To Hate My Stepbrother

Ava’s POV

I was about to get to my room and change out of my clothes when I realised I still had the chance to fight back, and so I came to a conclusion quickly. I was going to lie and say I had an assignment that required all of my time.

“Mum,” I called out and she turned towards me almost immediately.

“I have an assignment that’s due tomorrow and I really can’t go to do grocery shopping like I had thought.” I spoke while adding extra effort to hold my appearance together. “I want to, but I can’t.” I said and my mother wrapped her arms around her chest while her eyebrows were currently raised.

She obviously knew I was lying and I honestly didn’t have the strength to keep up the fake act.

My mum would always be able to catch In on all my lies.

Would that ever end? Probably not.

“Mason doesn’t mind, I love that and you can actually go with him, you know?” I continued as I approached her with the list she handed to me earlier.

“Will you stop!” My mother said as she tried her best not to yell at me. I knew how frustrated she’d been from watching me and Mason argue, “It’s an instruction you must follow and not a request. Your assignment will have to wait till you’re back.” She said firmly, completely shutting the space for me to attempt arguing once again, and I knew that at this point, there was nothing else I could do than to listen to her.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

“I need to prepare dinner before Danny gets back and you will go with Mason to get the items I need for that to happen, hm?” She added and I let out a small groan.

“I can go alone, you know? I’m not a child and I don’t need you constantly telling Mason to babysit me.” I said, my eyes silently pleading for her to listen to me.

“You think I want to go with you? I only agreed because she asked and I respect her too much to refuse her to to quest, unlike you.” He said and I gasped, instantly slipping him off.

“And, I don’t care if you go alone. You can get lost for all I fucking care.”

Mason calmly informed me and my jaw dropped.

I turned to look at my mother who also had a frustrated look on her face, looking completely done.

“WILL YOU BOTH STOP FUCKING YELLING!” My mother shouted, hitting the counter and making sure we both shut up. That was one of the rare times that she cursed in, seeing as since she has always warned me against it.

She held her breath in for a while before releasing it and after composing herself, she opened her eyes.

“You both go get ready and please for the first time, get along till you get to the mall and back.” She added and Mason and I both turned to leave without responding.

He bumped into me as he walked past me and I made sure I hit him really hard with my elbow before making my way to my bedroom to get ready.

I was done and on my way out, I met with Mason in the hallway and stuck my tongue out at him. It might be a childish act but I liked it because it always got him angry.

“Don’t stick too close to me when we get to the grocery store,” he started and I raised my eyebrows, it was taking everything in me to not burst out laughing.

“Keep your distance and I will prefer it more if we acted like we don’t know each other because I don’t want to be seen with you.” He finished, emphasising on the ‘You’ and that was when I lost all the ability to hold back my laughter.

“You really think I want to be seen with you too?” I asked amidst laughter and the thought of Mason thinking I wanted to be close to him made me let out more hysterical laughter.

“Oh my god, how delusional can you be? I don’t give two shits about you and for the record I don’t want to be seen with you as well. All I want is to get to the store and be back in one piece because I know you’ll definitely try to make me go crazy.” I finished as I hissed and walked past him.

I made my way to his car and I sat there, adjusting my seatbelt as I waited for him. He soon joined me in the car and we both drove to the store.

I have never been more grateful for a silent ride than I am with this one. Surprisingly, he didn’t play any insanely loud music as well.

We got to the store and I started scouting all the aisle for the things my mother wrote in the list.

I turned to look for Mason even though I didn’t care about him and what I saw wasn’t surprising.

He was talking to a girl. He’d only come to the store to flirt.

Such a useless person.

He didn’t offer to help or try to look for things I couldn’t find. He couldn’t even keep his womanizing in check even if it’s for twenty minutes.

I got everything on the list and made my way to the counter to pay for them and on my way to store what I got in the trunk I heard a girl calling out her number for him and I shook my head.

I loaded the trunk of the car up and went to wait patiently for the dick that’s supposed to assist me with shopping, instantly noticing him making his way to the car as he waved and smiled at the girl whose number he just collected.

“Will it kill you to see a girl and not approach her? Will you actually die if you don’t try to get beneath their skirts?” I asked and he scoffed before turning to me.

“You couldn’t even offer to help, not like I need your stupid help but you can definitely do more than go around scouting for anything in a skirt.” I shot at him before he got the chance to say something.

“Why do you keep trying to control me? You’re younger than I am, have some respect and stop being a rude bitch!” He shot at me and I held my chest.

“Me? Rude bitch?!” I mused and he shrugged, and then he inched closer to me.

“What are you going to do about it, huh?” He asked as he pinched my cheek but before he could move his hand away, I shifted my head sideways and as soon as his finger met with my teeth, I bit down hard on it.

“Bitch!” He groaned out as he yanked his dirty hand away from me, shoving me a little, but I still managed to lose my footing.

“Do you want to lay down there all day or are you getting into the car anytime soon?” He shouted as he slide into his car and I cursed him beneath my breath as I pushed myself off the ground.

“One more waste of my time and I’ll make sure to leave your dumb ass behind so you’d walk back home.”