Chapter 0042

Judy’s POV

“Irene,” I greeted, thankful that I sounded stronger than I felt. “I wasn’t expecting to see you here.”

“Oh, I was just getting some stuff for my upcoming wedding,” she said, holding up her shopping bag. She glanced at Nan. “And who’s this?”

I swallowed the lump in my throat; the last thing I wanted was for Irene to be curious about Nan and try to take her too. I knew it wasn’t fair of me to blame Ethan for leaving me on Irene because she’s as much a victim as I am if not more. But I couldn’t help myself. Whenever I look at Irene, I think about how my mate left me for her. I grimaced at the very thought of him touching her the way that he used to touch me. We were so in love at one point; he was my fated mate and we were supposed to be together forever. It was written on the star; it was the Goddess who paired us together.

But she had made a grave mistake. Or maybe it was Ethan who had taken the wrong turn. My chest continued to ache even after I swore, I was over him.

Does one ever truly get over their mate though?

“This is my best friend, Nan,” I told her, motioning for Nan who gave Irene a quizzical look. Nan already knew all about Irene and I didn’t have to explain who she was.

Irene held out her hand to shake Nan’s and Nan only stared at it for a brief moment, a frown marring her perfectly glossed lips. I had to nudge Nan slightly on the arm to snap her out of her stupor because Irene couldn’t know that something was wrong.

Nan hesitantly lifted her hand and placed it in Irene’s.

“It’s nice to meet you,” Nan said with a forced smile.

“Hello, Nan,” Irene said cheerfully, not noticing that anything was wrong or weird. “I’m Irene Landry. Gavin Landry’s daughter and Ethan Cash’s fiancé. It’s so very nice to meet you.”

keep her calm, but she managed just fine and

Landry,” she said

to?”

glanced at Nan who gave me a slight shrug just before looking back at

shopping,” I answered.

girl’s

flashed in Irene’s eyes that I couldn’t quite

never had a girl’s day before. I guess I never really had friends to do that type of thing

never had friends. I mean, she was Irene Landry

never had friends?” Nan asked, mimicking my thoughts.

shrugged casually, looking a

admitted. “I guess people are just intimidated by me or

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and stared at the ground. I looked at Nan again; I knew Irene wanted an invite to our shopping spree and 1 could tell

and turned back to Irene.

seeing you again, Irene. We should be going now,” I told her as I pulled Nan alongside me. “Oh,” Irene said, sounding disappointed. “Okay, I guess I‘ see you

the street, ignoring that

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