Page 46 of Falling For Her Boss

I hold my breath. It’s hard to keep myself under control when he says such tempting things. He’s close enough that I could kiss him and trust me, it’s tempting. It’s no wonder he has all the women he knows throwing themselves at him left, right and center when he looks so hot all the damn time. I swallow. I need to say something, anything.

“Well…if that’s what you want, then why don’t you tell me exactly what’s on your mind?”

Logan looks a little intimidated by the question. Asking a man to share his feelings is always a recipe for disaster, especially when they’re used to keeping their thoughts to themselves. Logan takes a deep breath.

“Okay…I’ll tell you what I’m thinking. I’m thinking that I’ve never had a connection with someone the way I do with you. I’m thinking that I’ve never wanted someone so badly – mind, body and soul. I’m thinking that it’s crazy how hard and fast I’ve fallen for you, and how hard I’m willing to fight to save this.”

My heart is racing. He sure knows how to say all the right things. He runs a hand through his hair, shaking his head to himself.

“You don’t get it, Isabella …with anyone else, this situation would never have played out. If I was dating Maeve and she caught me kissing you…I would have just let her believe that I’m a cheat, even though I’m not. It wouldn’t have been worth chasing her down. I would have just let my reputation take a dent. But with you, I know it’s worth asking for another chance. Because it actually means something to me. You mean something to me…a lot.”

“But for how long?” I ask. “How long before you get bored of me, like you did with all of the other girls?”

Logan reaches out tentatively to tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear.

“I would never get bored of you,” he insists. “I don’t think you realize how long I’ve waited for this. From the moment I saw you for the first time, I wanted you. And I held off for so long, knowing your brother would hate me for even thinking about you. But now that I have you within my reach…I can’t let you go again, Isabella. I don’t know what I would do if you walked away from me.”

“I have every right to do that,” I say, but my voice isn’t convincing. He knows he has me within his grasp now. He moves in even closer to me.

“I know you do,” he whispers. “But you’re not going to, are you? Because you feel exactly the same. You want me as much as I want you. I see it in the way you look at me. And the fact is…if you didn’t want me, you wouldn’t have cared about what happened in the coffee shop. You would have just walked away from me then and never come back. But you care…I know you do.”

He’s got me there. Maybe I’m not as in charge of this situation as I think I am. Perhaps I’m handing the control over without meaning to. Logan tends to have that effect on me – I’m not ever the same when I’m around him. The second I look in his eyes, I know I’ve lost the battle. His arm is leaning on the back of the sofa and his fingers lazily trace over the side of my neck, sending shivers down my spine.

“We talk about things together that I’ve never told another soul,” he whispers. “You make me smile like no other person ever has. And I know a connection like this is rare…so I’m not willing to give up. I’ve waited for a year to have an opportunity with you, but I’ve waited my entire life to feel this way at all. Take all the time you want…but I always get what I want eventually. So you can make me play the waiting game…or we can cut to the chase and both have what we’re truly craving. Right now.”

Our lips seem to be closer together than before, as though a magnetic force has brought them together. And before I can protest, our lips are crashing together. We abandon our glasses of wine on the table to wrap our arms around one another. It feels like a relief to have our lips back together, to have his hands wandering over my skin. I’ve been holding my breath this whole time, waiting for this moment to unfold. Now that it’s really happening. I move so that I’m straddling his lap, my hands cupping his face. I never want to let go. I want him to be mine forever, through thick and thin. It’s far too soon to be feeling like this, but I couldn’t care less. It’s like Logan said – we have a connection like no other. It’s one in a million. We would be fools to let it go to waste.

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