The Heartless Alpha’s Beloved Luna

Chapter 430

Avery’s POV

“I love you, Avery.” He said it again but more slowly, like he wanted to make sure each word landed with the equal amount of pressure. “I always have. And I’m sorry that I didn’t make it clear enough before. I’m sorry that I pushed you away because I was too much of a coward to say it out loud.”

I looked at his hand on my wrist. Then at his face.

His eyes were still glassy, pupils still wide open, a deep flush still coloring his face from the aphrodisiac burning through his system. I wanted to believe him, but looking at me like he was trying to figure out if there was one or two of me wasn’t making it easy.

“Gideon,” I said, “you’re high.”

“I still know what I’m saying.”

“That’s what everyone says when they’re not sober enough to mean it,” I muttered.

“I couldn’t stop thinking about you after what happened in the greenhouse, you know. I tried. Believe me, I tried.” He dragged his lower lip through his teeth. “You’ve been driving me out of my mind since… honestly, since the moment we met ten years ago.”

I rolled my eyes and pulled my wrist away. “You might desire my body right now because of the drugs and the full moon, but that doesn’t mean you love me.” 1

“Why not?”

answer that. And yet, I

Gideon nodded toward the door. “Are you going to run

“Should I?”

hesitating, then looked at the floor and

I blinked, surprised.

I’m not going

what I

would be to just walk out the door. The banquet was still going on downstairs. Sebastian was waiting for me with an unfinished conversation and a solution

obviously, was to leave, just

did. I picked up my skirt with one hand and the bowl with another and took

of my chest like a dog at the other end of a leash Her heels

I froze.

you doing?” I

Not like

isn’t good for

know exactly what

shoved against my chest The bowl slipped from my fingers and cracked against the floor, sending