Chapter 1
“ Addy, I think I ’ m in love with you. ”
There were two things I knew for sure. First, people didn ’ t change — and I was as guilty as anyone. Second, people didn ’ t fall in love after only a few weeks.
Logan stared at me with those deep, stormy blue eyes as though he could look into my very soul. Sometimes, I really felt like he could, but I knew it was just my imagination. And hormones and lust and all kinds of things that were going on inside me that made me feel like he was somehow different from everyone else.
“ And I think you do, too, ” he told me seriously, almost demanding that I confirm his suspicions.
But I couldn ’ t.
“ You …” I didn ’ t even think I could repeat it. I shook my head and started taking a step back as I said, “ No. No way. Things like this don ’ t happen. Whatever ’ s between us, it isn ’ t love. We ’ re not that crazy, not that young and stupid. We barely even know each other! ”
But Logan wasn ’ t letting me back away. He stepped closer to me, both of his large hands coming up to grab my upper arms. It would have been terrifying, really, if it were anyone else. If I didn ’ t know him like I did. But I could feel the slight trembling in his hands, the hesitation before wrapping his large fingers around me. He was still scared of the kind of man he was, but he was holding on to me to prove a point — to me and to him.
“ You ’ ve changed me, Addy, ” he told me, sincerity so clear that it was like a wave pouring out through his voice. “ Changed me just by being in my life. From the very beginning. It doesn ’ t matter how little time we ’ ve had together or how different we are or anything. ”
He pulled me closer and, damn it, I didn ’ t resist. He was so close now that I could feel the heat radiating off his body, so near to mine. So close that I wanted to be closer, to wrap myself up in him.
We ’ d only been together once like that. A moment of weakness for me, a moment of strength for him, but it had changed the both of us. He knew it, professing it to me in this very moment, but I wasn ’ t ready to acknowledge it yet. I couldn ’ t. I knew that he had altered the kind of person I was, but I didn ’ t know how yet and I was still so busy still trying to pretend to be another person, that I didn ’ t even know what kind I was supposed to be anymore.
I felt like some kind of hybrid between the girl I was and the girl I was pretending to be and whatever girl he was making me.
“ Logan, ” I murmured, hating how low my voice was, how quiet and soft and … tender it was. I shook my head, but he wasn ’ t done yet.
“ I know that … that whatever this is between us scares you, ” he told me in a rough tone filled with emotion. “ But there is something here and I know what that is. Maybe you don ’ t yet, or maybe you just don ’ t realize it, but don ’ t tell me that you don ’ t feel what ’ s between us, because I don ’ t believe you. This is real, Addy. ”
I wanted to argue with him, to tell him that there was nothing here, but the way his hair hung into his eyes, even though it was pulled back, and the way his eyes were swirling with every shade of blue, shining with hope and certainty, I couldn ’ t. I couldn ’ t tell him he was wrong.
When he leaned into me, his face inching towards mine, all I could think was finally . I ’ d been waiting for him to do this again, even though I knew I ’ d been fighting it and I knew I had to let this go, it was all I wanted in this moment.
His hands moved upwards from my arms, going to my shoulders, so gentle it was almost a glide more than a touch. I felt his hands along my neck, feather light touches that were like whispers against my skin. Then his hands cupped my cheeks, large and warm and still trembling.
He pulled me the rest of the way to him and our lips collided in something that was caught between tender and passionate — like
“ Addy, I think I ’ m in love with you. ”
There were two things I knew for sure. First, people didn ’ t change — and I was as guilty as anyone. Second, people didn ’ t fall in love after only a few weeks.
Logan stared at me with those deep, stormy blue eyes as though he could look into my very soul. Sometimes, I really felt like he could, but I knew it was just my imagination. And hormones and lust and all kinds of things that were going on inside me that made me feel like he was somehow different from everyone else.
“ And I think you do, too, ” he told me seriously, almost demanding that I confirm his suspicions.
But I couldn ’ t.
“ You …” I didn ’ t even think I could repeat it. I shook my head and started taking a step back as I said, “ No. No way. Things like this don ’ t happen. Whatever ’ s between us, it isn ’ t love. We ’ re not that crazy, not that young and stupid. We barely even know each other! ”
But Logan wasn ’ t letting me back away. He stepped closer to me, both of his large hands coming up to grab my upper arms. It would have been terrifying, really, if it were anyone else. If I didn ’ t know him like I did. But I could feel the slight trembling in his hands, the hesitation before wrapping his large fingers around me. He was still scared of the kind of man he was, but he was holding on to me to prove a point — to me and to him.
“ You ’ ve changed me, Addy, ” he told me, sincerity so clear that it was like a wave pouring out through his voice. “ Changed me just by being in my life. From the very beginning. It doesn ’ t matter how little time we ’ ve had together or how different we are or anything. ”
He pulled me closer and, damn it, I didn ’ t resist. He was so close now that I could feel the heat radiating off his body, so near to mine. So close that I wanted to be closer, to wrap myself up in him.
We ’ d only been together once like that. A moment of weakness for me, a moment of strength for him, but it had changed the both of us. He knew it, professing it to me in this very moment, but I wasn ’ t ready to acknowledge it yet. I couldn ’ t. I knew that he had altered the kind of person I was, but I didn ’ t know how yet and I was still so busy still trying to pretend to be another person, that I didn ’ t even know what kind I was supposed to be anymore.
I felt like some kind of hybrid between the girl I was and the girl I was pretending to be and whatever girl he was making me.
“ Logan, ” I murmured, hating how low my voice was, how quiet and soft and … tender it was. I shook my head, but he wasn ’ t done yet.
“ I know that … that whatever this is between us scares you, ” he told me in a rough tone filled with emotion. “ But there is something here and I know what that is. Maybe you don ’ t yet, or maybe you just don ’ t realize it, but don ’ t tell me that you don ’ t feel what ’ s between us, because I don ’ t believe you. This is real, Addy. ”
I wanted to argue with him, to tell him that there was nothing here, but the way his hair hung into his eyes, even though it was pulled back, and the way his eyes were swirling with every shade of blue, shining with hope and certainty, I couldn ’ t. I couldn ’ t tell him he was wrong.
When he leaned into me, his face inching towards mine, all I could think was finally . I ’ d been waiting for him to do this again, even though I knew I ’ d been fighting it and I knew I had to let this go, it was all I wanted in this moment.
His hands moved upwards from my arms, going to my shoulders, so gentle it was almost a glide more than a touch. I felt his hands along my neck, feather light touches that were like whispers against my skin. Then his hands cupped my cheeks, large and warm and still trembling.
He pulled me the rest of the way to him and our lips collided in something that was caught between tender and passionate — like
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