Claire’s POV
I blinked, looking at Gideon strangely. He seemed earnest, but the request was so sudden that I couldn’t fathom it was genuine. He would want to try again? After everything that had happened? After all these years had passed?
He genuinely wanted to try to be with me a second time?
It seemed so far-fetched that I struggled to accept it.
“Are you… serious?” I asked.
“Yes,” he said plainly, quickly – too quick to be a lie. He took no time to consider it. His eyes stayed locked on mine.
Between us, our mate bond sparked and burned, warming me from the inside out. I tried to ignoring it, wanting to keep my head on straight with this. I needed to think this through. I couldn’t allow my emotions to have me running straight back into the same situation that had hurt me so deeply
