Chapter 144 He Owes me

***Gideon***

The loft is quiet.

Finally.

Too quiet for the kind of night we just walked out of.

I stand at the edge of the couch, arms crossed, watching her.

Hazel.

Curled slightly on her side, one arm tucked beneath her head, the other resting loosely against her stomach like she didn’t even realize she fell asleep here. Her breathing is steady. Soft. Controlled in a way that tells me she didn’t