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“Okay. I’ll listen.”

I sigh thankfully, but the pressure is building. I only have one chance to get this right. I can’t afford to lose her.

“Okay…let me start at the beginning.”

CHAPTER 24

Isabella

I can’t believe I’m still here. I fully intended to storm into Logan’s office, hand in my resignation notice and be out like a shot. And yet here I am, watching him leaning against his office door, looking so damn sexy that I feel ready to forgive him for anything. But I keep my arms folded and my back straight. I have the power here and he had better learn that. Because I refuse to take any bullshit.

“Go on then,” I prompt him. He takes a deep breath. He looks tired, and I can’t help feeling glad. I hope he lost sleep over this. I know I did.

“Maeve and I haven’t spoken in a long time. After I told her that I didn’t share feelings for her, she left here and I said it was best that we didn’t see one another again. Given the fact that she was my assistant…well, you know it’s sensitive.”

“Damn right I do,” I mutter.

“Well, I did my best to keep her at arm’s length. Honestly, I didn’t miss her at all. She wasn’t in my life for very long…maybe six months, tops. And yes, things heated up in that time, but I didn’t fall for her at all. I didn’t even like her half the time…she was prone to mood swings, she got angry over the smallest things, she had very little respect for me, even just as a person. Long after she left the job, she kept trying to text me, so I told her that if she tried again, I would block her number. After that, the texts stopped.”

“So if that’s true, why the hell were you with her on Saturday?”

Logan throws his arms up in frustration. “She texted me out of the blue, asking for a job reference. I felt like I owed it to her…after all, I was the reason she lost her job. She was a good assistant, I would never have wished her to be jobless…but she was just using it as an excuse to meet up and cause trouble all over again.”

I shake my head at him. “No. Not good enough. None of that explains why you were holding her hand. Don’t you think that was a little inappropriate? And then to let her kiss you…”

Logan takes a step closer to me. “I was trying to comfort her. I didn’t want to cause a scene, and she was getting angry. She kept claiming that I broke her heart. And I don’t know…maybe I did. It’s hard knowing someone doesn’t feel the same about you, right? So I reached out…I just wanted to show her that I’m not a monster. But she ignored the words coming out of my mouth. I was telling her about you. I was telling her how happy you make me, even though we haven’t been seeing each other long…”

My heart is thudding hard against my chest. Damn, he’s good. He knows exactly how to wrap me around his little finger. I can’t be fooled by this speech…can I?

But he seems so sincere. He seems so genuinely bothered by the whole thing that it’s hard to fault him. He takes another step closer to me, but I back up. I’m not ready to let him be this close to me. If I do, I’ll run to him and forgive everything too readily. He stops short of me and sighs.

“I tried to tell her that I don’t feel that way about her…that I never did…but she thought I had forgotten the spark we felt between us. She thought if she kissed me, I’d remember. And that’s what you saw. The moment when she leaned in and forced a kiss on me. If you hadn’t walked in when you did, you would have heard me telling her to cut it out. It meant nothing to me. All I want is to rewind time, to get her out of my life completely…” Logan runs a hand through his hair, looking concerned. “Look…I messed up the second I even replied to her. I was going to hand her a reference and be out of there within ten minutes. I had a coffee I bought for you right by my side. You were on my mind the entire time.”

Do I believe him? I’m not sure, but I want to. Logan’s eyes are full of sadness as he steps closer yet again.

“Isabella…you’re everything to me. I know it’s too soon to put a label on things, to make this a big deal…but I want a future with you. I want you to be mine. If you can forgive me…then maybe we can start over.”

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