Chapter 546

This kind of restraint had been Gideon's pattern lately, and Vanessa was getting tired of it. He was right there in front of her, always keeping that gentlemanly distance, never actually touching her skin. What she wanted was to push things further—to make him drop the act, get close, make it just the two of them.

One time. That was all it would take. After that, she'd have him completely. And the