CHAPTER 220

Elijah’s POV

Why can’t I just talk to her straight, tell her what Serena had been insinuating? And then tell her how I’ve been feeling?

I sighed, thinking about Sophia once again. I just couldn’t stop thinking about her.

I leaned against the windowsill of my office, staring out at the city below. In my hand, I swirled the last of the wine in my glass. The days since the airport sendoff felt like a haze, a series of moments where I replayed the same scenes in my mind over and over.

Dropping Sophia off at her apartment, almost asking her if she was Sabrina, almost telling her how I truly felt… Holy shit! The words had been right there, on the tip of my tongue, but something held me back. Fear, maybe. Or perhaps the gnawing uncertainty that I could be wrong.

I’m not sure how she’ll react, and that scares me. She’d always been adamant that she wasn’t Sabrina.

I took a sip of the wine, savoring its warmth before placing the glass on my desk. I picked up my cellphone, scrolling until I fo