This does not surprise me because the more I reread this part of the book the more I get pi$$ed at Gideon and wonder why we are feeling sorry for him at all at this point....that was such a horrible evening for Eva and this evening was so close to the time after she comforted him after he attacked her...he knows she is his safe place why oh why did he treat her this way ; especially at the dinner table that is the part that angers me the most . The way he cut her off that nite is as bad as when he cut her off at the Advocacy dinner but much more humiliating since it was witnessed by Corinne herself, Magdalene, and none other than Dr. Lucas. And then not more than 2 weeks later he's pulling the same stunt with Corinne again dropping Eva after the beautiful weekend they spent together in NC and humiliating her once again by her becoming tabloid fodder... As I say again, if Eva weren't so broken would she really want a man like that ? I dont even think the brunettes would want him after a few stunts like that. Gideon has a long way to go in our(the readers') eyes also... It is to the point I skip over this part in the book when I reread because it just doesn't make me feel good...