Chapter 91

Judy’s POV

Tonight was the first night that Gavin had actually stayed the night with me. I have been here for a few days, and usually after our time together, he leaves after I fall asleep. I wasn’t expecting to wake up and find him still in my room, sleeping in my bed with his shirt off. It seems he put his pants back on though.

My heart skipped a beat at the sight of him. I wasn’t displeased that he was still by my side, but a little confused. I ran my fingers down his back, feeling the warmth spread across my body at the feel of him. I wanted to wrap myself back in his arms and stay like that all day, but I knew with the movie industry filming in his pack, he was going to be incredibly busy.

He stirred in his sleep and when his eyes opened, I waited with bated breath for him to jump out of bed and run for the hills. I thought that maybe he didn’t mean to fall asleep in my bed and that he would regret it. But when a small smile lit up his face, my heart started to race heavily in my chest.

“Good morning,” he said, rolling onto his back, and showcasing his incredible abs. My mouth went dry at the sight of him, and I swallowed the lump in my throat.

“Good morning,” I replied. “I didn’t expect you to still be here this morning.”

He stretched before he sat up, running his fingers through his disheveled hair. It should be illegal to look that good.

“I was tired,” he confessed. “Yesterday was a lot.”

“Did you meet Skyla?” I asked him, biting my lower lip. I didn’t love the fact that he was hanging out with a supermodel actress all day, but I knew it wasn’t something I could tell him, so I kept biting my lower lip and staring down at my hands.

“Yeah,” he murmured. “She’s interesting. I have to oversee their filming today.”

I nodded.

“I’ll be tutoring Matt later, so if you want to meet up…” I suggested, my cheeks burning.

He turned so he could look at me, his eyes dark with lust and it made my heart skip a beat again.

“I’ll keep that in mind,” he replied in a sultry tone. “But I’ll be really busy today, so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stop by later.”

I nodded, already guessing that.

He slipped out of bed and grabbed his pants off the ground.

“I’m going to hop in the shower,” he told me as he made his way to the bathroom. I watched him disappear through the door and I let out the breath I hadn’t known I was holding. After the shower turned on, I got out of bed and quickly threw some clothes on before making my way down the stairs and into the kitchen. Harper was in the kitchen with a couple of the kitchen aids and they seemed to be in a deep conversation about something. But it stopped when they turned, and they saw me walking towards them.

“Good morning,” Harper said with a polite smile. “Are you hungry? Chester is about to cook some breakfast.”

I nodded.

“I’m starving,” I admitted. “Can he make extra? Gavin is here too.”

Harper raised her brows, and I could tell she wanted to ask some questions, but she chose not to and only nodded.

“Of course,” she replied.

Moments later, Chester walked into the kitchen with some ingredients in hand and when he saw me, he broke out into a large grin.

“Do you like waffles?” He asked as he placed the stuff on the counter.

I nodded.

“I love waffles,” I told him.

“Perfect,” he said. “Waffles for the beautiful Judy, coming right up.”

I blushed at his compliment; when he glanced at the Kitchen aids who were eye-googling him, he winked at them, making their knees practically weak.

Harper rolled her eyes.

“Don’t you ladies have anything better to do?” She asked. Folding her arms across her chest and narrowing her eyes.

Chester grinned.

“Now Harper, no need to be jealous,” he said, nudging her shoulder. “You know you are still my favorite.”

“I’m not jealous,” she retorted in a growl as she turned to face him. “But flirting while at work has always been frowned upon.”

“That’s not what you were saying the other night,” he said in a soft and breathy whisper, though the rest of us could hear him clearly.

My eyes grew wide as I watched Harper's face turn different shades of pink and red. Had they slept together the other night? I wondered what the lure was here… something certainly interesting was happening in front of my eyes and I was way too curious about it.

“We weren’t working,” she said through her teeth. “I need to run to the store. I’ll be back.”

She turned on her heel and hurried out of the kitchen looking mortified. I turned to Chester who was laughing and shaking his head.

“She embarrasses so easily. I don’t get why. It was only sex,” he said, still shaking his head. “It wasn’t that big of a deal.”

I folded my arms across my chest and watched as he maneuvered his way around the kitchen, cooking in a delicate fashion.

“Maybe to you, it wasn’t a big deal,” I told him. “But did you ever think that maybe it was a big deal to her?”

He paused for a moment to look at me over his shoulders.

“It’s not my fault she went back on her word,” he said, shrugging. “We said no strings attached. We were only scratching each other’s itch. Nothing more to it.”

