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Gently tilting her chin up, Logan forced her to look at hi to est wo me wasn’t easy for you, but you did trustued, he stopped her by interrupting “What I feel for you isn’t superficial Heather would never be able to distracther think about his an could see her confusion, knew he’d inserted doubt in her an cupped her face “God, Saet it, do you?”

He brushed a kiss over her lips, still cupping her face so she couldn’t back away “I didn’t go to California to have dinner with Heather She setSaone to California if I had knohat I alking into There wasn’t an issue with At Last’s contract HeatherThen, to top it off, when I told her that I had actuallyand she found out about you”

Sa froan didn’t want her to have a chance to think about how lousy things could be, so he continued “Xavier called me into his office this afternoon He knows about us”

“Oh God, Logan, I’ the floor

What? What the hell was she sorry about? Logan hadn’t expected the sudden turn, so he just stared at her, his eyes tracking her every o back to San Antonio I didn’t mean for this to happen anyway Yes, it would be better for rabbed her arainst hih to see her face “I’et about San Antonio We’ll work out any issues Xavier understands what’s going on”

“But, what if they think –”

“Trust ripped her chin ainst his chest, her face inches from his, and he knew she felt the way his heart thundered She relaxed against hiainst hi on the top of her head

“I do trust you, Logan That’s what the problem is I trust you and I know that I can’t co her close, Logan inhaled the sweet citrus scent of her hair, felt the soft skin of her arress, but he didn’t expect this to be easy Nothing worth fighting for ever was

“We owe it to each other and to whatever this is between us to discuss this further”

She nodded her head against his chest, her hands sliding around to his back, sending a frisson of heat coursing through hi mattered except the feel of her hands on hian The pain in my chest is almost unbearable The worst part of it is I don’t want this to be over, but I know I’er in control”

She controlled more than she would ever knohere he was concerned

Feeling the need to explain, while she was giving hi her close “I didn’t even know Heather worked for At Last I haven’t talked to her or seen her in eight years Seeing her there caughtI could think about was you”

“You never even called I waited for you to call and you didn’t What was I supposed to think when I hear you telling Deanna that you had dinner with Heather?”

She was right He hadn’t called Trying to co to discuss the extent of the negotiations At Last called hied to stay busy That’s what he tried to tell hian had avoided calling her so he could contes he had for her They hit hi the reasonable businessto think about the pros and cons of how he felt about her

This was one of the cons He didn’t want to fight with her He didn’t want to hurt her And he didn’t want to get hurt But, the reasonable side of him knew if he didn’t take the chance and risk all of those things, then he wouldto ever happen to him