Chapter 105

Third Person POV

Ethan went to Judy’s school late on Monday evening, knowing he was going to be getting out of class at any moment. He had stalked her over the weekend, but she hadn’t left the mansion in the last 2 days, nor had Gavin returned since he left Friday night. Ethan had no choice but to wait outside of Judy’s school in his car and watch her as she left.

She got into the car she usually got in whenever Ethan saw her. It was Gavin’s driver’s car. He was most likely taking her to her tutoring session with Matt. It was pointless to follow them at this point, knowing they were most likely going to the Villa. But Ethan couldn’t seem to help himself.

He drove a distance behind them, making sure to stay a few cars behind at least to not draw suspicion to his vehicle. When they reached the Silver Crescent pack and started to make strange turns, Ethan knew they weren’t headed to the villa. They drove a few minutes further until they finally reached the North of the border. Ethan pulled off to the side as he watched Judy get out of the car; they were at the mansion.

At that moment he noticed a man standing at the entrance of the mansion and when he got a closer look, he realized it was Gavin. He was waiting for Judy, and he looked a bit awkward as she approached them. They were talking and Ethan would give anything to be able to hear what they were saying to one another. He rolled down his window slightly to see if he could channel his wolf’s hearing, but it was no use. His hearing wasn’t as strong as most because he wasn’t officially an Alpha yet.

Gavin stepped closer to Judy and Ethan noticed the blush creeping up her nose as she stared up at him. They looked far too intimate to be just casual and it was strange that she was here at this mansion. Why would Judy be here? Unless she truly was living with him.

Ethan watched as the corner of Judy’s lips turned upward into a smile and then Gavin wrapped his arms around Judy, pulling her close to him in a far too intimate hug. Ethan’s wolf released a low growl at the sight of his mate in the arms of another man. Ethan grabbed his phone and didn’t hesitate to snap some photos of the scene before him.

Then, it was interrupted by Matthew who was shouting for Judy to join him in the mansion. Gavin ran his fingers through his hair as he watched Judy walk into the mansion. After he exchanged some words with the driver, he followed Judy and Matt into the mansion as well.

Ethan was outraged at the sight that he witnessed. He immediately pulled up Irene’s contact information. He had to tread carefully with this, or else Irene could get the wrong impression and leave him. He couldn’t let her know that he’d been stalking Judy and waiting for her to be seen with Gavin.

He put the picture in an attachment and then sent Irene a message.

Ethan: I was looking for your father so I could speak pack business with him. I remember you saying he was at his mansion in the north, so I came here to see him and saw this…

He pressed the send button along with the attachment and then he waited with bated breath for Irene to get the message and reply.

Irene was alone at the villa when she received the message. The film crew went into the city to grab some dinner after their long hours of filming and Matt went away to a different location for his tutoring session. Per usual, she knew her father was at his northern mansion because of some rogue attacks that he’s had to deal with… or so he says. He’s been acting strangely lately, but she hasn’t bothered to ask him what was going on.

She hoped he wasn’t using rogue attacks as an excuse to avoid Skyla because that’s almost what it was looking like. She’s not sure if they will spend any more time together since she kissed him in front of the cameras. She knows that her father hadn’t been happy about that, but he would get over it soon enough.

When her phone went off, it brought her out of her thoughts. A smile tugged at the corner of her lips when she saw that it was a message from Ethan. She hadn’t heard much from him today, but he’s been so tentative and caring towards her this past week that it didn’t really matter. She was pleased to hear from him and her heart beat a little faster.

That is until she opened the message and then it fell deep into her belly. She stared at the image of her father intimately hugging Judy and then read Ethan’s’ message along with it. He was going to speak with her father about some business and then just happened to see Judy with her father, hugging her.

Irene wasn’t sure if she fully bought that… but it didn’t matter. The facts remained the same, they were clearly outside of the mansion in the north. There were no rogue attacks; her father had lied to her and was spending all his time at the north mansion with Judy.

Fury climbed its way through Irene’s chest as she clutched her phone tightly. She needed Judy to get out of that mansion; she was only doing this so she could weasel her way back into Ethan’s life and by the looks of things… it was working.

