neck.
She felt his arms tighten around
her back and she let the door close behind them so that the two were out in the
hallway. She felt her knees weaken at the feeling of his beard’s stubble
touching her skin. He slipped a little lower and kissed her collar bone while
her hands grabbed onto his sides, trying to secure herself so that she wouldn’t
fall.
His arms supported her from behind,
lifting her slightly since her knees were wobbling with the sensations of his
lips against her skin. Caroline knew her mind was getting cloudy, but she
couldn’t let go of what he had said. Gina was still in his life. She was still
his girlfriend, Logan wasn’t leaving her and she wasn’t going to be part of an
affair.
Caroline pushed him away and
balanced herself against the door that was closed behind her. She kept her hand
flat against his chest, pushing him away from her while she caught her breath
and straightened up. Logan looked at her quizzically, unsure of why she was
barricading him from her.
“Logan, no. We can’t do this. You
are in a relationship. I am not that girl. I just can't do this.” Caroline
said, opening the door behind her.
“Caroline, don’t go. You don’t
understand, I can’t break up with her officially, she manages my entire career.
But there is no romance there, I swear to you. I told her about you, she knows
that she and I are over.” Logan said taking a step towards the door, but she
hopped behind it and began to close the door.
“Logan, I said no. I don’t want
this.” Caroline said and she slammed the door shut and quickly locked it.
She leaned her back against the
door and let out a deep breath, closed her eyes, and leaned her head back. Her
head was swimming and she felt like she was walking on a fluffy cloud that had
suddenly turned into a thunderstorm. She had to have the door between them or
she wouldn’t have been able to control herself and keep her defenses up.
But even as she was thinking that,
she realized that she wasn’t happy. She didn’t want to leave things this way
either, he would be gone officially for six months. That was plenty of time to
separate them and end whatever was going on between them. Why did she have to
give up tonight too?
Caroline quickly turned around and
swung the front door open again and looked out, but there was no sign of Logan.
She poked her head out and saw the elevator doors at the end of the hall
closing. Crap! Caroline thought as she realized she might have just
missed him. She quickly rushed down the hall, letting the door close behind her
and pressed the elevator button, hoping to get the doors to open again. Luckily
the elevator had not started moving yet so the doors slowly pried themselves
open again.
Logan was leaning against the back
wall of the elevator with his hands in his pockets and his ankles crossed. He
was looking down, a dejected and sad look on his face. When the doors opened,
he looked up and saw Caroline standing there.
“Caroline?” He asked inquisitively,
wondering what was going on.
“Don’t talk.” She said and she
quickly took a few steps towards him, straddling his legs and pressing up
against his body. Her hands landed on his chest as she looked deep in his eyes.
He didn’t say anything but grabbed her hips. She leaned forward and their lips
met, intertwining into a deep kiss.
Her arms slipped up and wrapped
around his neck and his arms wrapped tighter around her waist. He stood up
straight to pull her closer to him and she let him hold her as she relaxed in
his embrace. As their kiss got deeper, Caroline felt like she getting lost and
she was okay with that. She cared for Logan so much and she knew it couldn’t
work out, but she just needed right now, she needed him and she needed them. His
hand slipped up into her hair and he turned the both of them around, pressing
her up against the wall of the elevator. He leaned into her, pinning her
against the wall and kissing her deeper.
Caroline felt her
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