Chapter 131

Judy’s POV

What was going on?

Why was Gavin in my hotel room?

With a pounding heart, I managed to grab what was left of my clothes, my fingers trembling as I struggled to put them on. I was naked, which meant something definitely happened last night. How could this night have gone so wrong?

The last thing I remember was drinking a little too much at the banquet. I felt awkward being alone and the only thing I could think of doing was drink. Plus, it helped with my nerves and kept my mind off Gavin. At least I thought so until I woke up with him beside me in bed. We were both naked, but he had pulled on his clothes pretty quickly upon getting out of bed.

He was staring down at me with a frown on his lips as he came around the bed; it took him a moment to notice me on the ground, but once he did, his frown only deepened.

“What are you doing on the ground?” He asked, his tone sounding tired.

“Answer my question first,” I said, getting dressed and untangling myself from the blankets after falling out of bed.

“And what question was that?” He asked the corner of his lips twitched slightly, and I knew he was stifling a laugh. It only made me angrier though as I glared up at him in return.

“Why are you in my room?” I asked him through my teeth. I grabbed the bedpost and pulled myself to my feet, turning to face him.

His brows rose slightly as his eyes darted around the room before landing on my face.

“Last I checked this was my room,” he said, his tone filled with humor, but I didn’t hear anything funny about what he was saying. When I came to this country to participate in this competition, the last person I expected to see here was Gavin.

Sure, it was custom for the Lycan wolves to attend this competition, but because Gavin hadn’t said anything about it and because his rival is the one hosting this year's competition, I didn’t think he would actually be here.

“N… no,” I stammered. “It’s my room.”

I was so sure that this was my hotel room; the one I shared with Nan. I assumed she never came home last night, which made me worry about her whereabouts. She met some others at the hotel last night and decided to hang out with them instead of going to the banquet with me. I couldn’t blame her for that; banquets weren’t really her thing. She was used to serving at dinner parties, not attending them.

I tried to think about more of what happened last night. I knew I had forgotten my room key, so I went to the front desk to ask for another one.

What room did I tell the man at the front desk I was staying at?

I blinked, trying to clear my head but it proved to be difficult with the pounding headache at my temple. Hangovers sucked and I was in for a rude awakening today. Thankfully, today was only training day. However, this was the day I’d be scoping out my competition and I wanted to make a good impression on them as well. I wanted them to know that I wasn’t one to mess with; I wanted to be taken seriously and doing that with a hangover seemed impossible.

I looked up at Gavin who was pulling a card out of his wallet and turning it to face me. On the card, it read: Room 909.

“I’ve had this key since I checked in yesterday,” he explained.

I frowned and felt around the dress until I found my pocket. I reached in and felt my room key. Pulling it out I glanced at the front of it; it read: Room 909.

I turned it around to show it to him.

“And that’s the card you’ve had since checking in?” He asked, raising his brows. “Did you even check in? Or did you ask the front desk clerk for my room number?”

My mouth dropped at his accusation.

How dare he ask such a question?

I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of an answer. I glanced at the ground and saw that my purse was there. I quickly swiped it off the ground, hating how pathetic I looked right now. But I was determined to prove him wrong with more than just a few numbers on a key card.

I grabbed my phone out of my purse and swiped my finger around the screen. I went into my emails and found the one that said, “Hotel Room Verification.”

I clicked on the email and brought up all the details of the suite. After they updated my room and put me in this suite, they sent me an email verification of the room change, attaching Alpha Levi to the email considering he was the one paying for our stay here in this country.

My eyes scanned the email briefly until I found the room number.

My heart was still.

Room 906.

I was in the wrong room.

What terrible luck I had!

My face burned with embarrassment as my eyes narrowed at the room number. I was in Gavin Landry’s hotel suite. Suddenly, it felt as if I was going to pass out from this extreme humiliation.

I could barely even look at him despite knowing he was staring down at me with a deep frown on his lips.

He thought I was here to stalk him… he had no idea that I was in the competition, and I wasn’t sure if I should even bother telling him.

These last few weeks he couldn’t care less about me or what I did… so why would that change now?

“Well?” He asked. “Are you going to reply, or are you just going to stand there?”

I was at a loss for words.

I spent the entire night in Gavin’s room, that meant Nan had been in our room all alone… all night.

Oh Goddess; she must have been so worried about me. Here I was thinking she was out all night, but in reality, it was me who was out all night.

“I…” I started to say, my voice trailing off as thoughts continued to consume me. “I… I have to go,” I rushed out as I turned and hurried out of the room.

I was only a few rooms down, but I didn’t want him following me or finding me later. So, I headed for the elevator instead.

I wasn’t sure where I was going, but I knew I couldn’t stay there.

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Gavin’s POV

I couldn’t say I had no memory of last night; I got way too drunk and made some choices that I probably shouldn’t have been making while screwed up.

Waking up this morning, it was still a shock to see Judy on the floor of my hotel suite. She was the last person I thought I would see here.

I hated how my body reacted to the sight of her. Even as a disheveled and naked mess, she was still beautiful.

It wasn’t good that she was here; if Alpha Levi caught wind of my relationship with her, he would use her against me no doubt. I needed to make sure that he knew nothing about Judy and me.

I searched for her in the halls, but she was long gone. There was no trace of her ever being here besides her lingering scent. I could find her easily if I wanted to, but I decided not to bother. I was bound to run into Levi or the paparazzi if I left right now.

I needed to keep a low profile until the competition started.

I grabbed my phone and brought up Taylor’s contact.

“Yes, Alpha?” Taylor asked as soon as he answered the phone.

Based on his tone, he knew this was a business call and not a personal one.

“Did you know that Judy Montague was going to be here?” I asked, my tone hard and filled with an underlying hint of betrayal.

Had my own Beta known this fact and kept it from me?

For a second, he hesitated.

“No,” he finally replied. “I didn’t know she would be there. But Adam told me she wouldn’t be around for a bit.”

“Adam?” I asked, the image of my butler coming into mind. “How the hell does Adam know anything?”

“He must have forgotten to mention it to you. Judy requested the next few weeks off.”

I felt a headache brewing in my temple from this talk. I needed him to get to the point and tell me something useful before I lost control of myself.

“Did she come here because she knew I was going to be here?” I asked through my teeth.

“Adam didn’t give me a reason for her absence. I mean, it’s school break so I assumed she was just taking some time off for that. It’s not like Mathew needs a tutor during the break. It’s not like she’s needed right now, right?”

I clenched my fists. He was missing the point as usual.

Judy must have figured I’d be here, so she came to see me. She’s playing it off like that wasn’t the case but that’s the only explanation I have.

She was playing a dangerous game.