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Gideon’s jaw clenched

"I told you

I had an unexpected appointment

I didn’t make it to lunch"

"Who was the appointment?" "It wasn’t Corinne"

"That’s not an answer!" I turned back to Dr

Petersen, who calmly returned my phone to me

"When I went up to his office to ask hi on, I discovered him half dressed and freshly showered, with one of his sofas bumped out of place, pillows strewn all over the floor - " "One goddamned pillow!" " - and red lipstick on his shirt"

"There are two dozen businesses in the Crossfire," Gideon said coldly

"She could have been visiting any one of the sarcasm

"Of course"

"Wouldn’t I have taken her to the hotel?" I sucked in a sharp breath, reeling

"You still have that roo a flare of panic

The realization that he still had his sex pad - a hotel roo and soain - hit h my chest

A low sound leftmy eyes shut

"Let’s slon," Dr

Petersen interrupted, scribbling rapidly

"I want to backtrack a bit

Gideon, why didn’t you tell Eva about Corinne?" "I had every intention of doing so," Gideon said tightly

"He doesn’t tellfor a tissue indown my face

Why would he keep that room? The only explanation was that he intended to use it with someone other than me

"What do you talk about?" Dr

Petersen asked, directing the question at both of us

"I’," Gideon muttered

Dr

Petersen looked up

"For what?" "Everything"

He raked a hand through his hair

"Do you feel that Eva’s too deaze on "

"Except the truth," I corrected, turning toward hi me with heat

"I’ve never lied to you"

"Do you want her to ask you for things, Gideon?" Dr

Petersen queried

Gideon frowned

"Think about that

We’ll come back to it"

Dr

Petersen turned his attention to ued by the photo you took, Eva

You were confronted with a situation that- " "There was no situation," Gideon reiterated coldly

"Her perception of a situation," Dr

Petersen qualified

"A patently ridiculous perception, considering the physical aspect of our relationship"

"All right

Let’s talk about that

How e"

My face heated

I looked at Gideon, who returned my look with a smirk

"Umm "

My lips twisted ruefully

"A lot"

"Daily?" Dr

Petersen’s brows rose when I uncrossed and recrossed

"Multiple ti his tablet flat on his lap, Dr

Petersen aze

"Is this level of sexual activity custo about my relationship with Eva is customary, Doctor"

"What was the frequency of your sexual encounters prior to Eva?" Gideon’s jaw tensed, and he glanced at me

"It’s okay," I told him, even as I conceded that I wouldn’t want to answer that question in front of hi the distance between us

I placed ave e"

The number of women quickly added up in my mind

My free hand fisted in ht up concerns of infidelity and lack of communication in your relationship

How often is sex used to resolve disagreements?" Gideon’s brow arched

"Before you assu under the demands of my overactive libido, you should know that she initiates sex at least as often as I do

If one of us were going to have concerns about keeping up, it’d bemale anatomy"

Dr