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But it’s still far too soon to say it.

So our eyes drop to where his hips rock back forth, making the thick bar of his cock glide through my folds where he’s drenched my pussy.

As if he can’t resist teasing us both, his thumbs press on either side of my entrance as he nudges just the very tip of his cock to my slit. My mouth salivates as I watch his cum overflow from around his crown and my core squeezes against it.

Gideon’s eyes lift to mine, his expression alarmingly serious.

“Soon, angel.”

Soon indeed.

WINNOW

“So, where does she live?” Gideon’s eyes lift from the sink, where he’s spitting out his toothpaste, to mine in the mirror. “Virginia somewhere. Other than that, I have no idea where she moved after I broke up with her, and as you probably noticed, she never puts her name and address on her letters.” Gideon watches me for a moment as I scrub my teeth and also spit into the sink. At my silence, Gideon’s brow hitches, speaking through the toothbrush in his mouth. “Why do you ask?”

With a nonchalant shrug, I lean forward to rinse my mouth.

“Just wondering how close she is.”

My time with Gideon has taught me many things. Among them, are the facts that I am apparently willing to forsake my moral compass for this man, and that I am a better liar than I once thought.

Gideon’s eyes narrow like he doesn’t quite believe me.

“You sure you aren’t gettin’ any bright ideas?”

I feign my most appalled look as I rinse my toothbrush. “Darling, I am but a lamb, I assure you. Innocent and soft with no mind for violent intent or machinations.”

Gideon huffs a laugh. “A lamb with a hard head and a list of very specific questions.”

“I haven’t the foggiest notion of what you’re hinting at.”

“Uh-huh. Is it just a coincidence that you asked me her full name only moments after I got you set up on my computer?”

Damnation.

“Precisely.”

Standing on tip-toes, I press a kiss to Gideon’s cheek before exiting the bathroom. I can feel his eyes trailing me as I leave. And so help meAkash, I’m going to hunt this woman down if it’s the last thing I do.

Gideon’s voice follows me into the closet.

“You don’t need to worry about anything, angel, okay? I’m handling it.”

For the last few days, I’ve attempted to discreetly pepper him with questions so I could find out her identity.

If only I had my magic.

“I know you are,ferion. I trust you.”

I just don’t trust the slow and tedious process of your human limitations.

I was only able to uncover her first name after eavesdropping on Gideon’s phone call with his attorney. Since then, he’s ordered additional surveillance cameras that he and his ranch hands have already installed along his property lines and throughout the forest.

The amount of effort and difficulty humans have to endure in order to accomplish the most mundane of tasks sets my teeth grinding.

All while I quietly, andinnocently,bide my time and learn how to help him run his ranch—despite his protest and reassurance that I don’t need to do anything of the sort. If anything, his protests have become part of our morning routine that begins before the sun has risen.

Even now, as Gideon enters the closet behind me, muscles on full display as he slips into a shirt and tucks his half-hard cock into a pair of jeans, I can feel it on the tip of his tongue—the weight of it on his chest–as his eyes pass over me while I also get dressed.