Chosen By My Mate's Father-in-law novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Shame

I was shocked into silence. All I could do was blink at the disgusting man in front of me. How could such a pervert be in charge of kids? And the sickening truth was, I wasn’t that much older than the kids who went to school here.

But how should I handle this situation? If I ran out of here, they could get my car’s license plate and call the cops.

Principal Thompson and his receptionist waited for me to say something. All I could think to do was stall for time.

The creep’s hand was still on me, and his fingers closed tightly around my wrist. His face lit up with glee.

“Good, you’ve made the right decision.” He began to pull me toward his office. “Who knows, you might even enjoy yourself.”

He must have taken my hesitance as an agreement. I shouldn’t be surprised that a pervert didn’t understand how consent worked.

From her chair, his secretary laughed shrilly.

“I knew you’d agree to it,” she told me mockingly.

I dug my feet into the carpet, but the principal’s hold on me was strong. My pulse quickened, and my anxiety rose as he pulled on me.

But before we could get anywhere, the door to the main office opened.

The three of us turned to see Gareth, his Beta, and a few of his guards enter the room.

My heart sank to the floor in anguish. As if my situation couldn’t get any worse. Now I was doomed. I had the worst luck. I couldn’t believe that the man whose wife I was currently impersonating just walked through the door. But this was his daughter’s school, after all. Maybe he had somehow heard about the parent-teacher conference.

Gareth immediately spotted the principal’s hand wrapped around my wrist. The veins in his neck bulged, and his jaw clenched.

“What’s going on?” he snapped, his gray eyes zeroing in on Principal Thompson.

The secretary immediately jumped to her feet. As she ran up to Gareth, she smoothed her short red hair into place and smiled widely.

“Alpha Gareth!” she practically purred. “How lovely to see you. Welcome! Can I get you anything?”

Gareth’s eyes slid to her for only a fraction of a second.

“I wasn’t talking to you,” he said dismissively.

The secretary grew red with embarrassment and mumbled something that sounded apologetic. Then she hung her head and returned to her seat.

Gareth looked back at the principal and dropped his steely gaze to the creep’s hand, still around my wrist.

Finally getting the hint, Principal Thompson let go of me and awkwardly cleared his throat.

I winced as the blood started to flow back to my hand again. While glaring at Principal Thompson’s sheepish experience, I rubbed at the red mark he had left on me, wishing that I could have just slapped him earlier.

What a creepy jerk.

Principal Thompson swallowed nervously, then pointed an accusing finger at me. freewёbnoνel-com

The room froze for a moment. Did I imagine that just now? Gareth couldn’t have said that I was his wife... He couldn’t possibly go along with my plan. When I glanced up hopefully at him, Gareth was glaring at the principal then at the receptionist.

My heart lifted with hope. Could he actually be defending me?

“How dare you question her? Then, lay your hands on her. You left a bruise on her wrist!” Gareth pointed to the red mark the principal left on me. “And you have the nerve to call her a liar?” He turned to the receptionist.

Their faces turned white with horror, and they began to stutter out excuses.

“B-but you’ve never dated anyone seriously... since y-your mate died.” The woman said, wringing her hands together nervously.

“Y-yes! That’s common knowledge,” Principal Thompson agreed, nodding. “We never heard of a new wife!”

Gareth cut off their words of denial with a cold stare. Then, he wrapped his arm around my waist, pulling me against his muscular body, enveloping me in that cedar wood scent. I immediately relaxed and had to resist the urge to nuzzle into his warm embrace.

“Jasmine is my wife,” Gareth said vehemently, tightening his grip on my hip. “She’s Michelle’s mother, and she will be treated with the utmost respect. And you two owe her one hell of an apology,” he growled.

Goosebumps went down my arm, and my whole body felt warm.

I stared up at Gareth’s handsome face, and my stomach swooped with a starling realization.

At that moment, I was wildly attracted to Gareth Laken.

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