area, but suddenly, a hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me to a hard chest.
I knew who was behind me. I had spent two years with this boy. I was so mad at him that I turned around and pushed him hard.
“I hate you, Bruce.” I said while giving him a hostile look.
The force of my push nearly caused him to lose control of his movement. He frowned at me as if he were bewildered by my reaction.
“I heard what happened in the auditorium. You did not have to worry about us. I was waiting for a signal from you. Baby, I have always been yours,” he said in a convincing tone.
A sense of relief that had been absent for the past few months could be seen in his handsome face. As if he had finally obtained something that he had been seeking, his eyes lit up with excitement.
I scoffed at him while wiping my tears. “If you think I was the one who did something like that, then you are mistaken. Am I a fool in your eyes? Never in my life will I want you back. That was a scam.”
His brows shot up after hearing me. However, his eyes became frantic when he heard about me not wanting him again.
He stepped toward me and grabbed my arms.
“How can you say that? I love you, and you know that well. You want me, but you are just mad at me. I know you still love me.”
I tried to remove his hands from my arms. I began to feel disgusted by his touch. A thought came to my mind about the things that he had done with Luisa behind my back.
I could not help but shrink from those thoughts. I shut my eyes and clenched my jaw in outrage.
“Leave me. Everything is happening because of you.” I muttered in a low tone.
“Because of me? Did I make that project? Why can’t you accept that you still have feelings for me?”
I opened my eyes. My eyes are digging, glaring at him.
“I hate you from the bottom of my heart, Bruce Morrison. You betrayed me by sleeping with the girl I once considered my best friend. She was my close friend from childhood. You both are the same. Traitors.”
His grip loosened. He appeared to be upset when looking at the hatred in my eyes for him.
He deserved that.
“I will in no way interact with that girl again. She used to tell me how I should not control myself and all. I tried to resist, but as a man, I couldn’t. It’s my fault, and I apologize. Now, there is nothing I can do about this. But you can do everything fine between us. Whether you like it or not, you have to come back to me. If you dare to choose someone else, I will kill him.”
His words were bitter. Why would he choose to destroy my life in such a manner? He could cheat on me, but after the breakup, I could not be with someone else? Why?
“Your Luisa is doing everything to humiliate me every day. Go and ask her why she stole my project and did all these things. Didn’t I set you free for her?”
Bruce let out an angry growl.
“I am not a thing that you can give anyone. If she dares to hurt you, I will hurt her back. But you can’t hate me. Always remember that.”
I had nothing to say. He was a dominating man. He wanted to cage me with him.
Why was he doing that? Girls were head over heels for him; why could he not go to them? I did not believe that he loved me.
Because if he had loved me, he would have never cheated on me.
He was about to leave but stopped and turned his head to me.
“Stay away from my big brother. He hates you more than anything. I am not bothered by it because I am aware that there is no possibility of anything happening between the two of you. I never believed in mate bonds, and you know it, too. So if you want to stay alive, keep your distance from him.”
As if it were a warning from his side, he alerted me and left.
I stared at his back for a while until his back was not visible in my sight.
‘Why is my life so complicated?’
I was on the verge of falling as I tried to move, but I managed to get my hand on a wall next to me to take support.
I stood straight and thought about going home.
As I made my way to the entrance, I saw people cheering for Luisa.
“Congratulations, Queen. You won the competition. I can’t believe that you are going to start your internship at Morrison Company.” A friend of Luisa said to her.
My steps halted as I watched her smiley face.
“How cheap this girl is!” I spoke out and walked to her.
“I wonder how you got such an idea so suddenly,” I asked, folding my arms across my chest.
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