Chapter 229

Gideon's POV

"Gideon, why do you think I had plastic surgery and ran away?"

The scars on her fair skin were horrific.

Almost instinctively, I rolled up her sleeve only to see her arm covered with scars.

I persistently lifted the sleeve on her other arm, which was also covered in burn marks and twisted scars. It looked really heartbreaking.

"What happened to you?" I asked, my voice trembling with s