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Bared To You

Monday- Eva & Cary unpacking boxes at new apartment.  Eva timing her walk to work. Comes face to face with Mr. Dark & Dangerous (Gideon) in the lobby.

Tuesday-First day at work for Eva, runs into Gideon in the elevator.

Wednesday-Works late with Mark, preparing for the Kingsman Vodka meeting. Steve brings in Chinese.

Thursday- Eva goes with Mark to Mr. Cross’s office for the vodka presentation. Gideon keeps her after the meeting to ask if she has a boyfriend. He wants to F*** her. Eva checks out Krav Maga class.

Friday-Lunch with Stanton, leaves her phone at his office. Meets Gideon in the elevator. Gideon takes her back to his office. He gets her on the couch, has to stop, has a meeting. Gideon and Eva kiss. Gideon tells Eva he wants her. She agrees to lunch with him on Monday. Cary and Eva go clubbing that night. They end up at a club owned by Gideon. Gideon joins them. Gideon and Eva talk, he knows a lot about her. He owns her apartment building. Gideon tells Eva he wants her. Eva wants more than just s*x, but not necessarily a relationship.

Saturday-Wakes up with a hangover. Gideon has sent over a hangover cure with a card telling Eva to call him with his number on the card. Cary, Eva and her mom have a spa day to get ready for the advocacy dinner.  Eva talks to her dad on the phone. She comes home alone. Finally calls Gideon, he is just around the corner and is coming over. They kiss and Gideon pleasures Eva. (More than once).) He asks her to go to the dinner with him. Gideon picks her up at 7. It seems as he cannot keep his hands off Eva. Eva is in the beautiful red dress with the slit. In the Limo, Eva has sex with Gideon, and then he becomes distant. Walks in on his arm, pictures being taken. He is withdrawn. Gideon gives the speech. She meets Christopher Jr. Gideon is jealous when she talks to Stanton’s nephew. Eva is confronted by Magdalene in the bathroom. Gideon has to go he says. (To call Corrine).Eva leaves, she is hurt.

Sunday-Eva is just going to play hermit all day. There are red roses from Gideon with a card. The phone has been ringing all morning, Gideon has left messages. Her and Cary talk.

Monday-Eva arrives early at work early to avoid Gideon. Gideon calls to remind her of their lunch date. Gideon comes to her office to take her to his office for lunch. He needs to explain, agrees he f**ked up. Gideon needs control, Eva took that away. But Gideon does want a real relationship with her, an exclusive relationship. After work, they get Eva a new phone. They then go to the gym (one Gideon owns).After the gym, they are going to a hotel (his f**k pad). On the way he gives her a passionate kiss on the street. (for the photographers)  They have s*x, Eva realizes this is his f**k pad and she runs. Ends up in a restaurant, Gideon calls and comes and gets her. Gideon says he messed up; he wants to take her to his home. Gideon says that he has never taken anyone else there. They go to his penthouse, a night filled with s*x. Gideon has a nightmare, Eva wakes with him on top of her.

Tuesday- Eva gives him the picture of her blowing a kiss. Eva sees the picture of them kissing with the article. (She is his significant other) Eva has lunch with Cary. Bl*wjob in Gideon’s office.  Angus drives her home, she leaves her keys for Gideon. Gideon comes to her apartment that night.

Wednesday- Shower together. Pictures of Cary and Eva; also one of Gideon with Magdalene from the night before. Eva plans to go to lunch with Mark and Steve. Gideon wants to talk to Eva, she ignores him, so he makes her ride with him, spat outside the restaurant, and they make up. (Caught on video).Eva tells Gideon they need to talk. After work they go to Gideon’s penthouse. Eva tells her story; she is ready to run afraid Gideon cannot handle what he has heard. They have s*x. Then go out for a very intimate dinner. Gideon has bought her a blue cocktail dress. (The color of his eyes). Gideon agrees to couples therapy. Gideon has another nightmare; he will not take to Eva. So, Eva runs back to her apartment in only her black silk robe. Gideon called to let Cary know. Sends Gideon a text saying she is home safe.

