The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 119 It was unspeakably kind of her to offer, but some things | just couldn't bring myself to say. How could | explain? Should | say that | thought | loved Gideon but he wanted nothing to do with me romantically? That when we were together, especially physically, my whole body hummed, but he didn't seem to feel the same way? That every time | saw him with Dierdra | wanted to throw things? Every day | watched them interact. | heard her giggles pealing from Gideon's office when | walked past.

| slept with earplugs in so that | wouldn't have to hear any noises from his bedroom across the hall at night. Dierdra would show up where | was working with regularity, just to make barbed comments. | survived by making myself like ice, not showing her any emotion, and only responding when | needed to. It wasn't enough, and | knew it, but | was at a loss as to how to handle her better. She knew it too, with her smug expression and quiet threats where no one else could hear.

grin. "It made you smile, so it would be worth it." she said with a sly glance. "But I'll hold off for now. Just... take care of yourself, ok? You seem so distracted,

patted Gideon's arm, or offered him food off her plate, or laughed at every word he said, even when they weren't funny. | could take some consolation from the fact that Gideon also seemed a bit annoyed at all the attention. He never said any cross word, but there was something about the way he fidgeted in his chair, or clenched his jaw, that made me feel like he wanted to be elsewhere | knew Dierdra wasn't his true mate. He knew it. So why

and... body? "Stupid men and their sense of duty." | grumbled. ---- "Amen to that." Madelyn agreed, "Ah, crap, here comes Ms Bossypants." | glanced up to see Dierdra approaching down the garden path. She was dressed in a lacy sundress with a large straw hat and looked like a perfect picture of springtime. | looked down at myself, my muddy