How has he come to mean so very much to me?
I was in my element here, and he was so obviously out of his. It still shocked me that he was here at all, but I was glad he was.
Emboldened, as though the parameters had shifted, and feeling mesmeric, I reached out with a small smile playing on my lips and touched his brow to smooth away the look of consternation etched there.
“Don’t look so glum, Gideon,” I teased. “This is a fun zone.” His flesh was warm beneath my fingertips. A slight current passed between us, and I saw a faint spark in his eyes. I saw myself leaning in to him over this table, kissing him again. It quickly flashed through my mind. Just a hint of an image, a brief snippet of a movie in my mind.
I sat down at the oval table, across from Liam and to Gideon’s right. Liam loo
