Chapter 6

Emma’s POV

“How do you want it? Do you want us to go straight ahead, or do you need a little time to cool off?” Gideon’s deep voice reverberated throughout the entire room.

Suddenly, I was nervous, and I was beginning to feel sweat trickle into the inside of my palm. Maybe it was because I had canceled all plans of ever sleeping with him in my mind, whatever it was, resulting in uncontrollable nerves. I pushed my fingers together to try to control my nerves a little.

I felt my fingers shake a bit, and I cleared my throat. “I think it’d be better to cool off before diving into it. Except you have somewhere to go?” I asked.

Gideon raised his hands to his chin; he was in a white suit and brown leather shoes. His lips were pinched together in thoughts, and I was starting to have wild thoughts about them. Slowly but discreetly, I clutched my heating thighs together, briefly gazing out the window.

The horizon of an incoming storm was shaped haphazardly in the