Chapter 366

Gideon's POV

The moment Avery's lips touched Sebastian's cheek, I froze mid- step. Her kiss lingered for a beat too long, her fingers curled around his tie like they belonged there. He shut his eyes and sighed happily, like a man in love might.

In those few seconds, the floor fell away from beneath my feet, leaving me floating above a black hole that was threatening to suck me in.

"You're not the father," she had said just yesterday.

Did that mean...? No. I refused to believe that Sebastian and Avery were together, and especially that they had had a child together.

Shoving the thoughts down, I continued moving toward her.

"Do you seriously expect me to believe that you two are together?" I asked, stopping only a foot away.

from him. Her hand rested on his

I would certainly hope so," she said with

" Considering the fact that Sebastian and I even have

had been perpetually turning on its axis up until that point, suddenly came screeching to

heart that stopped beating. I stared at Avery. At the point of contact between her

At the way he smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist, drawing her closer. At the intimacy between them that I

Ten years.

to whichever gods were listening that she might be out there somewhere, looking for me

a couple of months ago, I had miraculously found out that my prayers had been answered. Or so

cruel joke. Avery was alive. But while I had been grieving her for a decade, while I had been losing my mind

ten years. A decade was a long time, and it

looked just like me, and we clearly had an affinity for one

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