Chapter 158

Chapter 0158 Third Person POV “What do you mean you found the perpetrator?” Gavin asked through the mindlink. He glanced at Matt who was still lost in thought. Had he lied to him?

Matt has never lied before... has he?

“It was a maid,” Taylor continued. “She was found with the peanut butter in her room. The same maid that came to get you after his allergic reaction. She admitted she wanted compensation for aiding his rescue.”

“Compensation?” Gavin growled into the mindlink. “want her banished from the pack and turned into a rogue immediately.”

“Yes, Alpha,” Taylor agreed. “Do you want to see her before she’s banished.”

Gavin thought about it for a second and then sighed.

“No,” he murmured. “Just get rid of her.”

“Yes, Alpha.”

The link ended and Gavin turned back to Matt, his eyes narrowed.

“Why did you lie to me?”

Matt raised his gaze to look at Gavin and a frown formed on his lips.

“I didn’t lie to you...” Matt said, unconvincingly.

“Yes, you did, Matthew,” Gavin said, folding his arms across his chest. “Because you weren’t the one who put the peanut butter in that sandwich... it was a maid.”

Matt’s eyes grew wide.

“What?” He gasped. “Why would a maid want to hurt me??”

“That’s not for you to worry about. Just know it’ll never happen again. She’s being banished and I’ll have the other maids investigated as well.”

Matt glanced at his hands and tugged his fingers nervously as he processed all his father had said.

“You shouldn’t have lied to me, Matt...” Gavin said, his voice twinged with disappointment.

“I’m sorry, Dad... I just couldn’t let Judy get in trouble,” he said sadly, tears welling up in his eyes.

Gavin was quiet, processing his words for a moment.

“So, if it truly was Judy’s mistake, you still would have covered for her?” He finally asked.

Without hesitation, Matt nodded.

“Yes,” he answered. “She’s become family, right? Family is supposed to have each other’s back.”

+25 BONUS Gavin was quiet for another moment; Matt was right. dy had become part of the family. She was always around, and it wasn’t fair that he didn’t listen to a thing she said. He blindly accused her of something terrible and now he was seriously regretting his choices.

He just hoped it wasn’t too late to rectify things.

Meanwhile, Both Gavin and Irene were oblivious of Ethan’s planning. He thought having Judy in his family home would have been great for him, but he found it even more difficult to get close to her because his family had a 24/7 watch on her.

He knew Judy couldn’t poison Matt; she loved that boy too much. He wasn’t sure who was sick enough to do such a thing to a 7–

year–old, but he knew it wasn’t her. He did the only thing he could think to do... he bribed a maid. Told her that he would set her up with a lifetime of fortune if she took the fall. He handed her the peanut butter, and her greedy eyes lit up when she heard about the fortune.

An hour later, she was being banished and Ethan was wiring a ton of money into her account. He was a man of his word after all.

Although, he knew it wouldn’t be long before she ended up dead and he’d get the money back anyway.

Now, he just had to make sure that Judy got her job back so at least he had a chance to see her every day and continue convincing her to become his side piece.

Judy’s POV “You look exhausted,” Nan pointed out as she met me in the student quad. I stared down at my failed test and let out a sigh. I didn’t have time to study for this exam because of how much work I’ve been doing for the Cash family. “Is living with the Cash’s that bad?”

I gave her a pointed look.

“It’s worse than bad,” I murmured. “I’ve only been there for a couple of days, and I haven’t slept once.” “I’m so sorry, Judy,” Nan said, resting her head on my shoulder. “I wish there was something I could do. I’ve been looking around for a place for you, but nobody has any spare rooms.

“It’s okay,” I murmured. “It’s not your fault. I’m honestly grateful that you’ve been trying.”

“It’s not fair that they are working you like a dog,” Nan said, folding her arms across her chest. “You have a life too and school you need to focus on. What does your mother think about all of this?”

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