Chapter 49

Chapter 0049 She opened it with eagerness and when she saw the pink gens inside, she gasped loudly, her eyes lighting up with excitement and a large smile spreading across her glossy lips.

“Oh, Dad!” She gasped as she wrapped her arms around me hugging me tightly. “I love it! Thank you so much.”

She pulled away from me and ran over to Judy to show her what I got her.

“I’ve been wanting something special for the inside of my car; this would look so cute on my mirror. Don’t you think?” She asked Judy as she showed her the gems.

“That was my thought,” I agreed.

Judy glanced at the gems and gave Irene a small smile; it was forced, but I was surprised that Judy was actually trying to get along with her considering Irene was marrying her fated mate. My wolf let out a huff at my thoughts and I shook him away.

“It’s really pretty,” Judy finally said after a beat of silence. It’ll look nice.”

Irene bounced excitedly.

“I’m going to put them in my car right now. Come meet me before you leave!” She said and then she hurried out of her bedroom, leaving me alone with Judy. I looked at Judy and stared, once again, at her outfit with a deep frown.

“I thought we had an agreement about your clothes?” I told her harshly.

Her face blanched and she swallowed the lump in her throa “I had a bit of an accident with my clothes,” she told me, shrugging like it was no big deal.

“What kind of accident?” I asked her, my tone deepening. I fold myself that I only cared because if there was an accident on my property, with my employees, I needed to know about it.

She bit her bottom lip.

“During my sparring with Matt, I tore my shirt,” she told me.

She wouldn’t look at me, which led me to believe there was more to the story, and if I knew Matt, I would bet that he had something to do with her torn shirt. It was clear she was trying to cover up for him though and I wasn’t going to press her any further.

“Irene was kind enough to let me borrow her clothes,” Judy finished. “But I won’t stay. I should get going.”

I remained unmoved as she neared me to get to the door, her arm brushing across mine gently, causing my heart to skip a beat.

I furrowed my brows at the feeling, not understanding what it meant. Judy paused and I wondered if she felt something too. Her gaze lifted and met mine and for a moment, it felt as if time had stopped completely, and we were the only two in the entire world.

“I’ll see you later,” she said, her voice coming out breathily I managed to nod and watched as she hurried out of the room. My cock twitched in my pants and silently cursed myself for letting this woman get to me like this. My wolf was stirring around with the need for her, and I quickly silenced him, blocking him from my mind.

Shaking my head, I left the room and walked down the stairs, Judy was a distance ahead of me, not bothering to look back. She paused at the doorway when she saw Irene walking into the house, a frown on her lips.

+26 BONUS Chapter 0049 “Is everything okay?” 1 asked her as I reached the bottom step.

“Yes, I guess so,” Irene said softly. “The gems look amazing in the car. I took some pictures to send to Ethan and then I called him. He told me he was going to be busy the rest of the night and I won’t see him until tomorrow.”

I saw Judy tensing at the mention of Ethan, and I had to stifle a scowl in her direction.

Matt walked in from the living room and when he saw Judy his face lit up.

“Can we finish our lessons?” He asked her, completely ignoring the rest of our presence.

Judy gave him a small smile.

“I’m actually going to head home,” she told him gently. “But I’ll be here tomorrow.”

Matt’s face fell and my heart tugged for him; he truly was a lonely kid. Judy might have been right when she said he craved connection.

“But we didn’t get to finish,” he pouted.

She put a hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze “I promise, we will practice longer tomorrow,” she assured him.

He looked like he wanted to protest, but I intervened.

“What I’m hearing is both my kids are home tonight?” I asked, looking at both Irene and Matt. “How about I have the maids cook us a special meal? We haven’t had a family dinner in a long time.”

Irene seemed to have perked up from that, as did Matt.

“That’s a great idea,” she said, giving me a side hug.

“I’m in,” Matt said happily. “But only if Judy joins us!”

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