Chapter 615

I frowned.

"A future in the pack?" I asked, raising my brows. Judy didn't have a future in this pack; I was taking her home the second I was done here. She was going to live with me in the villa and raise our baby near our families. I'll eventually give her a position in the Elite Gamma Force so she can pursue what she's worked so hard for.

Lucy nodded.noveldrama

"Yes," she replied. "I talked to him about it last night. He wants to offer her a position on his force after her maternity leave. He's allowing her to stay in the pack for as long as she wants."

Anger coursed through me; he knew that Judy was the mother of my future baby. Why the fuck would he offer her such a position knowing I was planning on taking her home with me? I wanted to ask Lucy, but something told me to keep that to myself for right now.

"I need to speak with him," I said through my teeth, my jaw tightened.

Lucy noticed the expression on my face, and she frowned. She nodded, though, and stepped out of my way, not saying a word about my sudden sour mood.

I walked past her and towards the office door. Just as I reached the door, it opened and Judy stood in front of me. She gasped and clutched her chest, her eyes wide when she noticed me standing in front of her.

Not really the reaction I was expecting from the woman I just slept with.

"Gavin?" She said, her breathing slowing once realization dawned on her and she registered that it was me and not some serial killer. "W...what are you doing here?"

The stammer didn't go unnoticed, and it made my eyes darken. I knew Sampson was seated at his desk, watching our exchange with quiet eyes, though I paid him no attention.

"The question is, what are you doing here?" I asked, my tone controlled and low. "You should be lying in bed and in my arms right now."

Her cheeks grew adorably red, which went straight to my cock.

"I uh... had some stuff to take care of this morning," she told me, worrying her bottom lip.

My eyes narrowed at her.

"Stuff?" I asked, a challenge in my voice. "What kind of stuff pulled you out of my arms?"

She swallowed, drawing my eyes to her beautiful throat and neck.

"I... I needed to speak with Alpha Sampson,” she told me, her eyes downcast. It was clear she was nervous, probably not wanting to tell me about Sampson's offer.

I smirked at her as I stepped closer, knowingly moving into her personal space. I felt her body tensing slightly, but she didn't move away. I reached my hand up to cup her cheek, making her head move upward so her gaze would meet mine.

I stared at her for a moment longer, my thumb tracing her bottom lip, making it quiver from my touch.

"Why did you leave me?" I whisper.

She was quiet for a moment longer, letting out a shaky breath.

"I told you..." she whispered back. "I had business... I—"

"The truth, Judy," I demanded, my tone low and for her ears alone, even though I knew Sampson could hear I I everything with his Alpha wolf

hearing. I drew out every syllotal no

the words I spoke my eyes

in

darkening as I poured my gaze into hers.

"I needed space," she admitted. "I needed to think."

"And you couldn't do that with me." It wasn't a question.

She nibbled on her lower lip, a nervous habit that she has.

“No, I couldn't,” she said. “I needed to process my own thoughts."

"What is there to process?" I asked, my tone showing a hint of vulnerability, something I've tried hard to suppress My thumb strokes her cheek absentmindedly

"Everything," Judy whispered.

Before I could speak, Sampson cleared his throat and stood to his feet.

"I was actually just speaking with Judy about her future in the Redcliff pack," Sampson told me. "I told that her job wit remain after her maternity leave, but of course, need your permission first, considering she is carrying your baby, and she is part of your territory, so she's your wolf despite her current location."

I looked at him, my eyes brewing. He was a good Alpha and a great man for that.

A smirk tugged at the corner of my lips.

"Is that so?" I asked.

He nodded, and I looked back at Judy, who looked majorly uncomfortable.

"So, it's up to me then?" I asked, trying to hide my amusement.

"Yes, Alpha,” Sampson replied simply, making Judy's face turn even redder.

After a beat of awkwardness, I finally spoke.

"Then my answer is no," I replied. "She's not staying in this pack. She'll be coming home with me... where she belongs."