The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 504

He had to walk on eggshells just to brush against her hand, terrified of sparking her disgust.

Yet now, some random bookstore owner from out of nowhere could stand boldly by her side and even touch her skin.

That spot was supposed to be his.

He was the one who handled all the heavy lifting and managed the trivial chores around the flower shop.

But now, some death-wishing outsider had casually strolled in and blatantly usurped his place.

She was actually smiling—giving such a gentle look to a completely irrelevant stranger.

She was standing there peacefully, listening to this man spout his boring nonsense.

A jealousy so potent it threatened to burn away every shred of his sanity violently churned in Gideon's chest.

What right did that man have to get so close to her? What right did he have to earn her smile?

He wanted to storm right into the shop, tear that hypocritical, bespectacled man to shreds, and erase him from the face of the earth forever.

He wanted to lock her away in his airtight villa where no one would ever be able to look at her again.

But he didn't dare.

He was terrified that if he lost control of his temper, if he lashed out in front of her, it would only scare her away.

He knew exactly how impenetrable her defenses were. It had taken him so long just to earn the right to sit beside her.

He had exhausted all his patience and made endless compromises over the past few weeks just to win this fragile peace where she didn't run from him.

If he charged in now, if he bared that manic need for control and violence right in front of her, it would shatter this delicate balance instantly.

She would hate him. She would be utterly repulsed by him.

Her hands, which were finally showing slight improvement, might cramp and sustain further injury from the violent emotional spike.

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