Seducing My Ex's Father In Law

"Hey," I said to her, putting my hands on her small shoulders. "Just breathe. They are gone... it's okay..."

Judy took in a deep breath as she fought to control her breath. Once she was finally calmer, her eyes peeked up at me through her long and dark lashes.

"Thanks,' she whispered.

"Want to tell me why you didn't tell me about your running in with my mother," I asked, my voice firm, though I tried to keep it calm.

She bit her lower lip and looked away, but I grabbed her chin gently and brought her head back up so she was looking at me again.

"Tell me the truth," I demanded. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because it wasn't exactly a pleasant conversation and I didn't want you to think

so little of me," she admitted, her eyes meeting mine.

My brows furrowed

"Think little of you?" I asked. "What happened?"

and I got up to go to the bathroom and they cornered me," I

of protectiveness coursing through my veins and a

to you?" I asked through

you and that you'll tire of me soon enough," I murmur. "That

escaped me; I was seeing

such lies. There was no way in hell I was ever going to mate and marry Daisy,

wanted to rip someone's head off their shoulders, but when I saw the tears filling Judy's eyes, my anger

nape of her neck. "Why would I think little of you?" I recalled her reasoning for not telling

I had it wiped away before

to be an Elite Gamma... I won the Gamma competition... and yet I can't stand up for myself when it comes to your mother and Daisy," she whispered. "It was embarrassing, and I didn't want you to

against her, keeping my hand on the back of her neck to keep her in place as I absorbed not only her words but her

your fault. My mother has a way of getting under your skin," I told her. "Not fighting her was the best thing you could have done in that situation, so you've done well. Don't beat yourself up over it. They shouldn't have cornered you and they certainly shouldn't have said those things

I realized it did

unconventional relationship, it

hard to believe the words my mother spat