She knew people in the media, and she knew if word got out about this little relationship, it would no doubt scare Judy away. Maybe for good this time.

She pulled out her phone and searched for her contact before she reached the familiar name she knew too well. She pressed the call button and put the phone to her cheek.

“Please tell me you have something for me,” her friend said, sounding bored out of his mind. “I’ve hit a dry spell, and I might lose my job if I don’t come up with a good enough story to keep the attention of literally everyone.”

“Oh, I might have just the story you need,” Irene told him with a smile lighting her face; she loved his enthusiasm, and she knew he would do whatever it took to milk this story. “Hold on, I’m sending you something.”

She sent him the photo and waited for him to receive it.

“What is this?” He asked. “Is that your father?”

“Yes,” Irene answered. “That’s my father in the arms of his lover. My brother’s tutor. She is literally my age and she’s only after him to get close to my fiancé. It’s so obvious. I wanted her exposed for the fraud that she is. Find out what you can about her and publish this story.”

“I don’t take orders from you,” her friend teased.

“Do you want the story or not?” Irene asked, rolling her eyes.

“Oh, I want the story,” her friend chuckled. “Give me one day and I’ll have this baby published everywhere.”

“I was hoping you might,” Irene said with a smile spreading across her lips. “I’m counting on you.”

With those words left in the air, Irene hung up the phone and waited for her handy work to unfold.

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Judy’s POV

“So why are we having a tutoring session here?” Matt asked after Gavin left to take a shower in the bathroom upstairs.

“Why not? Do you not like it here?” I asked him from across the living room table.

He shrugged.

“I mean it’s fine, but it’s kind of far. Did you have to travel far to get here?” He asked thoughtfully.

“It’s a lot closer than you might think,” I told him. “You don’t need to worry about it. But we are going to be meeting here for the next unforeseen future. At least until the film crew is done at the villa.”

He nodded.

“It’s overwhelming there with so many people,” he admitted. “I’m glad to get out of there. It’s nice here. It’s peaceful.”

I smiled.

“Well, maybe we can spend more time here even after they leave them,” I suggested. “I’m sure your father won’t mind.”

He nodded eagerly. Harper walked into the room with a platter of treats and when she saw Matt, her smile widened.

“I thought I heard your voice,” she said to him as she placed the food down on the table and opened her arms for him to hug her. “It’s been so long. You never come to visit anymore.”

“I know. Dad never lets me come here,” Matt told her.

“Well shame on him,” Harper teased. “I’ll make sure to yell at him for that.”

Matt laughed.

“Please do.”

I’ve never seen Matt so comfortable with anyone other than family and me. It was nice to see that he wasn’t a bother to others like he was to his former tutors.

Just as Harper turned to leave, I saw a red mark on her neck, and I raised my brows. She had a large hickey on the nape of her neck. I bet I knew where she got that from. I didn’t want to embarrass her though, so I kept my mouth shut.

Matt and I spent the next couple of hours tutoring and training. At one point, Gavin trained with us, and it was fun to see him interacting with Matt. Matt enjoyed his time with his father, that much was clear.

I was surprised that Gavin chose to spend the night at the mansion, even after he sent Matt home with Beta Taylor. I wasn’t expecting him to want to spend more time here with me, but he did, and we certainly enjoyed our time together as well.

By the next morning, while Gavin was showering, I received a text from Nan.

All it said was: 911.

I decided to call her, worried that something might be wrong with her.

“Nan? Are you okay?” I asked as soon as she answered the phone.

“I’m fine… but you might not be,” she murmured.

“What are you talking about?”

“You are all over the news, Judy,” she told me, much to my horror.

My heart fell into my stomach as I brought up the news app on my phone.

Sure enough, there was a large photo of Gavin and me hugging on the front porch of the mansion. My breathing hitched at the sight and then I read the headline and first sentence of the article: Gavin Landry’s Mystery’s Lover Revealed!

Gavin Landry was found hugging mystery lover, Judy Montague, on the front porch of his mansion late last night!