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“I don’t want anyone else,” he told her, the tears that he fought so hard to keep fro free “I don’t need anyone else, Beth You’re it for me”

What Beth had not understood was that there wasn’t enough room in his heart for anyone else and Elijah feared there never would be Beth was all he wanted All he needed Even if he only had herto have her back, but he still reme that she endured while she and the doctors did everything in their power to beat the cancer that had eaten away at her brain

He would never want that for her again and ultimately, he knew she was in a much better place To want her to have to suffer just so he could have her with hi Elijah wasn’t

As far as he was concerned, he had already experienced the greatest pleasure that life had to offer He was race the planet And yes, he still considered them married They would be until the day he died and went to join her

Until then, Elijah just had to keep on ht, he fully intended to look forward to what the future ain, he knew he had to do as necessary to be as happy as he could be

After all, he had made a proetting ready than she kneas necessary, but no a to herself had seemed to calm her

She was antsy

Yes, antsy That was probably the best word to describe the way she had been feeling for the last hour Her restlessness seeht on by a mixture of nerves and anticipation Mixed with a miniscule amount of confusion and uncertainty

In a word, she was a an had finished dinner and Saan had excused himself to make a call Sam had instantly assumed the call ork related When he came back into the kitchen to tell her he wanted to take her to Devotion again tonight, she’d realized he hadn’t been talking business

At first, she’d been confused They had just gone the night before and going several days in a row generally wasn’t his MO

Rather than question Logan’s sudden interest in going again, Sam had ier that had returned to his eyes

Whoever had been on the other end of that call had brought about the spontaneous request to go to the club and that intrigued her