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"I know Logan I knohen he’s in love, and I knohen he’s using a girl for a distraction"

Oh god My heart skipped a beat I shooktrue The real truth was right there I felt it lingering beside us, and he was so close to it One step and he’d stu my tears back The truth would be out

I shook an either "Mason," I whispered, ue But I stopped "

His shoulders lifted in a silent breath and I turned away His hand touched entle touch He pulledbackto cup the side of my face His thu motion, and he pressed a soft kiss tome, he whispered, "I love you"

I clasped onto hiain, "I won’t push you, but I know so, other than Sallaway You can tellanywhere, not unless you want me to" His chest lifted and stayed there, suspended on his last word, until I burrowed to get even closer to him His chest fell, as if he’d been scared for a mohter to hian called ere in Mason’s Escalade He and Kris were at the hotel, and they’d be going back tonight Mason asked, "Is there anything we can do?"

I waited, but I never heard Logan’s response Mason put his phone away and toldKris called her sister, and she deave rin "The sister sounds like a handful"

I nodded "She doesn’t like Logan"

Mason laughed, but it was halfhearted as well The conversation was dropped after that When we got to the house, he held , I slid into bed and sighed from contentment as Mason pulledWe just held each other I remained awake, but I never o away

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Logan and Kris didn’t break up I didn’t ask how he pulled that off, and he never told o back to norer the happy couple Even the girls in cross country steered clear froushing about hiirls and boys run together Everyone was pushing theainst each other, but a coan running alone and without the cliques Almost every practice ended the sa close to the state e scouts would come to recruit I already had a scholarship, but I wanted one to Cain University That scout was going to be there I qualified to run, but the entire tea We had two days of rest, but everyone was pushing themselves to their maximum limit When Hayes ca, I wasn’t surprised when he asked if I would do another run with him

We were supposed to rest, but I kneas concerned He hadn’t gotten as much attention with scouts as I had so I nodded, and we started off again We didn’t talk We didn’t need to If I lengthened my stride, he did too If I picked upme to rin and really let loose I held back during practices, but if he wanted to really get better, I was going to put hi path, I took him to my favorite one We sailed past Quickie’s and up to the hills By this time, I had almost every part of that pathbranches Hearing Hayes curse behind round

Panting, I went back "What’s," breath, "wrong?"

"I alht me here? To injure hts "You et recruited too"

I rolledThey bounced off ainst the best, you have to go where the best goes" I spread rin, I said, "I’m the best and this is where I run o If you can’t keep up, then slon I didn’t put those rocks there If you don’t see them, that’s on you You didn’t have to follow ant"

"No" I took off, and threw over my shoulder, "I’ before I heard hiht up to ot back to the school, Hayes looked like a puddle of bones I wasn’t sure if he could keep standing, but to be honest, le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true">