Chapter 63

“But why?”

Jesse frowned. “Because I’m a bottom,” he said, as if that was all the explanation she needed. She didn’t speak, just let her confusion flow over him. “I don’t think Gideon would want that. It puts him in a submissive position.”

“Have you ever asked him?”

“Have I askedhim?” He repeated the question like the words were foreign to him. “I may have occasionally wondered what it would be like, but I’ve never thought to ask.”

There was no mistaking the genuine bewilderment coming from Jess. He really had never thought to ask for something like that. Emma had always known he played a more submissive role in the relationship—being introduced to him when he was still bruised and battered from being fucked at Sangre pretty much made that one clear—but she still would have expected him to ask for something if he wanted it. Gideon made it clear that he’d do anything for Jesse. This seemed like a pretty small wish to grant. In her eyes, though obviously not Jesse’s.