Chapter 487

"OH, Goddess, Judy. No, of course not!"

"I'm having trouble believing that..." I admit.

She nodded solemnly.

“I get that,” she murmured. “And maybe at first, I did target you, but I quickly realized that you are an incredible person, and I was lucky to get to know you. There wasn't a moment when I didn't feel bad for what I was doing, but you were always my friend, Judy. I promise... none of our friendship was fake."

I was quiet for a moment as I processed her words. I wanted to believe her, I truly did. But I was still so hurt over it. I wasn't sure if I could truly trust her or not...

"Why were you talking to Ethan?" I asked her.

Her cheeks flushed at my question, and at first, I didn't think she was going to

answer me.

"Nan saw you talking to him at the coffee shop," I went on to explain, a hint of worry in my tone. I hated to think she was seeing him behind my back.

"He's switching his allegiance to my father," she explained. "I was only relaying a message to him from my father. It wasn't anything major, I promise."

"Ethan is switching his allegiance to Levi Churchill?" I asked. "But his family is the Beta's of Redmoon."

She nodded.

"That's why he's keeping it a secret for right now," she replied. "I don't think his family even knows. But my father promised him an Alpha status, and that's why I had to talk to him. He's wondering when Ethan plans to move so they can move forward with the next steps in that process."

I thought about it for a moment, and I realized that it did make sense. I should have known that Sammy wasn't seeing Ethan after everything he had put me through.

"Okay," I finally said softly.. "I believe you."noveldrama

Relief formed on her expression, and she sighed.

"Thank you," she said in return.

Before we could hug it out, my phone chimed. I frowned as I pulled it out of my pocket, only to see Nan's name flash across the screen from a text message.

I opened the message.

Nan: Girl, did you see this?? It's all over the news!

Attached was a news article. I was hesitant, my heart in my throat as I clicked on the link. The second I did, my heart sank into my stomach.

Fuck.

Gavin's POV

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"I want to know who released this article," I said, slamming my fist on my desk, making Taylor and my head Gamma, Derek, flinch. "We should have had people on this already. This should never have been released."

"The releasor was anonymous," Taylor explained. "I already contacted your PA

and Pl." Private Attorney and Private Investigator.

"These need to be pulled immediately," I said through my teeth.

"Yes, Alpha," they both said at the same time.

Just then, my phone started to ring, and I cursed under my breath.

"Fucking what?" I muttered before I pressed the answer button; I didn't bother checking to see who it was this time. "Yes?"

"Is that any way to speak to your mother?" I internally groaned; I wasn't in the mood for this right now.

"Sorry, I'm kind of going through a crisis right now," I told her, trying to calm my tone.

"Yeah, I've noticed. Do you have any idea how this makes the Landry family look?” She asked. “You were caught kissing her during the competition, Gavin. They are blaming you for favoritism."

My stomach turned; if they think I favored Judy during the competition because we are sleeping together, they will not only take away her win, but they will blacklist her as well. I can't let that happen.

"I'm dealing with it," I told her through my teeth.

"You better," my mother said matter-of-factly. "We can't have that tanking our reputation, Gavin. You know how important our image is and you know how important the Gamma competition is. You've put a target on her back."

I felt sick to my stomach; I should have been more careful. Why didn't I think

pictures would have been taken of us? I was careless, and now Judy was about to suffer the consequences.

"I will fix this," I said more to myself than to her.

She was quiet for a moment, and then she sighed.

"Gavin, once you fix this, which I know you will because you are a Landry after all and we always fix our mistakes... but once you do, hope you've learned your lesson. Judy Montague is not made for our world. After all of this... You need to stop seeing her... for good."