Chapter 785

Judy’s POV

For a heartbeat, the world stopped moving. The orchestra kept playing–violins humming, couples still spinning under the chandelier–but to me, everything had gone hollow. This was the reason we had come here… the moment of truth. I could practically hear her heart breaking before I looked at her face. All the color had drained from her, and she took an unsteady step back.

Everything happened so fast after that.

Irene’s glass slipped from her hand and shattered against the marble floor. The sound sliced through the music like thunder. Heads turned, and then the whispers followed.

Chuck, of course, noticed.

His head swiveled around, and when he caught sight of Irene, who was unable to pull her gaze from his, his eyes widened in shock. Clarissa stood by his side, her eyes also finding Irene, and I could see the confusion on her face even before her brows pinched together.

I wanted ot reach out to Irene and pull her into my arms. I wanted to tell her how sorry I was for Chuck being such a snake. But I was frozen… I knew that nothing I said could make anything better.

“What the actual fuck?” Gavin said through his teeth. “This better not be what it looks like.”

He was angry, and I couldn’t blame him for that. He was seeing his daughter mate with another woman, his hand possessively on the small of her back as if he had the right to touch another woman in that kind of way. Both of them still looked intimately close even after Chuck was just caught.

didn’t want Clarissa to

saying was true, that meant Clarissa wasn’t the other woman…

felt sick to my stomach

then turned towards Clarissa, who was still staring between the two with a

brows.

was trying to keep his voice low enough for her ears only, but I still heard him just the same, and Irene probably did too. Her senses were higher than

for a moment, I thought she was going to deny him,

whispered back before she stood on her toes,

tensed at the motion, and Irene let out a choked sob, closing her eyes as if the mere sight of them together brought her physical pain. Which I’m sure it did… her wolf was

the crowd, and once she was out of sight, Chuck

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and now he just looked

and let out a guttural growl of warning. Chuck flinched at the sound, but his

Is that

she was looking for a nearby exit.

said, “Please, let

stepped in front of Irene protectively,

to

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