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He glanced at Seth, who gave hi “Because this was all supposed to be pretend, and it doesn’t feel like that now It feels real And I want it to be real I really like Seth a lot”

He was still looking at Seth Seth’s san wanted to kiss him over and over He wanted to kiss Seth until their lips hurt Logan sain

Connor eyed him with his brows drawn close “You really mean it?”

“I do I’ like that”

Connor’s cheeks went pink, and he looked down “I know,” he mumbled He snaked one hand out from under the covers and pulled at a loose thread on a seaht in the eyes

“Never” Logan didn’t have to fake the confidence in what he was saying “I didn’t cheat on her We weren’trun, but I never even looked at other wos, and I sure ain’t perfect, but I’m not a cheater”

Connor nodded “I believe you I think… I think I always knew that” He dropped his head, then blurted, “I’m sorry I called you stupid so et so mad” His thin shoulders hunched

“I get it,” Logan said gruffly “It’s okay How about a clean slate? Like Seth said, we can give each other a break”

“Yeah Okay” Connor wiped his nose “I’an nodded, Connor curled away toward the dark , the drapes firmly shut

“We should all sleep,” Logan said, getting up and crawling across the mattress past Seth He shimmied under the covers and stretched out on his back

Seth got settled and switched off the laht, Connor”

In the darkness, he turned toward Logan, his palan’s chest He whispered, “How’s your breathing?”

“Good,” Logan whispered back Better now

“It was so hard to breathe after being in that freezing water Must have been worse for you” He rubbed his fingers lightly over the spot where Logan’s scars were beneath the cotton