down. I needed to feel him, I craved it.
Logan had other ideas. He spent the next hour making me scream his name while he kissed and licked every inch of my body.
Finally, when he said I had enough, he slipped in and I felt complete. This is where I belonged, under him, connected to him.
“Come on, Kitten,” he rasped in my ear. “Don’t make me work for it.”
I brought his mouth down to mine and nipped at his lower lip with my teeth. I was feeling crazy, out of control. My nails raked down his back.
“That’s it, Kitten. Just a little more,” he groaned into my ear.
We moved in sync. I matched his every move. We fit together perfectly. I bit into his shoulder as I found the pleasure I had been racing toward all evening.
Later on, after we were showered and bundled up in bed, he turned to me. “Not that I didn’t enjoy this impromptu visit, but what brought this on.” He trailed a finger down my naked hip.
“Today made me realize something, Logan.” I was so nervous.
“What’s that?” He looked curious.
“It made me realize that I love you.” My heart clenched as I said the words.
“You do?” he said carefully.
I nodded, my voice was suddenly uncooperative.
“What made you realize that?”
“You came for me, Logan. You came for Hope. I didn’t ask you to, and you came because you knew I would need you. That she would need you. For so many reasons, for the man that I know you are. You amaze me constantly and spoil me rotten. I wouldn’t let myself believe that this was real. I talked myself into believing that you would wake up one morning and realize that you made a mistake and that I’m not who you want.”
“Never,” he said with feeling.
“I know that now. I know who you really are now. And I don’t care about what happened in your past. It can stay there forever for all I care. I just want you, only you.”
“God, Kitten. Do you know how long I’ve wanted you to say those words to me? That you love me? Because I love you, too, so damn much that it hurts. It killed me today to see you hurting and not be able to do anything to fix it. I want to be the man who deserves you. You make me want to be that, to do anything to keep you.” He rolled me over and kissed me.
“You are that man, Logan. I just had to really see you to believe it.”
“Never stop believing that, Grace. No matter what, never stop believing it.”
“I talked to John tonight. Right before I came over.”
“Am I in trouble?” he asked carefully.
“Not even a little bit.” I kissed him. “That you went to defend my sister’s honor was what made me come here tonight. You’re amazing.”
“I feel kind of bad for breaking his nose.”
“You shouldn’t. He deserved that and more.” She looked sad.
“Hey, no sadness tonight. I don’t want what he did to spoil what happened here in this room.”
I nodded. “So what else did you do today besides break my brother-in-law’s nose?”
He grinned, looking way too sexy. “I talked to my best friend, Shaileen. I needed some advice.”
“Oh yeah, and what did she tell you?”
“That she was proud of me for finally growing a heart.”
“So, she knows you pretty well then, huh?” I smiled and kissed him.
“She also asked me to give her away at her wedding next month.”
“She did? That’s huge!” I beamed at him.
“I’m happy for her. She deserves a good life. Lord knows I could never give that to her.”
“Wait, so you guys dated?” I was suddenly nervous.
“A million years ago. She’s been my best friend since then. She’s special, like you. But she was never meant for me because you were out there somewhere waiting for me to find you. I think you’ll really like her.”
“I don’t know why I’m nervous about her now.”
“Don’t be, if you like Smith, you’ll love Shai. She’s a bit more refined, but I’ve always said she was the female version of Smith.”
“Speaking of Smith, did you know that he and Faith have