Gideon noticed the shift in Delilah immediately.
She looked worried now, her hesitation no longer subtle. She stepped back and began placing the documents down, as if trying to hide them again.
Before she could go any further, he reached out and placed his hand over the papers, stopping her.
"I can't promise that I won't look for more after I finish reading this," he said.
He paused, then continued, "But I can promise you I won't end up like your husband… I already have some idea of who he was, by the way. Kilian and Aaron told me a little."
"But still… you don't know that," she said with a sigh. "Ah, what am I even saying? Even if you promise me, you could still break it."
Gideon didn't like that.
The way she said it, it was as if she didn't believe him at all. As if every promise he made was something temporary, something meant to be broken.
