CHAPTER 0142

GIDEON'S POV

I sat quietly as I twirled the whiskey in my hand while watching Arthur pace furiously across the room, his shoes thudding against the floor with growing agitation.

“You can’t go through with this, Gideon—and you know it,” he snapped, spinning around to face me.

I raised my gaze to meet his, calm yet unwavering. “You, of all people, should know that I can do anything I damn well plea