Chapter 63
Judy’s POV
The words were out of my mouth before I could truly think about what they meant. They seemed to be his unraveling though because in the next second, he was buried deep inside of me and I was screaming out his name, all thoughts of anything leaving my mind in an instant. As he thrust himself inside of me, he kept hitting that perfect spot that made my legs tingle and my body hum with excitement, even my wolf was in complete bliss, completely forgetting about the heartbreak from our failed mating.
Gavin’s lips found mine again and he sucked my bottom lip into his mouth. I smiled into the kiss, wanting so much more of him. I wanted to be even closer if that was possible. I ran my fingers through his soft locks of hair, holding his head so I could kiss him until my heart was content. He didn’t fight me on it; he let me explore him and take what I needed.
“Judy…” he moaned against me. I loved the way my name sounded on his lips, and I wanted to hear it again and again.
I could feel him swelling and twitching inside of me, but he was holding himself back. He reached between us and started to rub my core with his thumb, teasing and tugging my clit until I could no longer hold it in anymore. With a final yell of his name, I was coming undone and he was following me over the edge. I felt him release his seed inside of me and we were soon both a sweating and panting mess of entanglement.
We remained like that for a short while, attempting to catch our breath before he got off me and pulled me to a sitting position. I ran my fingers through my disheveled hair, feeling my cheeks flush with embarrassment. I’m not sure what came over me, but this was not how I thought my night would be ending.
Gavin was quick to adjust himself and make himself decent again as if nothing had happened. I stared at him wide-eyed, not believing that he was able to recover himself so quickly. A smirk played on his lips as he swiped his thumb across my bottom lip and then tucked a fallen strand of hair behind my ear. He kissed my forehead affectionately, making my heart skip a beat.
He gave me a second to adjust my dress before he rolled down the window. Taylor was standing outside the car and his cheeks were red. There was no doubt in my mind that he heard the entire thing; I wanted to die from embarrassment, but Gavin didn’t seem bothered.
“Take us back to my Villa,” he ordered.
Taylor nodded and hurried into the driver’s seat. He was quick to close the little window separating the front seat from the backseat, giving Gavn and me some more privacy.
I looked up at Gavin, surprised.
“You aren’t taking me home?” I asked him.
He raised a brow at me.
“Do you want to return home?”
I thought about it for a second before shaking my head.
As we drove, my mind was racing. Why did Gavin kiss me again? And why did we have sex? I thought we agreed that this couldn’t happen again. He didn’t seem bothered by the fact that we just broke our agreement though. In fact, he looked satisfied and a little smug, as if he had just won the lottery or something. But there was no way he thought of this as winning the lottery. If anything, I’m probably just making his life more complicated.
I wasn’t sure where this left us when it came to employees and bosses. I also wasn’t sure what was going to happen with Walter… oh Goddess. Walter.
How had I forgotten about him?
I reached my hand up to touch my cheek, expecting to still feel its tender swelling. But there wasn’t any. It didn’t feel wounded at all. Had I imagined it? Or was I healed after Walter struck me?
“You don’t need to worry about him anymore,” Gavin said as if he could read my thoughts. “He’s never going to bother you again.”
“W…what do you mean?” I asked, peeking up at him.
“I’ll handle him,” he told me simply. “What he did was out of line. I’ve already mindlinked one of my men who is head of security. They are going to get the security footage from the back patio.”
My mouth fell open.
“There were cameras?” I gasped.
He raised his right brow.
“Of course there are,” he answered. “I’m not letting him get away with this. He’ll pay the ultimate price for hurting you.”
I flushed from his words; I didn’t take him for someone who would care about such a thing, especially not when it came to me.
“You shouldn’t be too hard on him. He’s your nephew…”
“Which makes it worse,” Gavin muttered. “He’s family and my family never raise their hand to women. It can’t go without punishment.”
I knew there was no changing his mind on this; I bit the inside of my cheek and stared down at my hands.
“He asked me to be his girlfriend,” I whispered, making Gavin tense from beside me. “And I said no. He was angry with me… he said some pretty cruel things.”
“Why did you decline his offer?”
He didn’t sound accusatory, more just curious like he was trying to keep the conversation going. My heart swelled a little more thinking that maybe he did care for me… at least a little bit.
“I didn’t feel the same way about him,” I admitted. “I didn’t want to hurt him… but I didn’t like him in the same way that he liked me.”
Gavin nodded, his expression softening.
“And he got angry,” he said softly; it wasn’t a question, but I nodded anyway.
“Yes,” I confirmed. “He got angry.”
Gavin wrapped an arm around me and pulled me into his side, wrapping me with his warmth and comfort. I felt my body relaxing almost immediately and my heart eased.
“I thought we decided that the other night was a mistake, and we were going to pretend it never happened,” I blurted before I could stop myself.
“You decided that.”
I raised my brows and looked up at him.
“And that’s not what you wanted?” I asked him.
“I wasn’t really thinking about it,” he admitted.
“And now?”
He was quiet for a moment; at first, I didn’t think he was going to answer my question, but then he let out a shuddering breath.
“And now, I think we should be together.”
My heart stilled in my chest and my jaw all but dropped.
“I’m sorry… what?”
“Let’s be together.”
Even though he had said it twice, I still wasn’t sure if I heard him correctly. I stared at him blankly, not sure what to say in response. Was he kidding? Do I laugh? Do I agree? Did I want to be with him like that?
He was Irene’s father and my ex’s father-in-law.
Not to mention my boss.
This was a recipe for disaster!
The corner of his lips tipped upward into a smile, and he bent to brush a chaste kiss across my lips.
“I’m not saying let’s get married, or even mate,” he said as he kissed the bridge of my nose. “I’m saying, let’s be together. It’ll get my mother and Daisy off my back and get Ethan and Walter off yours. Meanwhile, we can scratch each other’s itches and have a little fun.”
I raised my brows, suddenly understanding what he was saying.
“You want to have a fake relationship?” I asked.
“I wouldn’t say fake,” he replied. “Maybe something like friends with benefits.” He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear and grinned down at me. “With plenty of benefits. You can’t deny that we are sexually compatible, and we are attracted to one another.”
I corked my brows at him.
“You are attracted to me?” I asked teasingly.
He rolled his eyes, but I could see the playfulness on his face.
“Focus,” he murmured, bobbing my forehead gently with his knuckle.
“It’s been a while since I did this whole dating thing and I’m a little rusty,” he admitted. “But now that I’ve had a taste of you… I don’t think I can just pretend it didn’t happen.” His tone grew sultry at the end and a shiver crept up my spine as my cheeks flared with heat.
I bit my lip as I peeked up at him.
I was definitely going to regret this at some point, but I couldn’t help myself. I nodded, my eyes locked onto his.
“Okay,” I said softly. “Let’s be together.”
He grinned but then his face grew serious.
“Of course, we can’t tell anyone about this for right now. It can’t go public. We need to keep this a secret. The media can’t find out. Are you okay with that?”
My cheek flushed again, and I felt a pain in my chest from his words. He saved me from being Ethan’s dirty little secret… but now he was making me his.
“Yeah,” I ultimately said. “I’m okay with that.”
