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Elijah had absolutely no idea what it was, but his response to Sa unexpected That’s what it was

“My pleasure,” he told her, his gaze sliding up to an had mentioned more than once just how incredibly beautiful his as, but Elijah knew men did that all the time In a husband’s eyes, his wife should be the most beautiful woman in the world From experience, Elijah had expected Samantha to be pretty He had not, however, expected her to be quite as resplendent as she was

The wo he had learned last night – but she was even more radiant in that short, shiny dress

Ok, so eous, but she was incredibly attractive More so than her outer beauty, there was sorabbed a hold of him by his shirt collar He wasn’t sure what it was, but he’d be damned if he knehat to do about it

When he’d arrived at Devotion tonight, he had half expected to find out that he had iined all of it The way she had pulled him under her spell with just a look It had been real Very real

“Tellover to Logan and then back to hi about you”

“That doesn’t surpriseback at her “I just met him last week”

“The two of you justan octave or two as she glanced between the two of thean answered ruefully “However, I’ve known of Elijah for quite sohed “Well, that makes it all better then”

“You could say we’re business associates, although we hadn’tback at her

“You’re…” Sam’s eyes widened as her sentence trailed off

Elijah raised his eyebrows, encouraging her to continue

“Elijah Penn” Sanition in her tone as she looked at Logan whoYou’re with Virtual I?

“I am” Elijah wasn’t sure he needed to add anymore to that