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“Sam” The whispered word that came from his mouth was more of a plea

Her body jackknifed on the bed, a startled shudder running through her, but she didn’t screaony was replaced with a look of total revulsion and Logan was almost propelled backith its intensity

“What do you want?” Furiously wiping the tears streaking her face, Saan’s throat constricted, unable to speak as he stood helplessly in the doorway, seeing the wo one step forward, then another, he slowly closed the gap between the only to touch her, to hold her When he would have put his hands on her arms, Sam jerked back froreen eyes boring into hi herself off the bed in one gracefulhi the fury she left in her wake

He wasn’t sure how long he stood there, staring at her bed, noting the rumpled comforter that hadn’t been pulled down and the pillows tossed to the floor Realizing she’d deserted hi sla

“Saed to find his voice, though it didn’t sound like hian If I did, I would have called”

She hadn’t called, he knew that much And neither had she answered her phone when he’d hout the day

“Saan inserted so to listen to a da he had to say “I need to explain what you heard today”

“Explain? Do you think I’h that I didn’t understand?” Sa another cabinet door “You don’t owe an I just need you to leaveroo on the side table by the couch

With a cal to hold onto his control “You need to hearher arms over her chest in a very defensive stance

“But, I need to explain” He reworded his intentions Standing before him, Sam looked determined, yet vulnerable at the same time

It pained hier, her hurt She’d had hours to conjure up ies that just weren’t real If he’d followed her earlier in the day when he wanted to, she wouldn’t have had tian,” Sa hiet it”

Infuriation bubbled deep, forcing the called with the anger he could feel rising up The hard headed woiving him a chance to explain The self-control he prided hiet? You walked in on part of a conversation, and without givingto get her attention

“I heard all I needed to hear” She screaan was sure she hadn’t heard what he said, though she’d had a proper co a step closer, he kept his hands to his side He didn’t trust himself to touch her Not that he would ever hurt her, but he wanted to shake her with the intensity of his anger

“What? You heardhad dinner with Heather That’s all you heard, Sah he’d hit her The brunt force of the words was out before he could stop the, and based on the change in her deht before his very eyes

Closing the gap between theht difference caused her to look up at him, but he didn’t back away

“It isn’t what you think” He lowered his voice, letting the excessive energy drain froan I learned a valuable lesson today I learned that I ah to endure a relationship with you”

She could have just slapped hi ords wasn’t going to get hiht