Seducing My Ex's Father In Law Chapter 446

Chapter 446

I was about to head toward the house, but then, from the corner, the door opened and Gavin walked out. He approached the car door and leaned in, only to see me already sitting in the passenger seat.

“Hey,” I said to him. “Where’s Beta Taylor?”

“He had something to take care of,” Gavin replied, his eyes scanning the area as he waited for me to buckle in.

“Erik couldn’t pick me up?” I asked. Erik was usually my backup driver at the mansion—if Taylor couldn’t get me from school, it was typically Erik.

Gavin narrowed his eyes at me.

“Do you have a problem with me picking you up?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.

I snapped my head toward him.

“No, of course not. I’m just wondering why you went out of your way,” I said honestly.

We hadn’t talked since our date last night, and things were a little weird. The date had been amazing, and it ended on a good note, but I wasn’t sure where we stood now. Were we still keeping it casual? Or was this something more? I wanted to ask him, but I decided to keep my mouth shut—for now.

“It wasn’t out of my way,” he muttered, almost defensively. “I was passing by and figured I’d pick you up on my way home.”

I raised an eyebrow.

“You were passing by?” I asked, suspiciously.

Looking at his profile, I noticed how tense he was. I had the sudden urge to reach out and touch him, to give him some sort of comfort. His knuckles were turning white from gripping the steering wheel so tightly, and I frowned when I saw his biceps flexing with the strain.

I opened my mouth to say something, but his words cut through the silence.

“My mother wants us over for dinner this evening.”

My heart practically stopped. I turned to him, eyes wide, jaw nearly dropping.

“What?” I asked, unsure if I’d heard him right.

He sighed, gripping the wheel even tighter, the tension in his body radiating through the car.
“She insists we go to her place for dinner this evening,” he told me. “Don’t overthink it… she saw us out last night, and now she wants to get to know you.”

“Your mother wants to know me?” I asked, my jaw practically on the floor. “Why?”
From the few encounters I’d had with his mother, none of them had been pleasant.

“Are you forgetting what the purpose of our arrangement was in the first place?” he asked, eyes fixed on the road ahead. “To get my mother off my back about marriage. She thinks we’re in a committed relationship, and now she wants to know you better. Make amends for the times she was rude to you. Her words.”

“And you believe her?” I asked, raising my brows. He couldn’t seriously be that naïve… could he?
“She’s been spending all her time with Daisy. Is she going to be there too?”

“No,” he said, his expression darkening. “She won’t be there. You don’t have to worry about that.”

Even though he said I didn’t have to worry, I was very worried. What was the real reason his mother wanted to see me tonight? I had a hard time believing it was just to “get to know me.” Not after everything that had happened.

“I don’t have anything to wear,” I told him.

If I was going to dinner with his mother, I knew I’d have to dress appropriately. The former Luna lived in a stunning manor tucked away in a secluded part of the pack territory—and only those personally invited were allowed through the gates.

“I’ll take care of it,” he murmured. “I already have someone shopping.”

My stomach twisted into a knot.

I didn’t like any of this, but I wasn’t about to start an argument. So I nodded and turned to stare out the window, trying to mentally prepare myself for what tonight would bring. This was the last thing I wanted to deal with. I needed to study and tutor Matt—not face off with a Landry at dinner from hell.

Just then, my phone buzzed, pulling me from my thoughts. I dug through my bag until I found it and glanced at the screen.

Nan’s name lit up.

It was a text—actually, a picture message.

I opened the image, and my heart dropped.

It was a photo of Sammy… talking to Ethan.