"Are you scared to be in love with me?" Adeline searched his eyes, wanting to see the truth behind his intensity.
"No. It's not that I'm scared," Gideon stated, his voice softening as he rested his forehead against hers. "I feel excited thinking about this. I never received love from any woman. All I have ever received is betrayal from them. First, my mother, then my stepmother, who made my life a living hell for years," he asserted.
Shaking his head, he whispered, "I shouldn't even talk about all this in front of you. It's all in the past. But you... I know you'll never betray me." After how she jumped in to save him today, he realized it." His eyes carried a genuine admiration for her.
