"So, I'm better than a stranger? You don't know me, either.".Gideon shrugged again. "True. I don't know you, not really, but what I do know, I like. You're nice, you're stronger than you appear, and I don't know how to say it, but I'm drawn to you.""I have a fated mate," he exclaimed, because although he didn't want to marry Gideon, he didn't want to hurt him. "He may have, uh, rejected me, but that hasn't changed the way I feel. I don't know if I'd ever be able to love another person or have the bond that I have with him. I-I'm sorry. I don't want to hurt you."Gideon didn't seem upset though. "I know, Nick.". Ryan explained pretty much what happened that night. I understand. Look, I'm just not interested in you that way. I'm interested but it's not romantic. I enjoy being around you and being real friends with you but not being with you, not romantically. He looked down, his face flushing, "I-I don't have that kind of attraction to anyone if I'm being honest.". Or, uh, be interest
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