Samuel met her gaze, his handsome face expressionless. Yet he replied confidently, "I just don't trust myself to control my desires. I don't want to harm the baby. Eli, don't overthink things. And obviously I never thought you were 'useless' as you put it."

Eliana was insistent. She said, "Even if you need it, if you want to, I can still help you. So why won't you sleep in our room?" Unable to contain her temper, Eliana raised her voice at him, she said, "Do you know how ...