Page 48 of My Big Fat Vampire Wedding
“And you can’t eat any of the customers.”
“Not even a little sip?” he asked, making her grumble until she realized he was teasing.
They made their way down to the Tube and Pandora couldn’t help but marvel at how he seemed incredibly out of place, but also perfectly blended in.
A group of women seated across from them on the train kept checking him out, whispering and giggling to one another, and one even got ballsy enough to snap a picture of him.
“What?” Elias asked when he caught her staring at his profile.
“That entire group of girls is mooning over you.”
“They’re not exactly subtle about it.”
“They’re all very pretty,” she said.
“I suppose.” He shrugged, not casting them another glance to check.
“Prettier than I am,” she added.
“You sell yourself short,” Elias said, shaking his head.
“Fine. Then they’re at least on the same level.”
“Is there a point to this line of conversation?”
“Why are you so intent on spending time with me when there are plenty of other pretty and, the most important part,willing, interested women around?”
“If you’re so happy with your fiancé, why does it bother you so much?”
“Is it because of my inheritance?” she asked.
“You insult me,” he said.
“That’s not a no.”
“It’s certainly not a yes. I have my own fortune. I don’t need your inheritance. Your mortal, however …”
“Don’t insult him,” Pandora said crossly, though she was well aware of the irony.
“You don’t find it the least bit suspicious that he proposed shortly after you learned the terms of your inheritance?” Elias asked.
“How do you even know that? What else has my mother told you about me and my life?”
“Only what she believed was pertinent, I imagine.”
“Like what?”
Elias watched her for a second before deciding to answer her. “She mentioned that you have an unnatural affection for humans.”
“It’s notunnaturalto like humans.”
“They’re your food source.”
“So what?” she asked. “By that logic, it is unnatural for a human to like cows or pigs or chickens?”
He didn’t want to get into a debate with her on the topic, though. “She also said she felt you were making a foolish choice based on a deadline and limited options.”
“Wow,” Pandora said with a huff. “That’s … really insulting.”
