Chapter 0067

“A habit? Seriously?” I called after him. “Then maybe don’t force me to go out to a fancy restaurant with you and your family. I didn’t really have much of a choice in my attire.”

He didn’t reply, he got back into the backseat of the car, slamming the door shut behind him. led and marched to my front door. I reached into my bag to grab my set of keys. Unlocking the door, I pushed it open to peer into my dark house, sighing

I turned back to see that the car was still there; he never drove away until I was securely in the house. It was one of the things I appreciated about Gavin Landry; it made me think that maybe he did care.

As soon as I got inside, the car drove off and I let out the breath I hadn’t known I was holding. My entire body trembled, and I held his coat tightly around me, inhaling deeply.

It smelled just like him.

The next day.

“What are we going to practice today?” Matt asked as we made our way outside. We finished doing his homework and I promised him we would go outside for some extra training.

“I was thinking we could practice defense,” I answered. “I think you need to learn to better protect yourself in case of an emergency. A rogue attack could happen at any time.”

**Our warriors are the best; they would never let any rogues in our borders,” Matt said, his voice filled with pride.

“Maybe so, but

but

you can never be too careful Master Matthew,” I teased.

He smirked but he didn’t argue.

own defense classes and he mimicked the moves almost flawlessly. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with his level of expertise. “Wow,” I said as he blocked my attack for what felt like the hundredth time.

of the things my father taught me,” he explained with a shrug. “He also said I needed to be prepared for

bottle from the ice bucket I set out for our training

said thoughtfully. “He’s the best when he’s around.”

him a

wish he could be around

stared down at the water bottle, fiddling mindlessly with

would be nice,” he murmured. “But I get that he’s

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shoulder and

I told

fixed on the water bottle and I could tell something was weighing on his mind. I wondered if it still had to do with his father, or if it was

else wrong?” I asked.

sheepish, and his cheeks turned

murmured. “I might have gotten in trouble at school today… and now they want to have a parent–teacher conference.”

know?” I

head and looked up at me.

Matt said in

if you don’t tell him, then what are you going to do? Your teachers are expecting your parent

then he took a deep

could be my mom for

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