Chapter 0132
Judy’s POV
“You agreed to do what??” Gavin asked, folding his arms across his chest as he glared at me. I sat on his bed, with my head down. “Why would you agree to go to that barbeque?”
‘Because Irene asked,” I told him. “She’s my friend, Gavin. She needed me to be there… so I’ll be there.”
He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.
“Let me go with you,” he said after a moment of pause
I stood to my feet and closed the gap between us, wrapping my arms around his neck I like that he wanted to go and protect me, but it wasn’t a plausible solution. It would only make a scene and reveal our special relationship.
“And how would we explain that?” I asked him. “We would have to come up with an excuse as to why you are there defending me, Gavin. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
He sighed and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me close to him.
“I was invited, you know. I’m invited every year, but I never attend,” he murmured.
This surprised me. I peeked up at him.
“Ifv
f you feel like you must attend, then attend. But I want to prove to myself that I can handle this on my own without you intervening. Plus, I doubt Irene wants your presence there. This is supposed to be her moment. You being there takes the attention away from her,” I told him.
He nodded and pressed his forehead against mine.
“You’re right. I don’t like it. But you’re right. But if he gives you any issues-”
“I’ll call you,” I assured him. I stood on my toes and kissed his lips. “Mr. Protective.”
. He rolled his eyes, but I could see a hint of a smile on his lips.
“That’s me,” he murmured. “Always the protector.”
He deepened the kiss and then pulled me into his bed where we made love for most of the night before falling asleep.
“Where have you been?” My mother asked as I walked down the steps of the house. It was late morning, and I had gotten home a few hours ago from Gavin’s villa. I managed to get a few more hours of sleep before waking up for the day. I wanted to get here and act as if I had been here all night before my mother woke up, but apparently, she had noticed my absence.
“I just woke up,” I told her, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
“You hadn’t been home all night,” she told me, folding her arms across her chest. “Don’t think I didn’t hear you coming home early this morning. You’ve been like this for weeks, Judy. You stay out all night and return in the morning.
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My cheeks flushed at her words.
So, she had noticed. I bit my lower lip and glanced at the ground. She studied me for a moment before her eyes grew wide.
“Are you seeing someone?” She asked.
“What? No, of course not.”
“Is it Ethan?” She suddenly asked, making my blood go cold. I could see the hopefulness in her eyes. Did you two reconcile?”
“No, Mom,” I told her, bursting her bubble. “Ethan’s engaged to someone else… remember?”
She sighed and rubbed her temples as if she were gaining a headache.
“Well, I hoped seeming he’s your fated mate and all that you both came to your senses. But I guess that’s not the case. Anyway, we are going to the Cash family barbeque tonight, so just make sure you are on your best behavior.”
I frowned at her and folded my arms across my chest.
“I’m not the one you should be worrying about,” I told her.
She rolled her eyes.
“Honesty, Judy. It’s an attitude like that that gets you in trouble,” she murmured. “I’m going to ask them for some help paying your father’s debt, so I need tonight to go well.”
My mouth dropped open.
“Mom, we don’t need their money,” I told her. “I already told you that I’ll take care of it.”
“And I appreciate that, sweetie. I truly do. But your father can’t stay another minute in that awful prison. My wolf has been taking all the pain he’s been feeling and my heart breaks for her. We need our mate back and safe and my last hope right now is the Cash family. They are rich enough that they could help us. It doesn’t hurt to ask ”
“His family isn’t nice,” I reminded her. “They’ve never treated our family kindly no matter how much you and Dad tried to suck up to them. They looked at us like we were bottom–of–the–barrel trash and not even worth polishing their shoes.”
“That isn’t true,” my mother told me. ‘His mother, Meredith, had always been kind to me and his grandmother as well. They are friends, Judy. They will help us if asked.”
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Chapter 0132
Judy’s POV
“You agreed to do what??” Gavin asked, folding his arms across his chest as he glared at me. I sat on his bed, with my head down. “Why would you agree to go to that barbeque?”
“Because Irene asked,” I told him. “She’s my friend, vin. She needed me to be there… so I’ll be there.” He sighed, running his fingers through his hair.
“Let me go with you,” he said after a moment of pause
I stood to my feet and closed the gap between us, wrapping my arms around his neck. I like that he wanted to go and protect me, but it wasn’t a plausible solution. It would only make a scene and reveal our special relationship.
“And how would we explain that?” I asked him. “We would have to come up with an excuse as to why you are there defending me, Gavin. I don’t think it’s a good idea.”
He sighed and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me close to him.
“I was invited, you know. I’m invited every year, but never attend,” he murmured.
This surprised me. I peeked up at him,
“If you feel like you must attend, then attend. But I want to prove to myself that I can handle this on my own without you intervening. Plus, I doubt Irene wants your presence there. This is supposed to be her moment. You being there takes the attention away from her,” I told him.
He nodded and pressed his forehead against mine.
“You’re right. I don’t like it. But you’re right. But if he gives you any issues-”
“I’ll call you,” I assured him. I stood on my toes and kissed his lips. “Mr. Protective.”
⚫He rolled his eyes, but I could see a hint of a smile on his lips.
“That’s me,” he murmured. “Always the protector.”
He deepened the kiss and then pulled me into his bed where we made love for most of the night before falling asleep.
“Where have you been?” My mother asked as I walked down the steps of the house. It was late morning, and I had gotten home a few hours ago from Gavin’s villa. I managed to get a few more hours of sleep before waking up
for the day. I wanted to get here and act as if I had been here all night before my mother woke up, but apparently, she had noticed my absence.
“I just woke up,” I told her, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.
“You hadn’t been home all night,” she told me, folding her arms across her chest. “Don’t think I didn’t hear you coming home early this morning. You’ve been like this for weeks, Judy. You stay out all night and return in the morning.”
