Chapter 21

Emma’s POV

I woke up in a place I didn’t expect to, not in my childhood bedroom, rather I found myself back in Gideon’s penthouse. I sat up quickly, alarmed and confused. I was sure I had gone to visit my mother yesterday. I remember the taste of her meatballs on my buds, I remember cuddling my teddy last night in bed, so what exactly was I doing here, or was that all a dream?

“I brought you home last night,” I heard the familiar voice of Gideon say as if reading my thoughts. “Your mother let me into your room. She allowed me to bring you back home.”

“Gideon?” I called his name, wondering if I was seeing or hearing right.

“I read your note,” he said. “Why did you leave?”

I got up slowly, sitting down on the bed. Why did I leave? What answer does he want me to give to that? I couldn’t stay so I left? “I don’t know the answer you want, Gideon. If you’re just going to scold me like a little child again, I might just leave again.”

“You had no right to