53: Has to be a joke

JASMINE

My heart stopped. I took a moment to digest what Axel said. Did he mean that Carson was mated to Ashley, hence the weird behavior? That had to be it.

I caught my breath and raised my eyes to him. I placed my hand on my chest and did a slow movement up and down. In a bid to steady my heartbeat.

“You mean Carson is mated to Ashley? All of that was because of their mate bond? That’s what you are…”

“Ashley is mated to Carson, Brody…” he hesitated, “and I”

So I heard right the first time. Ashley was mated to the Alpha princes, including my boyfriend! How was that even possible? What happened? What went wrong?

My eyes widened as I stared at Axel with my mouth agape.

“That’s impossible!” I shouted at the top of my voice.

“My point exactly. I even told them that Ashley must have manipulated the mate bond. I cannot possibly be mated to Ashley. You know how much I hate that bitch!” he moved closer to me.

I stood up and retreated. I raised my hand to keep him away.

“Jasmine. Don’t