Chapter 458

"I don't follow that kind of thing," Donna said, rolling her eyes.noveldrama

"It was all over the news," I countered.

Something about her brushing it off after putting me down didn't' sit right with me. I was starting to suspect that maybe she knew about the competition, and she was just looking to put me down for no reason.

"Again, I don't follow that kind of thing. As soon as they started talking about it, I turned it off. I knew there was a winner, j just didn't think it was you."

"You owe her an apology for what you insinuated earlier," Gavin said, his eye fixed on his plate. I knew if he looked at her in that moment, he would have lost his cool and he was trying hard to keep himself under control.

"Excuse me, I don't apologize to anyone in my own home," Donna said, raising her brows. "I stand by what I said."

Gavin stood to his feet, having had enough of his mother's attitude.

"Then, we will take our leave," Gavin said, he gently grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet.

"Already?" She asked, shock registering on her face. "We didn't even get to dessert yet."

"I'm not going to sit here and allow you to give Judy nothing but your disrespect. You've been rude to her since the moment we got here. I won't tolerate it anymore. She's been nothing but kind to you and doesn't deserve that kind of treatment."

Donna looked taken aback by her son's words.

"Gavin..." she tried to protest as she too stood to her feet.

"No," he said, his eyes flashing yellow again as his wolf surged forward. "You are so focused on getting me to marry Daisy, that you won't even see anything else around you. I will never marry Daisy, Mom. Not ever. Get that through your head. We are leaving now."

Donna was stunned and I could see it all over her face. I was stunned too if I were to be honest. Gavin didn't really give me much of a choice, not that I would have chosen to stay. But it was odd that he was practically dragging me out of the manor by the arm.

Donna followed us through the foyer, the butler, Doug, standing at the entrance with a frown on his face.

"Is everything okay?" He asked, looking around at everyone's faces.

Gavin turned to look at his mother, his eyes narrowed.

"I'll come see you again... this time without Judy. But for now, try not to cause any issues," he told her.

She looked like she wanted to protest, but her lips pressed together, and she relented.

"It was good to see you," she said to him, giving him a quick hug and kiss on the cheek. "Please, don't be a stranger."

He nodded, giving her a gentle squeeze which contrasted with our erupt leaving due to his aggravation. He turned to me and grabbed my arm, pulling me out of the door.

"Judy," Donna called after us, making Gavin freeze at the doorway. "I hope I didn't offend you too much. I hope you understand that as a mother, I only want what's best for my son."

I swallowed the lump in my throat I turned to look at her.

"And you don't think that's me?" I asked my voice coming out as barely a whisper.

She narrowed her eyes as she looked at me and Gavin's tense posture behind

me.

"No," she finally said after a long pause. "I don't believe you are what's right for Gavin."

Gavin's grip on my arm tightened; it wasn't painful, but enough to show his aggravation and his desire to pull me out of the manor and get me as far away from here as possible. I wasn't going to argue with him.

I nodded, without saying another word, and turned away from her.

"Thank you for dinner," I murmur and with that, we were leaving the manor and going back to the car.

Gavin opened the passenger door

for me, and slid in, my mind was a whirlwind, and I felt almost numb. I She was right; I wasn't good enough for Gavin and I was fooling myself. If I wasn't good enough for my own fated mate, what made me think I was good enough for Gavin Landry?

Gavin sat down in the driver's seat and buckled his seatbelt; once I buckled mine, he started the engine and started to drive. My head was still lost in thought as I stared out the window. I couldn't believe that interaction actually happened, and in front of Gavin above all. was embarrassed and I kind of felt sick to my stomach.

The silence stretched on for what felt like an eternity, and then Gavin spoke... his

words coming out so soft that I almost missed them.

"I'm sorry..."