Chapter 23

Third POV.

"You don't need to be cautious around me. I can't cause you any harm," Josiah said. A faint smile was evident on his lips.

This made Leila to be speechless and look at Josiah in disbelief.

'How the hell did he know what I was thinking?' Leila wondered inwardly.

Knowing that she couldn't bring herself to lower her guard in the old man's presence, Leila looked at her sister who was watching her movements closely.

Leila blinked at Elana and Elana understood what she wanted since they had been communicating like that since they were kids.

"He can be trusted," Elana said, "I think."

The sigh of relief that Leila was about to bring out came out as a sigh full of frustration. After that, she knew that she might as well ask Aiden hence she turned her gaze to Aiden.

Aiden had heard both Josiah's and Elana's words hence he knew what his mate wanted but still he felt bitter. He wished that Leila had first asked him that question instead of asking Elana after all, he was his mat