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

"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."

you to give Judy nothing but your disrespect. You've been rude to her since the moment we

taken aback

as she too stood to

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

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

standing at

everything okay?" He asked, looking around at

at his mother, his eyes

But for now, try not to

but her lips pressed together, and she

to him, giving him a quick hug and kiss on the cheek. "Please, don't

to his

too much. I hope you understand

in my throat I

you don't think that's me?" I asked my voice

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