Chapter 0064
Gavin’s POV
“Remind me again why we are rushing to your Villa, Alpha?” Taylor asked, peering at me through the rearview mirror with a pointed look.
I ignored his look and kept my gaze fixed out the window.
“We aren’t rushing,” I murmured.
“As soon as the meeting was over, you ran out of the packhouse,” he reminded me, his brows raised.
“Just focus on the road and not on my business, Beta,” I said through my teeth, my Alpha aura shining brightly.
Taylor looked at me for a second longer before smirking and staring out the front window.
“Yes, sir,” he murmured. The humor in his tone did not go unnoticed by me though. I scowled, but I said nothing more as we reached the villa.
Taylor parked the car outside of the front entrance and I quickly got out. I straightened my suit before clearing my throat and nodding my thanks to Taylor. I could see him through the window, corking his brow at me, but I ignored him. I turned and walked into the villa. Adam stood at the doorway, bowing his greeting as he often did when I returned home.
He was still being punished for his actions of spreading that lie about Judy, so he wasn’t authorized to speak in my presence right now. It would do him well to remember that.
I ignored him and walked straight into the villa, walking down the hallway until I reached the parlor where I knew Matt would be working on his homework. I paused outside of the door when I heard a breathy whisper and what almost sounded like a panicked whimper. My brows furrowed; I could smell Judy from the other side of the door, but I couldn’t smell Matt in the room with her. In fact, it seemed his scent was so faint, that he hadn’t been in this room for some time.
But there was a familiar scent that I knew all too well. I scowled and I felt a low growl emerging from my throat as I burst through the doorway, only to find Judy pressed against the wall, pinned between the wall and Ethan’s body.
His lips were pressed against the nape of her neck and her eyes were closed for only a brief moment. When she heard the door opening, her eyes swung open, and I watched as the color drained from her face.
“What the hell is going on here?” I asked, my voice booming across the parlor.
Ethan’s entire body froze when he heard my voice, and he immediately released his hold on Judy. Her cheeks were burning red, and the second Ethan released her, she had her arms wrapped around her body like she was trying to hold herself together.
Ethan looked as if he was about to say something, but didn’t give him the chance; I grabbed his collar and shoved him against the wall, hard. The wall cracked from the force and Ethan winced in pain. He might have Alpha blood, but he was no match for a Lyem.
Chapter 0064
+25 BONUS
“How dare you betray my daughter’s trust like that. Betraying her is the same as betraying me and you won’t like what I do to those who betray me,” I threatened through my teeth.
He was visibly shaking now, and I got sick satisfaction knowing I was making him sweat.
“I swear… nothing happened, Alpha,” Ethan said as his entire body trembled.
I gripped his throat and squeezed; his face turned a bright shade of red as he struggled to breathe.
“It didn’t look like nothing,” hissed. “Do you take me as a fool??!”
“N… no sir,” he stammered.
“Gavin, it’s not what it looked like,” I heard Judy saying from behind me.
“And you think I’m going to take your word for it?” I asked, my eyes burning into Ethan’s face. “You promised you wouldn’t do anything to jeopardize this bending marriage, and I catch you pressed against the wall with my daughter’s fiancé.”
I
kept my voice low, knowing my daughter was only in the kitchen; I could smell her scent from here. “Irene would be crushed if she found out about this,” said through my teeth.
I felt Judy’s hand on my back, a spark of some kind shot through my body, and I almost released Ethan. He was still struggling to breathe and silently begging for some kind of relief.
“It didn’t mean anything,” Judy said, her voice soft. “Please, let him go. Irene would be upset if anything were to happen to him.”
I knew she was right; regardless of the situation, I knew Irene would never forgive me if I hurt Ethan. I thought about the last time I told her I didn’t approve of her relationship with him, and she threatened her own life. She held a knife to her own throat, and I could see the fire and passion burning in her eyes; she would have done it if I hadn’t intervened and accepted Ethan as her lover.
The effect this asshole had on her made me sick; I didn’t know what she saw in him, and I don’t know what Judy saw in him either.
1 released Ethan and he fell to the ground, coughing and rubbing his aching throat. I knew the red marks on his neck wouldn’t last; he had Alpha blood, which meant he could heal faster than common werewolves.
