chapter 60

Elijah and I stayed in the garden for another hour, having a conversation about this and that.

Even after I found out what happened to that intruder, I couldn't get away from Elijah. His left hand was rested on my right knee, and the soft touch kept giving me butterflies the entire time we were sitting next to each other.

I asked Elijah about his work and he openly gave me all the answers.

So far, I understood that Dante was the top man and Elijah was his partner.

After Elijah's grandfather passed away, his father Alfonzo took over the spot. But Elijah told me that his father barely kept up with Dante. So, Elijah had to fill in his father's spot even before he took over the family business.

The way he spoke about Dante made me realize that he looked up to him without even knowing it.

Elijah didn't want to speak much about his childhood or the time before he took over the family's business, but he mentioned that Dante basically raised him as a younger brother.

Our conversation was smoo