The Marriage Ultimatum

Gideon had initially planned to leave the island the next day.

He was tired.

Gideon wanted to just lay quietly in the room that still carried Tess's scent.

When a breeze blew in through the window, carrying the fragrance of the gardenia on the windowsill, it momentarily soothed him.

Gideon mused, 'Tess really has no intention of coming back, she doesn't even want her flowers. But that's to be expe