The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 403

It was also true that I could hear Bjorn laughing from the backyard and wanted to see it.

I stepped out onto the back porch and found them in the wide stretch of grass behind the house. Bjorn had his cap on backwards now and was winding up with an exaggerated pitcher’s stance, tongue poking out the side of his mouth in concentration. Gideon stood at the other end of the yard, hands up, waiting.

Bjorn threw it. It went wide and low, and Gideon had to lunge sideways to catch it, which Bjorn found absolutely hilarious.

“Again!” Bjorn shouted.

I sat down on the porch steps and watched.

I had always wanted this for him. Since before he was even born, honestly, I had wanted my son to have what so many other kids got to have: a father figure who loved him, who cared for him, who would throw a ball with him.

I hadn’t been able to give him that. Not really. And it always broke my heart. 3

cracks in my chest fill in with something warm and golden. Gideon was patient with him. He took time

making the right decision in letting them spend

that I didn’t see the ball coming until it was a foot

scrunched my eyes shut as I prepared for

tightly gripping the ball. I blinked and looked up to see Gideon staring down at me, and for a moment,

way he was looking at me made my heart stutter in my chest. His eyes were soft, shimmering even in the morning light. His mouth was curved slightly, and he was close enough

proximity. For a moment, I almost considered moving closer. It

was low, deep, and

feelings that had bubbled up in

from across the

called out. “I knew you were gonna catch it! That’s why I threw it like that. I definitely did that on purpose! I’m not bad at throwing,

ways, forcing Bjorn to go running across the lawn after it.

on the step beside me, stretching his legs out in front of him. We watched Bjorn for a moment. Or at