Chapter 185

---- Chapter 185 Just as Giselle hesitated , Gideon noticed the dog curled up on the other end of the couch. "What's wrong with your dog? Sick again?" Seeing her dog's weak and raspy state, Giselle was reminded that he still hadn't recovered completely yet. The thought of having to go back to the Kane Group for medicine weighed on her again. She explained everything to Gideon, including the real reason she had gone to see Donovan tonight.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier ?"' As a fellow dog owner, he understood her attachment to her dog. "Don't go to him again. I'll handle it." He got up and gently scooped Giselle's dog into his arms. Then, he said confidently, "T'll take him to get the meds right now. Tomorrow, you'll see him bouncing around like nothing has happened." "What? Where are you even going to get the medicine ?" She thought he was just saying things. "T'll go to Uncle Ethan." "Forget it.

I don't want to strain your relationship with him over something like this." "Do you think something that small could strain us?" Gideon. ---- chuckled. Then, he continued confidently , "You have no idea. My uncle treats me better than most fathers treat their sons. Sure, he grumbles, but he still gives me whatever I want in the end. Whether it's money, women, or anything, he always gives in. "'He's the one person who changed my life.

Sometimes I wonder why he still cares so much about me, even though he already has his own son. I don't get it. But somehow, my life turned around the moment I met him. I was born doomed, but he flipped my fate. At this point, Giselle compared Gideon's face to Ethan's in her mind, but couldn't find much of a resemblance. She asked, "What about your biological father?" At the thought of his background , he reacted without much emotion. "No idea.

I don't think I've told you, but my mom was in that line of work. Not sure which client knocked her up, but she insisted on having me." Giselle was visibly surprised. "So yeah, I'm a bastard in every sense of the word," Gideon added with a self-deprecating laugh. There was no shame in his voice, as if he had long come to terms with it. "I lived with my grandma until I was five. My mom showed up maybe once a year. Then, when I was five, I heard my mom had passed away. I never found out why.

After ---- that, my grandma passed too, and I was sent to live with the Graysons. "Later, they had their own kid and wanted me out of the picture. That's when Uncle Ethan stepped in, like some kind of savior, and took me in. He turned this stray dog into his pet. Still a dog, though." His tone was indifferent, but there was something complicated in his eyes. Giselle could feel the weight of his story, so she gently patted his shoulder. "I'm sorry for bringing all that back.

It sounds like we both come from broken homes... However, let's let the past stay in the past." When Gideon happened to catch the intensity of her gaze, his breathing hitched for a second. Then, he suddenly wrapped his arm around her waist, pulled her close, and kissed her hard.