The TROUBLE with BILLIONAIRES: Book 3 Read Online Free Page A

moment that we were meant to be together. I even told Madison as much the day she was kidnapped.
    Was it possible to love and hate the same person so passionately all at once?
    “You don’t have to babysit me.”
    I set the magazine down in my lap. “I’m not.”
    “You are.”
    “I’m only doing what Rawn and Madison asked me to do.”
    “Do you always do what they tell you to do?”
    “You’re not a nice guy, are you?” I tossed the magazine onto the coffee table and stood up, not sure what to do with myself once I did. “Everyone talks about how different you are from the typical movie star, but you aren’t, are you?”
    “You’ve read about me?”
    “Who hasn’t? Your name’s been on everything since that space movie came out.”
    He inclined his head slightly. “The movie’s promotional firm was quite thorough,” he said, his tone a little dark, clearly not pleased with his own press.
    I walked over to the window and watched a few people braving the sharp wind to walk the paths that ran beside the river.
    “I’m not trying to be difficult,” he said. “I just don’t think you need to stick around if you don’t want to.”
    “I can’t leave you alone.”
    “Why not?”
    I shrugged, my eyes still on the river below. “Because I would never forgive myself if I left and something bad happened to you.”
    “You don’t even know me.”
    “Yeah, well, it’s not every day I see a guy I’ve…” I stopped, embarrassed by what I almost said.
    “A guy you’ve what?”
    I shook my head. “I was just going to say that it’s not every day I see someone have a seizure, that’s all.”
    “You don’t strike me as the kind of girl who lies.” He was behind me again, but I didn’t turn around this time. “Why don’t you finish what you were saying?”
    “Because it doesn’t matter.”
    “What if it matters to me?”
    His voice had softened. And he seemed closer. In fact, I imagined I could feel the heat of his breath brushing against the hair on the back of my head. I wanted to turn, wanted to see where he was and the expression on his face. But I was afraid I wouldn’t see what I so desperately wanted to.
    And then he took the option away. He laid his hand on my shoulder and encouraged me to turn with a little pressure, a little tug.
    “Annie,” he breathed, the sound of my name on his lips raising goose bumps once again. I looked up at him, my breath catching in my throat. He brushed the back of his fingers against my cheek, a friendly caress that turned to something else as his fingers slid slowly down the side of my throat. “I’m sorry,” he said softly. “I’m an asshole.”
    I nodded and that made him smile. And that broke the tension that had grown between us.
    He tucked a piece of hair behind my ear.
    “Let’s try this again. I’m Logan.”
    I laughed. “Annie.”
    “It’s nice to meet you, Annie. Would you like to share my sandwich with me?”
    “Yeah. I’d like that.”
    He took my hand and led me to the couch, tugging me down so that we were sitting very close together. Then, he handed me a wedge of his sandwich and started to talk about the merits of mustard. He had me laughing so hard I never managed to take more than one bite of the sandwich.
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    Madison
    I stood by the bar in Rawn’s office, sipping a glass of water absently. I couldn’t stop running the conversation Logan and I had in the hospital through my mind, over and over again. I wasn’t good with secrets. I understood why he told me, but I didn’t like that he had asked that I not share it with anyone else, especially Annie.
    Poor Annie.
    I knew how much she liked Logan. She even told me once that she believed they were meant to be together—not necessarily forever, but for a while. I tried to discourage her then, but now? If she knew what I knew…
    “You okay?”
    Rawn slid up behind me and ran his hand over my hip. I leaned back into him, resting my head on his shoulder.
    “When is all