Vera did not even realise that she was holding her breath as she waited for Gideon's response. Her face had long since flushed red and hot at the boldness of her own words. But she did not even have any time to feel embarrassed because all her attention was fixed on nothing else but on him.
Those eyes that never failed to draw her breath away every time she looked into them so deeply were now dilated as he looked at her with a severe expression that she could not quite fathom. However, she hoped that his look would mean something positive to her. Since he has yet to push her away or reject any of her smaller advances.
"I want you…" she added, "I want you so bad…" her voice a pleasing echo in his ears. "Make love to me, Gideon," she repeated once again. The ache and sadness in her eyes were then replaced by a stubborn determination now, rendering him even more speechless. The surprised look on his face told her that he had not expected her to say those words to him. At all.
