Beyond the Pack’s Law: My stepsister or nobody else

Hayley’s POV

It sucked; he was able to call me this entire time but only chose to when he thought I was with someone else.

I took off my clothes and makeup. I hadn’t done much, but I was drained. Now I felt like I betrayed Aiden, even though he betrayed me first but left without a word.

I called Mina and Mona and filled them in.

“Maybe it was Clark or Kelly., Mona suggested.

“Those two? Nah. They aren’t that close anyway, and how would they even know I was dating Kayden?” I didn’t see Clark and Kelly as the gossip type.

“That’s true, plus I heard them talking about how they haven’t heard from Aiden either. They couldn’t have told him.”

“So it’s a ghost; I want to know who the hell took it and how the person even got Aiden’s number.”

“Maybe it was your mom?”

I had thought about that, but it wasn’t adding up. My mom would have waited till it was between me and Kayden before spilling the beans.

“So it’s someone who Aiden has been in contact with, which is weird because who would he rather talk to than you?” Mina added

There was silence in the air, then a name I hadn’t even considered before hit me.

Alessa.

But Alessa and I were good; even if she wanted to spread rumors, how did she even reach him? She was the one asking me to send her regards to Aiden.

“I’ll talk to you guys later.,” I said and ended the call.

I dialed Alessa, and she answered the call with a yawn.

“Hey, what’s up? he asked.

“Hey, sorry if I woke you up.”

“It’s cool.”

“I just wanted to ask you something; it’s really important.”

“Okay, shoot.”

“Have you talked to Aiden recently?” I waited for her to tell me no so I could bury my doubts, but the no never came.

She didn’t say anything.

“Alessa?” The doubts were poking out of their graves.

“Yeah?”

“Have you talked to Aiden recently?”

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And with that, I felt like I had been stabbed in the back. We had been talking for weeks, and I had started to trust her. I should have known someone was weird when she never asked about Aiden or even mentioned him in our conversations.

“How?” I didn’t want to lash out just yet; she might have been talking to him, but that doesn’t necessarily mean she told him about Kayden. I hadn’t even told her about Kayden.

Relax Hayley. I tried to stay calm.

“He called me a while back.”

“He called you? You didn’t call him?”

“Yeah.”

So he had been the first to reach out, but then it would be the same way he reached out to me but then made it impossible for me to call him back. I was starting to feel very betrayed and deceived. How could they go behind my back?

“It was you who told him, wasn’t it?” I was done beating around the bush.

“Told him what?”

“Kayden.”

“Oh… yes.”

“For Pete’s sake, Alessa.”

“Hayley, it’s not like that.”

“It’s not like what, Alessa? Like what? I thought we were friends, and you went behind me to tell him I was screwing Kayden.”

“I didn’t tell him that.”

Yeah right.

“I swear it, I didn’t say anything about you screwing Kayden.”

I wanted to believe her and trust her, but right now it feels so freaking hard.

“Then what did you tell him?”

“I told him to call you and talk to you about it.”

“Why?”

“Because he cares, but then he could call you because he wasn’t sure if he should have…”

“But he could call you.”

“It’s not like that, Hayley; he called me to ask me to keep an eye on you. To make sure you were okay, and also watch out for Jada.”

“How does Jada fit in all of this?”

“She’s still in hiding, and I was worried she was going to come back, and Aiden is worried you might get hurt. That’s all I am-a safety plan to watch out for you.”

I thought about it for a while; it sounded like something Aiden could do. I knew how overprotective he could get.

“Still, you should have told me.”

“That wasn’t my decision to make; he asked me not to, so I couldn’t tell you even if I wanted to. And I told him to call you so you two could talk.”

She sounded sincere, but I needed someone to be angry at. Aiden.

“Hayley?”

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry if he said something hurtful. He was probably just really hurt as well.”

“I know.” It didn’t change the fact that he more or less called me a whore.

“Do you want me to talk to him?”

“No.” That was the last thing I wanted right now.

“Okay.”

“Yeah, good night.,” I said and ended the call.

I didn’t know what exactly I wanted to do next, but now I was drowning in a sea of hurt, anger, and jealousy.

I was hurt and angry because of what he said, and I was jealous because I should have been the first person he got in contact with. After everything we had been through, he chose Alessa.

I searched through my call history and found the number he used to call me earlier.

My finger pressed the dial button, and I put the phone in my ear. I was prepared for the number to no longer be accessible like it was last time.

It rang a couple of times, and then Aiden’s voice came through.

“Hayley?” He sounded surprised, and I was surprised I was calling him as well.

“Yeah. We need to talk.” I tried to sound as cold as possible. I didn’t want my emotions to get the better of me.

“I’m a little… um, sure. What is it?”

For a second, I thought he was going to say he was busy, but then he wasn’t.

“Alessa told me everything. Why didn’t you just call me?