Mated To My Stepbrother-Chapter 77

Aria pov 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

I turned my attention to Jaxon, signaling for him to take care of Mary or try to make her calm down, but he just looked at me in confusion, and when I hid him one more time, he shrugged before looking away.

I decided to take it up and pull myself to compensate her. I pulled her tightly to my bosom as I stroked her shoulder gently. "You do not have to worry." I began.

"Mary, I am here, and nothing can happen. That was just a simple threat. He cannot do any of those things he said to you". I said to her. Even though I was terrified of him, at least I still needed to reassure Mary, but there was a way Mary stared at me.

From the way she stared at me, I could tell that there were many things in her mind she wanted to say to me but could not say it. She held in a lot of emotions as I stared at her.

"Mary, what is the problem? I am telling you the truth; You have to trust me when I assure you about this," I told her, but she pulled away from my embrace instead and looked down at her feet.

"I know what you must be thinking after all: I was not there for you when this incident began. I was only there halfway through, and now your father is threatening me to leave you," She began, and she stared at me with empathy in her eyes.

I could not understand what she meant, but I still listened.

"I know you must be thinking I would be so scared of your father and decide to stop being your best friend, but I am not that kind of person. I would stick to you to the very end because that is what best friends do," she said, making me even more emotional.

With those words from Mary, I couldn’t help but be so emotional; she was just one of the best people in my life.

"Mary," I muttered while holding in my emotions.

She noticed that her words had gotten to me emotionally, and she pulled me in for a tight embrace. The plumber soon stood up and walked away.

"I will continue to say this with all the strength in me."Mary continued as she sniffed in her tears.

"I do not want to be like Timothy, who left you when you needed him the most. I will be here because we are best friends, which is what best friends do for each other. They stand by each other no matter what," Mary said to me. As I tried to hold in my emotions, Jaxon noticed that we needed a little second of privacy and stood up as he went out the door, clearly to crosscheck what happened downstairs.

"I do not want you to return to school feeling insecure or thinking that people are better than you just because of what happened to you. You should be brave because you have me by your side, even if you do not have anybody, do you understand?"Mary assured me again, making me even more happier.

"Yes, Ma, I understand. I will be brave, no matter what they do to me. I would still be brave because I have you by my side. " I said to her with the at s dripping down my cheeks She also wiped her tears as she helped me clean mine, and we hugged each other even tighter. Just then, Jaxon walked in, and he looked a bit calmer than when he stepped out.

"I guess you two have settled all this matter now, and we can finally eat". Jaxon said to us with a joking tone as we both chuckled, staring at each other. Mary clearly could not stay off me as she hugged me again.

"I miss our friendship so much. You being in the hospital did not give us enough chance to teach that after what you did or should I say after the scars," Mary said as Jaxon rushed and joined us in even tighter.

"Now, can we finally eat? " Jaxon chipped in again and I couldn’t help but laugh loudly. I was now feeling so happy and contented with myself. I just needed Mary to solve all the problems. I was always feeling miserable because the only person who could understand me was not there.

Jaxon and Mary released their hold on me, and we smiled contentedly. Jaxon got up and walked towards the kitchen to test the newly installed Zinc by the plumber.

"I guess the Zinc is now ready to be used," he said, and we all smiled and resumed preparing dinner. While having dinner, the plumber came downstairs and informed us that he had fixed all the faulty Zinc and pipes. We thanked him and paid him his dues gracefully.

Just as he was leaving, he apologized to Mary again for the treacherous incident she witnessed and advised us to stay safe.

After having a long And cheerful dinner, when the plumber left me, Mary and I returned to my room as we prepared for our last sleepover.

This would be the last time Mary would be over at my place because of school, which was resuming the next morning, and because she had to prepare herself as early as possible to join me in class.

She helped me clean my wounds and then assisted in arranging my uniforms, which I was glad of.

I stepped out of the room for some minutes, a little to see Jaxon sitting down alone on the dining table. I could see he was not happy; maybe he was feeling somehow to return to school the next morning.

At first, I wanted to go up to him and ask him what was wrong, and maybe tell him that I would not need his assistance all the time so he could go around with his friends. But when I recall the words that Mary said, I couldn’t help but keep silent and walk away. I wanted to see what exactly would happen tomorrow.