“Is that the kind of guy you are?” I asked him, raising my brows. “The guy who has mindless sex that doesn’t mean anything?”

He corked an eyebrow up at me and put his hands on the counter, leaning so close to me that his lips would be on mine if he were to move another inch.

“Want to find out?” He asked, his voice dropping sultry.

Just as I was about to lean back and away from him, the door slammed shut, making Chester step away from me by instinct.

“Chester, I didn’t hire you to flirt and talk. I hired you to cook,” Gavin’s voice boomed across the kitchen, sending a chill down my spine.

Chester had amusement in his eyes, but he didn’t argue with his boss. He’d be stupid to do so.

“Yes, Alpha,” Chester said as he resumed cooking.

I chuckled as Chester quickly started to make our breakfast and Gavin sat beside me.

“He’s harmless,” I murmured.

Gavin rolled his eyes.

“He’s a guy and he only has one thing on his mind. Be careful around him,” he murmured in return.

I raised my brows.

“Do you only have one thing on your mind too?” I asked him.

He shot me a look and it made the smile drop from my face. I couldn’t really read the expression on his face, and it made my stomach twist. He was contemplating something as he studied my face.

“What exactly do you think this is?” He suddenly asked.

“I’m sorry, what?” I asked in return.

“What do you think this is?” He repeated, but this time he motioned between the two of us. My cheeks burned at the question, and I had to look away from him; I stared down at the counter. He spoke low enough that others in the kitchen hadn’t heard, or if they had, they were pretending they hadn’t.

“We are just having fun,” I told him after a beat of silence. “Right? We are helping each other out and scratching an itch at the same time.”

He nodded thoughtfully.

“Right,” he told me. “So, I guess that answers your question.”

I chewed the inside of my cheek and then nodded. I guess it did answer my question; this was only sex, and he only had that one thing on his mind when he suggested this little arrangement. I knew it wasn’t anything more than that, but still, it made my stomach hurt a little. There was still a part of me that hoped maybe he did feel something more for me and that this wasn’t just sex. But I was only fooling myself.

“There you go, Beautiful,” Chester said, bringing me out of my thoughts as he slid a plate of food in my direction.

“Coffee,” Gavin ordered, his nostrils flaring.

Chester nodded as he put a plate in front of him and then went to grab a cup of coffee. Gavin’s eyes followed Chester the entire time, and I could feel the tension in the room, though I wasn’t sure why there was so much of it. Gavin had no right to act like this; it was strange, to say the least.

When Chester slid two mugs in front of us and filled them to the top with coffee, Gavin dismissed him for the morning. Even Chester had enough sense in him not to argue. We ate in silence and once we finished, the kitchen aids were the ones who cleaned.

“I’ll take you to school,” he told me as he grabbed his coat off the hook.

“I can have Leroy take me,” I told him.

“Just come on,” he murmured, grabbing my arm and pulling me away from the kitchen.

“Careful Alpha Landry,” I said teasingly. “One might think you actually like me if you keep acting possessively.”

He didn’t reply, he just shook his head. I chuckled as I sat in the car. We talked for a little while as we drove to my school, but for the most part, it was fairly quiet. He told me Leroy would pick me up and bring me to the villa later.

Now that Nan knows just about everything, I was able to confide in her a little about it this morning before class. I told her how confusing it was for me to be spending this time with Gavin, not knowing exactly where I stood. One minute he was acting cold like this was no big deal, and the next he was being possessive and not wanting other men to flirt or even look at me. I didn’t understand him.

“I can’t believe you are actually sleeping with him,” Nan chuckled, shaking her head. “Maybe he’s just as confused.”

I pondered that for a while during the day and decided to just let it go for right now.

True to his words, Leroy picked me up and brought me to the villa. I wasn’t expecting a run-in with Irene today, but she stood in front of me with her arms folded across her chest, blocking my way into the parlor where I typically met Matt for our tutoring sessions.

“You can’t go in there today,” she said. “My father is busy with the film crew.”

“Oh, I wasn’t aware they were using the parlor today,” I said, glancing at the time. “Is Matt elsewhere?”

“Maybe in his room?” She murmured. She glanced over her shoulder and pushed the door open slightly so I could see into the room.

Gavin sat on the couch with none other than Skyla Sinclaire seated on his right. She was just as beautiful in person as she was in magazines and on TV. Her hands were on his arm, and she was giggling at something that was said by someone in the room.

The sight of them together, so close, made my blood go cold.

“Don’t they make such a beautiful couple?”