CHAPTER 58

Elijah’s POV

I’m supposed to be celebrating Sabrina’s return, I thought.

But to be honest, I wasn’t in the mood to celebrate because I still had doubts about Julia.

My mind was elsewhere, tethered to the woman in the blue dress.

Sophia looks so beautiful tonight. Her laughter was genuine, but there was a tension in her shoulders that only I seemed to notice.

Just then, a tall, well-built man was introduced by Kayla to Sophia. That definitely got my attention, especially when the two of them were left alone to talk.

Andrew, a family friend of the Bakers. We’d met a few times and exchanged polite nods. I watched as he engaged Sophia in conversation, his body language all too familiar, all too close. It made me frown and clench my fists.

Sophia’s smile was tight, and the way she glanced around the room, as if searching for an escape, told me she didn’t really want to be talking to him.

I began weaving my way through the crowd, my pulse quickening with each step. Just as I got close eno