Seventy-Six

ZORA'S POV

I stood at the door for a minute longer. Katherine glanced at me, grinned when she saw my demeanor and made shooing motions with her hands. I rolled my eyes at her and once more focused on the door. Goodness! I could not believe that I, Zora, a full grown woman, was as excited about this date with Elliot like a teenager who was about to go to the prom. I clutched my purse tightly, took a deep breath, schooled my expression- or attempted to-,opened the door and stepped outside. Elliot had been leaning towards the door in order to ring the doorbell. He straightened when he saw me. For what seemed to me like a really long moment, he looked at me from head to toe. He took his sweet time about it, and I felt like a bug trapped by the light, which was his gaze in this case.

Color flooded my cheeks when his eyes met mine. The admiration in his eyes was enough to make my toes curl in pleasure. He looked at me with such intensity, such fervour, like I was the only woman in the world