Chosen By My Mate's Father-in-law

[Jasmine’s POV]

I almost spit out my food and blinked in shock at Isabella. Out of all the things she could have said to me, that hadn’t ever crossed my mind. I had been preparing to answer her questions about Elliot being my fated mate without disobeying Gareth’s orders.

But Isabella hadn’t asked if we were mates. She asked if I was sleeping with Elliot. And I could honestly give the answer that she so desperately wanted to hear. Because Elliot and I never slept together. Not even when we were dating. We never took that final step before Elliot broke up with me to pursue Isabella.

"No, of course not," I replied with conviction.

Isabella’s body relaxed, but there was still a trace of suspicion in her eyes.

I waited for a moment, and when she didn’t say anything else, I leaned toward her.

"Why would you ask me such a strange question? I would never do anything like that to you, Isabella. I consider you a good friend."

Isabella sighed. "I’ve noticed the way that Elliot’s eyes follow you whenever you’re in the same room. When Axel and you were having dinner at the same restaurant as us, he didn’t pay attention to me the whole night because he was too busy staring at you."

That idiot.

So, that must be what Elliot and Isabella had been fighting about.

They’d been arguing about me.