Mated To My Stepbrother-Chapter 41

Tim pov

I stood right in front of the door, listening to the doctor trying to persuade Aria to take off all her hair due to that little sore. I could not even do that; I had to stop her from agreeing to it as I opened the door and gasped; even though I was not too shocked, Aria stared at me in shock as she was surprised I returned to the hospital.

Despite what happened between me and Jaxon, I did not even bother to give Jaxon a one chance to cleanse, as my impression was only on Aria.

I walked into the room slowly as Aria seemed a bit saddened, and I could tell she did not voluntarily decide to cut her hair. She had always loved her hair so much ever since I knew her; that was the only way to define herself.

She only believed she looked and was beautiful because of that hair, and now the doctor and Jaxon were telling her to cut it off like it was something easy for her to do. She smiled awkwardly at me, but I was here for a serious matter.

"Tim, I was not expecting you to come back so early," Aria said, but I did not even bother saying anything to her. I faced the doctor directly.

"Why did you lie to me, doctor? You told me you had a way of healing, and now we are persuading her to cut the hair. What difference does it make to you lying to me, and yet, you made me so convinced?" I said to the doctor as he tried to give me an eye to keep quiet, and Aria seemed a bit confused. I knew something was wrong somewhere, but I would not keep quiet.

"You do not have to cut this hair; you do not have to take it as something that serious. You are stronger than this", I said to Aria, but she just chuckled as she stared at Jaxon and the doctor being strong.

"It’s about the fact that I need to make a change. This will be the beginning of my change, and the first thing to do is to cut off my old identity, and I see no problem in doing that. If I do not cut it off, then I will continue to remember the pain all my life, and if possible, it will never get to grow back. Which do you think is worse?" She told me with such a fierce look and voice that I felt scared. I felt like she was not the friend I had known all these years.

I stepped back from Aria, a bit shocked as I stared back, but I could see the rage in her eyes. She was not the Aria I knew. She was filled with vengeance in a way I could not imagine.

"I had Talked to the doctor, and he had specifically told me that there would be a way for you to heal without having to cut your hair, and now he is claiming that only Jaxon asked or cared about you. I do not even understand this doctor if he is trying to credit Jaxon more than me." However, Jaxon behaves like someone who has no idea of what is going on.

She stood up from the bed, which was shocking news. I did not expect her to be able to stand off so easily despite how traumatized she was earlier, but I decided to act calm. After all, she had just yelled at me despite our years of friendship. I am so sorry I misunderstood everything; it was just that I think I needed a new identity for a change.

"I am tired of sticking to being the Aria anyone can step on." She muttered to me.

I couldn’t believe it. Aria had just said these words to me. It came as a shock to me, more than anything.

I was not expecting her to react this way, but what could I expect? Jaxon was here, and the doctor had made Jaxon sound like a God or something more to her, and I was just someone who did not care about her.

Even though I had been here all through the incident, she did not seem to notice me as all her attention was on Jaxon, and all she wanted was for him to come. It felt like a wound had healed when Jaxon walked into the room, and now she could suddenly walk, something she could not do for hours.

I noticed the atmosphere and knew that I would not gain anything but a continuous fight for Jaxon if I continued this way, so I stood up.

I stepped back in a bit of shock as I smiled while looking at the both of them.

Even though deep within, I was not happy, I felt like many things were going on, but because Aria loved Jaxon. I knew I had no say in this, so I decided to cover it immediately and end the matter.

I knew that if I decided to get deeper into it, things would just get complicated; I would just have no choice but to close the matter. After all, Jaxon, who cared for her, was here, so I was useless to her.

I turned around and was about to walk away when I got to the door and turned back on my behalf and the rest. As I kept a straight face,

"I thought I should leave. Jaxon is here, and he will give you the right choice, so go ahead with whatever he tells you. I also need to return home. Everyone is worried about me. "I lied, but just as I opened the door, Aria’s voice stopped me.

"You cannot live so easily. You are the only person who cares about you and matters to me. You cannot just walk away so easily", she told me, and I felt so emotional.

After everything she still saw me as a friend.