Cornered on the Sofa

POV: Valerie.

The polished, dutiful mask on Gideon’s handsome face dissolves in an instant. Just a second ago, he played the perfect gentleman showing me around his father’s estate. Now, that civilized facade evaporates, replaced by the hungry, calculated gaze of a predator cornering its prey. Panic claws at my throat. He is my future stepbrother, yet the look in his eyes holds zero familial warm