Chapter 77

Alpha Gideon’s POV

I was taken aback by what she said.

“Are you silly? I can't take advantage of you in this situation,” I replied, my voice strained with both restraint and disbelief.

She was quiet for a second—just a second—before looking me straight in the eye with a kind of bold desperation I hadn’t seen in her before.

“I know you want this,” she whispered, her voice trembling but firm. “And I