Thursday- Magdalene comes to see Eva at work, Eva calls Scott to have someone come get her and take her to Gideon. Eva runs into Christopher Jr. and has lunch with him. He gives her invitation to the Garden Party at the Vidal’s. Gideon sends her keys back with a Thank you for everything note.  Eva has an appointment with her mom and Dr. Peterson. Her mom is upset that she told Gideon about Nathan. Also, Monica tells Eva that Gideon visited Richard.

Friday-Eva goes to work, no Gideon. Goes to the gym after work.

Saturday-Cary and Eva shop for clothes to wear to the garden party. Talks to her dad.

Sunday-Garden party, Elizabeth seems happy to meet Eva – is surprised she is a blond. Eva talks to Ireland. Gideon shows up and shows Eva other uses for a library several times.  Magdalene catches them in the act. Gideon tells her that it is this house that is in his dreams. He tells her she needs to have a safeword. Gideon thanks her for being what he wants and needs; she takes care of him in a place that makes his skin crawl. Christopher comes in on them. They go back to the penthouse. Gideon has pictures of her and them on the walls in his office, gives her a picture of the two of them for her office. He talks to her about a dom/sub relationship. Gideon has set up a bedroom exactly like hers so when she feels she needs to run, she can go there and be safe. They have dinner together. Gideon gives her a ring- not that ring, not yet. She wakes wanting him, finally decides to wear the ring.

Monday- Riding to work, in clothes that Gideon bought her to be at his penthouse. Cary has sent her the video of Christopher and Magdalene at the party. Eva tells Gideon she loves him. Eva sends flowers with notes three times during the day. Eva gives Gideon a ring, he wears the ring. The limo picks them up after work, s*x in the limo. The go to the gym to work out and then go back to Eva’s. Gideon, Eva and Cary eat Chinese food together. When they go sleep, Gideon has a nightmare, he wants to leave. Eva makes him stay.

Tuesday- Eva goes to a business lunch with Gideon. Gideon has appointment with Dr. Peterson.  Gives him medicine to help with the nightmares and sleep. Eva cooks dinner, Gideon comes over.

Wednesday- Eva has lunch with Mark and Steve, meets Shawna – Steve’s sister. Gideon and Eva go to the gym after work. Go back to the penthouse, delayed gratification. Get ready for the Gala dinner for the crisis shelter at the Waldorf Astoria. (He doesn’t think her dress covers enough of her.) Eva talks to Magdalene and is introduced to Corinne. Gideon and Eva go to the limo and ride until Gideon has f**cked Eva. Back to the dinner, Eva is feeling ignored, Corinne sitting at their table. She meets Dr. Lucas, going for a drink, Gideon holds tight to her. Lucas and Gideon argue, Eva says “Crossfireâ€. Gideon lets her go and she leaves. Eva goes back to her apartment and walks in on Cary and friends in a compromising position. Gideon follows, punches a guy. Eva goes to the shower, rolled in a ball, Gideon joins her fully dressed. They discuss the evening’s events. Gideon says he loves her. It was Corinne who had called him during the Advocacy dinner. Gideon tells her about Corinne and how she proposed to him. They get dressed and pack some things to go to the penthouse. They get to Angus and the car when Gideon says he forgot something and has to go back upstairs. He doesn’t need her keys, he had one made before he gave them back to her, and also he had given her key to the penthouse at the same time.

I hope that my next posts will be helpful. My husband thinks that I am a little OCD. But I need to be able to have thinks make sense, so I have gone through the books & made timelines. They may seem long & I am sorry. I really wanted to be able to give us all a quick reference. Please let me know if I have missed anything. hopefully this will help all of us in our reading or devouring of the series.

I hope that my next posts will be helpful. My husband thinks that I am a little OCD. But I need to be able to have thinks make sense, so I have gone through the books & made timelines. They may seem long & I am sorry. I really wanted to be able to give us all a quick reference. Please let me know if I have missed anything. hopefully this will help all of us in our reading or devouring of the series.

I hope that my next posts will be helpful. My husband thinks that I am a little OCD. But I need to be able to have thinks make sense, so I have gone through the books & made timelines. They may seem long & I am sorry. I really wanted to be able to give us all a quick reference. Please let me know if I have missed anything. hopefully this will help all of us in our reading or devouring of the series.

