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Maybe he was just projecting, because as she ine a future where he ca for hie his battered soul quite like having Chloe in his arms

But he was a biker And he would always be a reminder of the hell she endured How could she possibly love him?

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHLOE SAT MIDWAY up the stairs, her forear on bent knees with her phone between her hands Despite the fact it’d been a warm day, Chloe had felt chilled since she woke up The fire crackling away in the great room helped warm the lower level of the house

Every so often she switched her gaze fro the phone to light or the door to open She’d been at this back and forth gaan wasn’t expected for at least another fifteen minutes

The few hours he was ho before the sun caotten to hold hiain with the woman and child he’d risked his life to save The only communication she’d received since he drove off was a text an hour ago reporting him and Screw seventy miles out

God, she missed him these past couple weeks In a relatively short period of ti or anyone else in her life She ached to wake next to hiiant bed More than once, she’d tried to sleep on a couch or in a guest bed, but those attempts were even less successful than the an’s bed she could s he was there in her dreams

The lock on the door clicked and Chloe shot to her feet as though she were a un had just blasted the race into action “Logan!” she cried as he caround

Much as he had in the early hours of day, he appeared battered and bruised His handsome face actually seemed worse than when she’d last seen hiue circles under his eyes

“Are you really here? For good?” As deeply as she wanted hiht of him seemed to have rendered her i?”

He stood frozenher in the same way hers was him

“I’m here, baby It’s over”

Her eyes fell closed as she breathed out a prayer of thanks “Stacy and Rose are settled?”