Mated To My Stepbrother-Chapter 85

Aria pov

Even though I was very angry with Jaxon and did not want to have any conversation with him, I couldn’t help but be nervous, as I anticipated what he wanted to tell me.

I was so confused as I sat on the bench in the school compound, which was a bit silent.

I guess everybody was still attending to Maya, and Timothy, even Mary, had run back to the building to listen for more gossip and come back to just me. But I sat there calmly. I brought out my phone and turned on my headphones as I listened casually with a smile.

I decided to enter the spirit of the music I was listening to as it was very majestical and loving. I couldn’t help but hum to the song’s sound, but I noticed a presence beside me. I turned, and it was Timothy. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

I was so shocked. I did not expect him to come here so quickly. I expected him to take some time before coming to me.

I needed him to compose himself. I needed him to be scared to be frightened and thinking of what I would do to him after he betrayed me, but he did not even do any of that. He smiled at me awkwardly at first. I did not want to remove my headphones, but I had no choice because he seemed to be saying some words I could not figure out. I removed it casually and smiled at him.

"Why are you talking to me?" I stated he seemed a bit stunned as he moved even closer to me.

" Why can I not talk to you? We have been best friends for years, so we cannot become enemies just because we saw me with Maya," he said, and I rolled my eyes in annoyance and disgust.

"How dare he say something like that?"

I turned my full attention to Timothy.

"Let me tell you something you do not know." I stuttered.

"Timothy, we cannot be that best friend from years ago anymore. Things have changed. You betrayed me, and you never came to check on me." I muttered to him.

Timothy stared at me from head to toe, like he was trying to find injuries in me. I had covered almost all of them with invisible bandages, just like my skin, so if you don’t look closely at me, you will not get to know me. I had scars all over my body.

He soon noticed all the bandages and opened his mouth in shock as he held my hand in his for some seconds. I felt the connection we had as best friends,

but I was not going to let that get through me because he could use that to get to me and be friends with me again. I pulled my hands away from his and hid it with the other one.

"You got injured again after the incident with Maya?" Tim asked, and I couldn’t help but scoff. What a bold word he was spitting out of his mouth.

What do you mean by what you just said? I got injured by the incident with Maya know very well, More even. You can explain what Maya did to me, and yet you are asking questions like a novice. You are one bad hypocrite who I saw as my best friend," I said to Timothy. He chuckled loudly before staring directly into my eyes.

"Are you that kind of person? You would not even appreciate all the effort I am putting in to make you happy," Timothy said, but I felt so confused. What does he mean by making me happy? I was not happy with him or anything he was doing.

"You cannot just easily play tricks with my mind Tim," I warned.

I ensured the warning would Pierce deep into his heart as he seemed sad.

"What do you mean by my tricks? I am not playing any tricks with you; I am telling you the truth. I know you would not believe me. I could not tell anyone of my plan because I feared that they might ruin it, and that was why I made this plan alone". He said to me in a very convincing tone even though I did not want to believe him, I had no choice.

I was also inquisitive. I wanted to know what he meant and why he said he had a plan. I wanted to know how he had helped me. If it was worth being friends with him again or not, so many things were going through my mind. I decided to give him a listening ear and hear what he wanted to say.

"Fine, you can tell me how you tried to help me," I muttered to him.

He moved closer to me as he looked around to ensure nobody was coming or listening to us.

"I would always be your Friend, just your best friend. Even Mary could not do what I had done in favor of you."He began, but I did not care about the extra speech.

How did he get so close to Maya, and what was the good result of all these things he had to do?

" First, I would like to let you know that when I heard about Maya’s injury, I wanted to face her and warn her because she had copied everything about how you got injured and still made people blame you. I confronted Maya directly, but do you know what I encountered?" Timothy said to me, and I became even more curious.

I wanted to know what exactly he had seen that made him stay by her side and pretend to be her close friend. I knew Timothy would not betray me that way; Mary just did not have full trust in him.

"She was never sick, all this injury too are nothing but fake, she faked it all and the authorities are supporting her and she came back for you."