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E at my chest "Goodness, would you look at that" She licks her lips

"If you think these are nice," I tease, gesturing to the tats that cover my chest and shoulders, "just wait until you see the one I put on ot a tat on your ass for me?" she asks

I nod "Want to see it?" I tease

"Hell, yeah"

E off his pants so I can see his ass, Logan stalks towardas he sucks his lower lip between his teeth and bites down His hands land firmly on each side of my head, and he leans close to my face, so close that I can feel his breath brush across my ear He presses his lips to my forehead tenderly and takes a deep breath, his eyes closed

I reach for hiers But he groans and lifts ainst the wall "You’re tre rush of breath escapes hs

"Why tre, Em?" he asks softly He bends his head and leans down His teeth catch the top button of apes open, exposing the lacy edge of ing open all the way down, and I suck in ue into ?" he asks again

"Because you’re here," I adainst the wall, and h he moves one hand closer to the other and takes er of his free hand into the cup of s it down, h with the help of athered beneath it My nipple beads in the cool air, and he licks his lips

"Please," I breathe, arching ue my nipple I’m not even sure he kno , he unbuttons my jeans, and my zipper tracks slowly southward, the tines loud, our breathing and my heartbeat the only sounds in the rooan has always been able to play ed He keeps taking et frustrated and take over

"Em," he says as I position myself on top of him He tips my chin up "Do we need a condoood "We didn’t use one last time," I remind him Or the time before that

"You said ere okay those times," he reminds me "Are we okay now?"

"I can’t think when you do that," I tell hi to count the days My period just ended a few days ago, but then I remember that I’m on the pill My mom took me to the doctor as soon as I went hoht now I tap his shoulders and bounce in his lap "We’re okay," I say

When the words come out of my mouth, he lets ood way, at the nad ean collapses on top of me, spent, his breath heavy My eyes are closed because I don’t have enough strength left to open theentle hands as he tilts my head to face him "Look at me," he insists His voice is hesitant "I need for you tell ht"

I don’t knohat he "

He searches htly "You’re certain?"

I push his shoulder so that he has to sit up a little "Certain about what?" I ask

He withdraws fros are li to leave again?"

He nods "And other things"

"What other things?"

He stands up, and… Goodness, he’s beautiful nad He’s beautiful with clothes on, too, but nad… marry me, Em," he says

My heart trips a beat "Well, that’s the worst proposal ever," I joke

"Tell me this is real," he implores me

I take his hand and look into his blue eyes "It’s as real as it gets," I say

He pulls ht, aren’t you?" I ask He had better be

He grins at me "Why should I?"

"Because I will be hurt if you leave" I’, dummy" I thrill at the term of endearment There was a tio take a shower?" I ask

He shakes his heads, nuzzling his five-o’clock shadow into the side ofhis brows at et a washcloth from the bathroom so we can clean up" He tweaks my nose "You’ll sleep better that way"

He turns around, and I see the words tattooed across his hip: My na, as if he took the note and photocopied it over his skin It’s from when I first told him my name I’d written it down for him as a surprise "You put my note on your ass"

"I wanted to remember it forever," he says He looks deep intothe backs of my lashes

"You did this after I left" I don’t need to pose it as a question I already know the answer

He nods "Loved you then Love you now"

I take his AC/DC shirt from my closet I’d unpacked a bit before I went to the club

"You had rouse "It’s mine" I’d taken it with ht since "Possession being nine-tenths and all," I say But he’s grinning as I pull the covers back and climb between the sheets

"What kind of sheets are these?" he asks, sliding his thumb across the threads