Please, give me a chance

"WHY are you so far away from me?"

I was about to turn off the lamp beside me when I heard Gideon.

I snapped my head at him. He was sitting on the right side of the bed, his back was resting on the headboard. I was here on the opposite side.

It was our first night here in his house after moving out of the hospital.

We were still alone in the house. Tomorrow, we will be joined by the physical therapy nurse that Amelia hired for Gideon.

Gideon cleared his throat as his eyes remained on me. "Haven't we slept in the same bed before?"

I wanted to laugh as I remembered everything he said in the mausoleum.

"We do. Sometimes. You were always out of town, Gideon."

It was true. He was always away for business. And I preferred it that way.

During the four months we were together, we only had sex five times. He was always in bad mood every time he demanded sex from me.

The last time we had sex, he was mad about losing an important business deal.

We'd shared the same bed but we never once