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At the sudden thought of herand hi the ers had created so effortlessly frouitar from my lap Forced it froht soainst its case, not even taking the tiht now I just needed distance

I turned off all the lights except for the sht above the stove At the bed, I pulled back the covers I had one knee on therowing in volu that led to the stairs, wondering as coht Surely not Pepper or Reece The bar had quieted in the last hour and I assuht if not already fully closed The bottom door that led to the stairs had a lock, which I had utilized, but clearly that hadn’t stopped this person

I ed to push up off the bed, but couldn’t ht in the crosshairs as Logan ascended the steps to the top floor of the loft

I recognized hi, lean lines of hiht liht and cast one side of his face in a golden glow My heart squeezed tightly as I drank up the sight of hi over the square-cut jaw, the shadowed slant of his lips

I reached forto turn it on

He beatthe switch on the here he stood a split second before I turned on the laht from both sources flooded the rooht Him The full i lashes The strong angles thatintoa hand over his close-cropped hair as his gaze swept over me

Heat scored rew up in a household where the word crap got you grounded With that kind of upbringing, curse words tend to get stuck in your throat But yeah That word about su inmore than panties and a tank

My chest locked up, not even lifting to draw air as our stares collided

I unfroze Straightening, I brought both feet down to the ground gingerly Like too sudden a ht break the spell and spur either one of us into movement And I wasn’t certain what thatfrom him or to him?

My bare feet flexed on the floorboards as atched each other like tary animals Okay, well maybe I was the only one wary He just lookedsurprised but not all that wary No He looked like an apex predator ready to pounce

I shifted ht and tried not to think about the fact that I was standing there in ht tank sans bra I wore swimsuits that revealedbefore him naked I never even felt this exposed with Harris But then I couldn’t recall Harris ever looking at aze traveled overrew heavier under his inspection, achy against the cotton of my tank, and e to bow my shoulders and cross n of weakness An admission that he affected aze tohere?" he asked thickly, the tendons of his throat working as he et out the words

I lifted "

"I work here My brother owns the place" He angled his head, looking atfor the obvious to sink in

"Reece said I could stay here over the sued a hand over his face "Of course"

"He forgot toboth relieved and a little angry Relieved because he wasn’t stalkingirl Another Annie who liked the bad boys The ones wrong in every way

Logan nodded, resting a shoulder against the wall "Yeah He ht here when I close up Since it’s so late I sleep on the futon Pepper started insisting on it when she and Reece got together"