Chapter 103

Third Person POV

Ethan had been trying to act more tentative towards Irene since he almost lost her a couple of times. Now that Judy was back in the villa and tutoring Matt, he’s been able to keep a close eye on her. He still had every reason to make her his mistress despite planning to marry Irene, but he needed to play things carefully going forward so Irene wouldn’t suspect anything. So, he’s been watching her from afar and trying to keep her at a distance.

However, Irene has been acting strangely and Ethan couldn’t figure out why. She seemed jumpier like at any moment someone was going to come out from the corner and get her. Whatever that meant. She had been avoiding Matt more than usual and she also had been avoiding Judy like the plague. Ethan understood why she had been avoiding Judy; ever since she found out that Judy was his actual fated mate, she had been skeptical of his relationship with her, despite him dodging a bullet and blaming the entire thing on Judy. He told her that Judy was still after him and was only in the villa, working as Matt’s tutor, so she could get close to him. It was a complete lie, but if Irene knew the truth, she would leave him, no doubt.

Since Irene found out that Ethan and Judy were fated mates, she hadn’t been wanting to touch him. At least not intimately, they haven’t had sex yet because he wanted to wait until after marriage, but they had kissed many times before. They’ve even had some heated make-out sessions; it’s been almost a week since finding out Ethan’s secret and now Irene won’t touch him. He knew she was still upset about being lied to, despite the fact that he convinced her it was mainly Judy’s fault.

The villa had been busy lately with the film crew crowding around and filming that movie. Irene had been hanging around the villa trying to get on Skyla’s good side and Ethan had been trying his best to support his fiancé. He knew that she was trying to set her father up with Skyla for whatever reason, but he wasn’t exactly sure why. Sure, Skyla was gorgeous, and it would be kind of cool to have her as a stepmother, but Irene seemed almost obsessed with the idea.

Ethan had also noticed that Irene’s father hadn’t been around the villa as much and he wondered if it had to do with the fact that Skyla was all over him.

“Where has your father been?” Ethan asked Irene during their meal. He wanted to take Irene out to the dinner to show her that he did in fact love her, even if he truly didn’t.

She glanced up at him with a small frown on her lips.

“What do you mean?”

“He hasn’t really spent a lot of time at the villa. Only a little bit when the film crew needs him,” he pointed out. “Do you know where he’s been spending his time?”

She shook her head and then shrugged.

“Probably his office,” she replied. “He’s a very busy man being a Lycan chairman and all.”

Ethan nodded, except he went by Gavin’s office earlier this evening in hopes of speaking to him about business in the Redmoon pack and his secretary said he hasn’t been in the office for the last couple of days due to the film crew. So, if he wasn’t in his office and he wasn’t in the villa, then where had he gone?

“Are you sure there’s nowhere else he would have gone?” Ethan asked, eyeing Irene carefully.

She thought about it for a moment and then realization dawned on him.

“Oh, he said he had some business in the north,” she replied simply. “We have another mansion there. It’s never used but my father will stay there when he has business in that area.”

Ethan nodded thoughtfully; he made a mental note to look into that mansion later. Maybe he could stop by and find Gavin there himself. He knew it was probably a bad idea to intrude on Alpha Gavins’ home, but he was curious as to what this business was and if Ethan could do anything to help him.

His ultimate plan was to suck up to him after all.

After dinner, Ethan dropped Irene off at home and told her that he would see her tomorrow. She nodded and kissed his cheek.

“Thank you for dinner,” she said thoughtfully.

There was a bit of sadness and worry in her eyes that Ethan picked up on right away. He wrapped her in his arms and kissed her deeply. She melted into the kiss and her body seemed to have relaxed slightly just before he pulled away.

“I love you, Irene,” he told her softly. “Remember that.”

She looked hesitant for a moment, but she nodded and gave him a faint smile.

He kissed her one last time before she left the car and went inside the villa. After she was gone, Ethan drove off in the direction of the Northern section of the pack. He drove for a long while until he finally found a large mansion-type building with Gavin’s car in the driveway. Ethan was just about to get out of the car but then he saw Gavin hurrying out of the front door, his hair disheveled and his clothes wrinkled. He was working on adjusting his shirt as he reached his car and quickly disappeared through the door.

Etan froze entirely as he watched Gavin’s car drive off quickly. He was in such a hurry that he didn’t even notice Ethan’s car sitting out front. Ethan’s brows furrowed as he looked up at the building that Gavin had just left. There was only one light on in the entire building and it was the second floor, facing the rest of the pack. He saw a shadow along the window and then he saw something that made his breath hitch in his throat.

Was that Judy?

Was she staring out the window and in the direction that Gavin left?

She looked disheveled and there was a bit of sadness in her eyes. But then she turned away. Moments later the light was turning off and the shadow of Judy was gone. Ethan stared up at the window dumbfounded.

What the fuck was Judy doing here? And why was Gavin leaving her in the middle of the night?

He grabbed his phone and dialed his sister’s number, knowing that she would have all the answers for him. The last he heard about Judy’s living arrangement was that she was now living with her best friend Nan. But maybe that wasn’t entirely the truth.

“Hello, Big Brother,” Kelsey said on the other end of the phone. “What can I do for you?”

“Mom told me that Judy went to live with her best friend, Nan,” Ethan said without hesitation. “Did she tell me the truth?”

There was a slight hesitation on the other end for a moment.

“Well, I don’t think any of us really knows where she went,” Kelsey admitted. “It all happened so fast, and it was really strange.”

“What are you talking about?” Ethan asked through his teeth, feeling more aggravated than ever. “Did she or didn’t she move in with Nan?”

“I… I don’t know,” Kelsey blurted. “She was packing and then one of Alpha Landry’s men along with his warriors came to get her…”

“What??” Ethan growled as he stared back at the house and then up at the window. “Are you saying she could be living with Gavin Landry?”

“I’m not saying that at all!” Kelsey exclaimed. “Why would a nobody like her be living with Gavin Landry? I’m just saying his men escorted her out and took her somewhere. I’m assuming she’s with her friend.”

Calling Nan and getting any type of information out of her was out of the question, but Ethan somehow saw Judy in the window of this mansion. If what Kelsey was saying was true, that meant there was a possibility that Judy was in fact living with Gavin.

If Gavin left looking disheveled and putting his shirt together, could they be involved with one another?

His hand tightened around the phone until his knuckles started to grow white. Ethan was furious and keeping his wolf under control was starting to become tiring.

“I don’t know any more information than that,” Kelsye went on to say.

She didn’t need to provide him with any more information; she gave him enough. Without a single word further to his sister, he hung up the phone and slammed it onto his passenger seat.

He needed to somehow get Judy out of this mansion before he lost her for good. He didn’t want to involve Irene in this because he almost lost her when it concerned Judy in the past… but he might not have a choice. If Irene knew that Judy was living in this mansion and was acting like her father’s dirty little whore, she would make sure that Judy never stepped foot in this mansion again.

A grin spread across Ethan’s face.

He knew exactly what he needed to do.