Elizabeth moved, taking his words as evidence he was about to leave, but he held her tighter the way he often did when he wasn’t ready to let her go.
“This is hardly going to result in you leaving tonight.”
Sawyer kissed her affectionately, without loosening his grip on her.
“You’re underestimating how much I trust my sister, Elizabeth. There are things about her you don’t know.”
“You are referring to her knowing things about your future that she won’t tell anyone about, I presume.”
“Yes. And while she won’t tell me anything, I know she would never lie about something as serious as that.”
“It isn’t like she knows everything that happens to us in its entirety.”
He sighed, finally letting her go and nudging her off his lap onto the bed so he could get up and get dressed. He looked so
