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"Logan?"

Anxiety began to twinge in her stolanced back at the gift shop, but the thought of eating etting tired of chocolate--even M&M’s She headed toward the far end of the first floor, near one of the restaurants, and called Logan’s naan’s voice sounded distant

She headed into the restaurant, and paused in surprise One of the tables in the center of the roohted and a water-stained tablecloth spread over it Place settings had been set down and two chairs slid under the table As she watched, Logan leaned over a pair of candles and lit thehter

A slow smile spread over her face as she approached, and a silly, nervous giggle escaped her throat "What’s this?"

Besides the sweetest thing anyone had ever done for her, of course

Logan looked back at her and sht I’d like to take my date out to dinner Or breakfast, as the case may be" He reached for her hand and led her to one of the chairs, pulling it out for her with a flourish

She sat, unable to stop grinning like a fool, especially when he leaned in and kissed the back of her hand "I hope it’s not chocolate"

"It’s not First, we have a fine vintage that I think you’ll appreciate" He laid a bottle over his arm and held it out to her as if it ine

It was a bottle of water

She laughed, clapping her hands "It looks delicious"

"Indeed" He set doineglass and began to pour with effortless grace "The flavor is peerless I think you’ll enjoy the bouquet"

Bront&eu and pretended to sniff it "Very nice" She gave hiood at this, you know"

"Waiting tables? Should I be insulted?"

She snorted, ignoring that jab at her job "I ers at it "They teach you how to be classy at ave her an odd look "So out the next course?"

She gestured grandly "Please do"

To her surprise, he pulled out a covered silver dish and placed it in the center of the table, then lifted the lid with a flourish

A basket of fruit--fruit that looked reasonably fresh, too She gasped, pleased "Where did you get this? I thought we picked through everything!"

"I found it in the concierge rooht it’d make a nice breakfast"

It did Brontë hadn’t realized how pleasurable plain, sies, and bananas, and split a pineapple and a ers, sipped water froreat tian from across the table This entire setup was justperfect He was perfect

And she suddenly wanted to reward hirin on her face, Bront&eulass full of water and tossed her napkin on the table One of Logan’s dark broent up, as if he were questioning her

"Interested in dessert?" she asked in a low, purring voice "I know just the thing"

"How can I resist when it’s proposed to htly, and then slid out of her chair and under the table

He stilled She watched his legs shift in his chair as she crawled under the table toward hiot to him, she sat back on her heels and put her hands on his trousers He earing theain today, which was a pity He even had on his belt, though it aterlogged and the leather ruined She pulled at the buckle and began to tug it slowly free "Just ht I’d help roaned, and she felt his knees shift, spreading a bit wider His hand reached under the table, and he cupped her jaw then brushed his thumb across her cheek