“Don't you want to come in?”I ask him over the shoulder.
“Of course, it’s just I don’t want to bother you, you still need to rest.”He replies by closing the door behind him.
“Logan, if you can wait for 2 minutes while I take a shower and then we would talk. Please, and you don’t bother me. And I don’t want to rest now.”
“Alright.”
I wash with the speed of light and get dressed. Logan is sitting on my bed.
“What was it that you said? You wanted me to be here to keep me safe?”
“Hmmhmm, yes I said that,”and he opened his arms where I go without even thinking about it.“You have a delicious perfume,”he whispers squeezing me and I lift my head from his chest.
“Logan?”I search his eyes, that mesmerizing color green that I find immediately. And I am enchanted by the nuances that I find in there. Golden flecks intertwine with the color.
“Yeah??”he whispers. And his breath caresses my skin.
“I want to feel the taste of your lips,”I say and he lowers himself smiling and capturing my mouth. A sweet and slow kiss, but as soon as I part my lips it becomes more intense and possessive as our tongues touch each other. I let out a groan and he hugs me tight. My heart is pounding, my ears are rumbling and my body is literally on fire. He puts an end to the kiss, we are out of breath while our eyes seems chained together.
“You know how many times I imagined this? How many times I imagined to caress you, to smell your perfume, to kiss you? But all I imagined is nothing compared to reality. Baby, tell me you felt that shock too. That…“
“That feeling of being safe? Belonging? Yes, I felt it, too.”I rest his hand on my heart and mine on his.“And I also feel our hearts beating wildly.”
Logan smiles.“Then, I'm not crazy”. Here there are his splendid dimples, I caress his cheek, and I kiss his dimple. “Or maybe we both are”.He turns and brushes my lips when his watch rings.
“Can I use your computer for a moment? “
His question catches me off guard; I unlock it and give it to him“of course, it's already connected.”
“Perfect. I would like to call Angel if I may.”
“Of course you may. Well, meanwhile I'm going to call Alec so I give you your space,”I say as I get up to go away but he holds me by the wrist and pulls me toward him, making me sit.
“No, you don't understand. I'd like to introduce you to my daughter. She can’t wait to meet you.”Then, he pauses.“As long as you don’t mind.”
I smile“It’s an important step, are you sure about that? There is no going back then.”
“I don't have to go back Kate, you're my classic American dream come true.”I give him a quick kiss and start the video call.
“Hi dad, happy birthday…”Angel squeaks all happy until she realizes that her father is not alone. She is a wonderful little girl, long hair, almost like mine, red cheeks and big, wonderful eyes full of the innocence that only a child has.
“Hello, honey, thank you. I'd like to introduce you to Katherine. Kate, this is my daughter, Angel.”
“Hi, babygirl, nice to meet you. Your father told me a lot about you,”I greet her smiling.
“Hi... Dad, but is she Kate? I mean Kate-Kate?”My heart almost stops, she doesn't like me.
“Yes, sweetie, it's her.”He starts laughing.
“But dad, she is so beautiful! You didn't tell me she was so beautiful, she looks like my Barbie.”
We both burst out laughing.“Thank you, little one, you are beautiful, too. How was your day?”
“All right, I did my homework, we went to the park and ate ice cream. Nanny Nellie got strawberry ice cream. Strawberry, daddy, not chocolate like the other time. Katherine, which ice cream do you prefer?”
“I love vanilla ice cream.”
“See, Daddy, she likes it too,”she says smiling to Logan as if she had found an ally in me.