I have a question.  On the night Gideon told Eva No more Corinne, Gideon told Eva that the kitchen fire was his alibi.  Eva thought Corinne was the alibi, and so did I.  I also got the impression from Graves that the kitchen fire is what convinced her Gideon killed Nathan.  Gideon believed that enough people saw him dealing with the FDNY, insurance, etc. that they couldn't pin the murder on him.  Do you think his lawyers are convinced that they could prove reasonable doubt because of the fire?

I think Gideon was saying to Eva that Corinne was not his alibi, meaning that he was not with her the whole night. After the fire, she left when he was dealing with everything. Plus he wanted to make sure that Eva knew he did not spend any additional time with her that night.

My thoughts on a title for book $:

 

Absolved by You

 

Redeemed by you

 

Can hardly wait.

Sorry I was tired when I typed this it should have been book 4!

My thoughts on a title for book $:

 

Absolved by You

 

Redeemed by you

 

Can hardly wait.

So happy I finally got my validation to post. Looking forward to sharing this Crossfire journey with all of you!

I'm thinking, that Gideon and Evas wedding will appear early in book 4 as LN stated, fending off the exes, letting everyone know that Eva is Gideons.

But that they will renew their vows to each other in front of family and friends. Also, so Victor can give his daughters hand officially to Gideon.

Monica can go whistle.

Agreed She has to have Victor there for her! Also that she can tell her dad her new name - Eva Lauren Tramell Reyes Cross.

I've got this vision of somewhere in the first few chapters of Book Four, the sensational news breaking "Gideon Cross Marries Eva Trammell In Private Ceremony On A Caribbean Beach!!!!" Exclusive photos from freelance journalist Deanna Johnson!!!!! 

 

Thus the December wedding is going to be a moot point. The only reason Eva wanted to keep up a front We're-Engaged is to appease Mommica and head off her (Monica) pitching one of her emotional tantrums over the fact her daughter up and eloped. Eva's still regressing sometimes when it comes to knee-jerk appeasing of her mother, but fortunately, New Eva is learning how to stand up to Monica.

 

Think about what Gideon and Eva talked about in Chapter 8, once they both figured out that part of Deanna's evil idea to paint Gideon as a violent crazy was going to involve painting Eva as a s.l.u.t caught in bed with two men (a lie) and caught in the arms of Brett Kline (true). Eva pointed out that Crisis Management 101 would be for Gideon to defuse a brewing scandal by distancing himself from Eva. Gideon's counterpoint to that was to point out the other option would be to marry Eva.

 

So now as Book Four opens:

• Eva and Cary are supposed to go to San Diego for the weekend.
• Brett's scheduled to be in concert in San Diego that weekend.
• Gideon is still scrambling to defuse the sex tape situation.

 

Show the world proof Eva is everything in his eyes (so even if the worst happens with that tape, it won't matter in the end)  -- and -- make Brett once and for all give up on trying to woo Eva? Let the story "slip" that she's Mrs. Gideon Cross. Kills two birds with one stone.

 

It'd come full circle from that first thing he did the day they became a full-fledged couple: arranged for a paparazzi "candid" picture of them kissing followed by a news release from Cross Industries identifying Eva by name as a socialite who definitely is his significant other. Think about how he deliberately manipulated the media too, for his own ends (desperate ones in this case) to make everyone believe he'd dumped Eva for Corrine.

I think that at the end of Entwined, when Gideon and Deanna were talking - Gideon was either giving her the details on the engagement to run accompanying the pictures from that nights event. Or he was giving her the info on their secret wedding complete with photo. This would hopefully, keep Brett at bay and solidify Gideon's and Eva's relationship to the public.

I have a question about one of my all time favorite scenes--the airplane ride to the Caribbean. 

 

When Gideon was introducing Eva to the cuffs he told her to close her eyes and use your safeword before you open you eyes if you have to.

 

Then he said "Let's be very clear about this, Eva.  Your safeword isn't for me It's for you.  All you have to say to me is no or stop, but just like wearing the cuffs makes you feel bound, saying your safeword will put your mind in the right place.  Do you understand?' 

 

Where is the right place he wants her mind that means no?  Just curious.

To me, Gideon wants Eva to know that once she uses her safeword he will stop- she will have control. Because in this situation her saying no or stop, will not necessarily make him stop. Eva' s mind being in the "right" place is knowing that she says the word and it stops.