The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 168

"Yeah!" One of the young males mistook Analise's frown as contempt for Gideon. He immediately added, "Miss, he lives in a garbage dump and smells like trash!"

"Yeah. He stinks. We're going to be adults soon. Miss, what do you think of us?" another male chimed in.

The lifespan of therians in the Interstellar therian world was longer than that of humans. Hence, it wasn't odd to see younger males in a relationship with older females.

The males assumed that Analise was one of the young ladies from a prominent family in Shadowhawk Alliance, judging by her good looks and her ancient attire.

They fantasized about getting her romantic attention.

"You're no good. I can see your poor character from the way you insulted Gideon." After that, Analise did not pay them more attention—they were just a bunch of kids.

Holding the hand of young Gideon, she left.

Young Gideon tried to remove his hand from her grasp, but she held him firmly, refusing to let him go.

Analise had never asked about Gideon's past because he had never brought it up. From the start, all she knew was that he was a Shadowhawk Alliance scientist.

Besides, she was fooled by Gideon's ability and his air of nobility. It never occurred to her that Gideon had been living and running his research in a garbage dump.

How many hardships had he suffered over these years? How did he make it through?

Tears welled up in her eyes. She felt sorry for him.

"Do you not hate me?" The young Gideon turned around. He felt oddly anxious when he saw the tears in Analise's eyes.

"Why would I hate you?" Analise continued walking, still holding his hand firmly.

"The other females and older males shunned me when they heard that I lived in a garbage dump. I guess they kept a distance from me because they thought I was filthy," he whispered.

She turned the question around. "Do you think you're filthy?"