"Maybe it was at first. I'm not saying I was into you at the very beginning, but... you grew on me, okay? You're... you're not like anyone else I've ever been with. You're driven and determined. You're passionate. You never stop trying. Even when I was a complete dick to you, you still tried to be nice to me most of the time, but you didn't let me push you around, either. I used to think you were naive, and blind to the way the world worked, but I know that's not true now."
“You like me,” I said, sounding stunned. “You... like me?”
“That’s what I just said,” he replied with a huff. “And I’m not saying you have to like me back or whatever because I know I’m difficult. But I can’t do this on again, off again, we’re just fucking and there’s nothing else to it thing anymore. I can’t. I don’t want to.”
“What do you want?” I wanted to know, and my eyes were intent as I gazed at him.
He looked like he was hating being put on the spot, but he’d brought it up, so I considered it fair. “You,” he said. “In my bed in the morning. Or here when I get home from a long shift. I want to bicker with you about chili oil in ramen and what the best pizza topping is.”
“Pineapple,” I said, interjecting with a smirk.
“You’re wrong, and you’re lucky you’re cute. I’m not saying everything has to change. I’m still going to piss you off more often than not, and I still want you to call me out when I do. But I just want you with me. I don’t want to have to think up reasons to come over or get you over here, then have sex and not see each other for weeks. I want something more.”
“You want a relationship.”
He shrugged. “Sure.”
It wasn’t what I was expecting by a long shot, but when I really thought about it, it made sense. Logan had been ready to get married before, so obviously he had a romantic side and wanted that companionship. He just needed someone to be ready to go there with him.
And I had come to enjoy his company. Irritating as he could be, he was also funny and smart and incredibly handsome.
The men I chose were never worth it, but... maybe it would be different with someone who had chosenme.
“Okay,” I finally replied, giving him a smile. “Let’s give it a try.”
