out of the room to find Faith.
She was in her room reading. “So?” She arched a brow.
“He’s forgiven, for now.”
“For now?”
“I’m not sure about all of it. I still don’t know any more than I did when I left. Nothing has changed.” I was bordering on panicking. Just the nearness of him made me rethink why I left to begin with.
“Honey, let me take you to school for a minute.” She patted the bed for me to sit. “You can't keep this up.”
“What?”
“Leaving. Logan’s a grown man; he’s bound to have amassed a few skeletons in his closet. You have your own secrets, too. He’s going to get tired of chasing you.”
“So, what? I have to just blindly forgive?”
“No, I didn’t say that. But you need to find a way to convey your feelings without leaving the state.”
I shot her a look.
“He’s here, isn’t he?” she asked. “He came for you. When you told him it was over, he came for you. That speaks volumes.”
“Yeah. But he also let me leave.” The words spoken aloud were my fears. He always seemed to be okay with letting me walk away.
She shrugged. “You both needed some space for a bit.”
“How do you know all this?”
She smiled. “I have my ways.”
“Smith,” I said.
She nodded. “He’s one hot piece, isn’t he?”
“Why am I not surprised about this?”
“He popped by the hotel the night before I left.”
“I am so not ready for this conversation. I was coming in to tell you I’m going with Logan for the night.”
“I figured you would be.”
“Enjoy your book.” I kissed her cheek and went back to my room.
Logan was sitting on my bed on the phone. He smiled when I came in. “Great, we’ll be downstairs in five.”
I walked to my dresser to find something else to put on.
“Still good to come with me?” he asked hesitantly, like he was afraid Faith would have talked me out of it. It’s not like he should worry, Faith was totally on his side.
“Yeah. Were you afraid she would have talked me out of it?” I grabbed the first pair of jeans I laid my hands on and stepped out of my pajama pants. I didn’t miss the hungry look in Logan’s eyes as I pulled the jeans on.
“A bit. But I know Faith likes me.”
“Yeah, her and every other woman on the planet.” I rolled my eyes.
“Be nice.” He got up and hugged me. “I may have played around a lot, but I’m happy to be a one-woman man as long as you’re the woman.”
I didn’t want to start another fight, but part of me was still pissed off and I was lashing out. Maybe it was the fact that my own sister was taking his side that brought out my inner bitch. “I know you’re trying. I’m sorry.”
He pulled me down on the bed next to him. “This is all new for us. We don’t know how to be around each other right now. It’s going to be weird and awkward at times. But you’re worth it to me, we’re worth it.” He kissed me gently. “Let’s go, the car’s downstairs waiting.” He went out into the hall while I finished up.
I threw on a t shirt since I had no intention of leaving in my ratty pj top.
Faith was standing in the hall talking to Logan in hushed tones when I finally walked out.
“Remember what I said.” She gave him a stern look and blew me a kiss as we walked to the door.
“What was that about?” I questioned as we rode the elevator down.
“Nothing. Just Faith being a good sister.” He pressed a hand to the small of my back as we exited the building and slipped into the car.
I don’t know why I felt so anxious. He was the same guy I was ready to jump into bed with five hours earlier. An angry voice in my head was still screaming that I had let him off too easily. I tried to smother it with thoughts of how good he was going to make me feel once we officially made up.
“What are you thinking about?” He hooked an arm around my waist and slid me closer to him.
“Nothing. Everything. I don’t know,” I sighed and leaned against his shoulder. “I