Chapter 16 Summary

Gideon tells Eva it's not that he doesn't want her here. He says that he can't be here. He says that what is in his dreams is this house. As Gideon and Eva continue to fool around with each other, she tries to goad him into having anal sex with her. He says he doesn't do anal. She confesses that she doesn't either, but she wants him to do it to her to erase what Nathan did to her. Gideon asks if Eva has a safe word. He gets her to give him a safe word and performs anal sex on her with his finger. They continue to have sex when they hear someone coming.

Eva tells Gideon Magdalene was in there earlier. Gideon tells her that her skirt covers everything as he stays inside of her and his finger stays inside of...