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I guess I'm hung up on the words " would have been a one night stand over and done with" in chapter 18 of CBY when Gideon is telling Eva why Deanna is upset. I'm feeling he gave Eva part truths when he told her back in EWY that he had "been" with Deanna once. He would have been referring to the time he answered the phone which Deanna told Eva about. He feels it only counts if he used his #$%&. He would have felt the "other encounters" didn't count so she need not know about it. Corrine would not have told Deanna he has a dark side. Maggie wouldn't talk to Deanna. Perhaps only Anne told her but how would Deanna know Anne and Gideon were together since it was a secret affair. I still feel Deanna and Gideon had more than one night . He used the sex toys on her and was probably cool and dark towards her. Thier last time together he didn't finish and answered the phone . She would have experienced his dark side and his iciness and that's why she told Eva he melted a bit for her. If Deanna and Gideon only had one night she sure knows alot about him and is comfortable enough to place her hand on his forearm and talk candidly about being his lover and how Eva wouldn't want a past lover thrown in her face. If it was one night then Deanna has huge issues but we know she doesn't cause in the Afterburn book she is able to handle one night stands and handle kink and has been around..sleeping with married men to get info and dirt for a good story. Gideon used her several times and the final time was when he burned her by answering the phone and the Deanna off. She didn't get what she wanted and he probably ignored her ever since. Do I think Deanna will continue to be an issue...no. The wording in chapter 18 of CBY caught me off guard.

I just re read CBY and in chapter 18 I think I have finally figured out why Deanna was so scorned. Gideon is telling Eva that he used Deanna to let Anne know that the door was closed between them. He says Deanna was collateral damage and she would have been a one night stand over and done with. So maybe I'm wrong but it seems they had more than one night. .In EWY he tells Eva that he #$%& Deanna once but perhaps she was a repeated "sexual encounter" to keep Anne away. Also Anne also told Eva that Deanna must be good in bed because he #$%% her alot. So now I'm thinking they may have fooled around with his toys more than just one night. I have wondered why Deanna was so upset. I guess when he finally decided to have intercourse with her he answered the phone. And asked her to leave. I also thought their conversation in CBY was odd when she brought the news of Corrine's book...she calls herself his lover and Gideon told her he is not like that anymore. I thought this was odd for a night that didn't end well. . But i could be wrong.. He did tell Eva he tends to avoid overly eager woman, which he insinuated Deanna was just that... Any thoughts? I'm desperately waiting the next book and perhaps over thinking what Deanna's problem was. She's a modern woman who has had many one night stands.