Eli's POV Jasmine asked me on the phone "So you just walked away?" Her voice was sharp. I could picture the look on her face. She always makes that face when she thinks I am being stupid. "Yes I walked away " I said quietly. "Eli, " she said. "What?" I asked her. "You like him, " she said, like it was a fact. "I do not like him, Jasmine, " I told her. "You grabbed his collar, " she reminded me. "I was angry, " I said. "You were jealous,” she said. No warning, like that. "You were jealous. You know it." "I was not jealous, " I said, laughing it off. "It was the principle of the thing. He told me I own you. Then I find out he has a fiancee? That is just rude." Jasmine hummed slowly. "Sure, Eli. Sure." "Do not start," I said. "I am not starting anything " she said, chuckling. "I am just saying, the Eli I know does not grab somebody's collar over principle. That Eli does not care enough for that kind of thing." I did not have anything to say to that because she was not wrong
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