“I’ll make it up to you later,” she says over her shoulder with a smile and a wink.
“Damn right you will.” My dick twitches with the thought of all the dirty things I have planned already and my eyes drop to her gorgeous ass as she heads out of the garage, swinging her hips just to tease me.
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Later on, after we cook dinner together, I lie next to Amy in my bed with my arm around her. She’s snuggled into my chest, fast asleep. I lie awake for what must be hours just thinking stuff over, my mind too awake to sleep.
Ithink about Donovan and my debts and how the fuck I’m gonna pay back the money I was loaned, and trynotto think about the repercussions of not being able to pay it back. For the past couple of months the auto shop has been failing, my life’s work all going to shit. I had to do something. After I was turned down by every bank in this city, going to Donovan was my last resort. You don’t mess with Donovan and his guys. Rumours surround them of how they can destroy your life and everyone you love and care about, and my arm tightens instinctively around Amy.
Amy.
Christ, I think back to only a week ago when I was fighting so hard against my feelings and desire for her, and now here we are, her wrapped up in my arms with her head resting over my heart, my heart that beats solely for her.
I’ve spent so long fighting the idea of love and relationships and here I am wanting it all, withher. Ever since the first time I saw her smile, I wanted to see it again and again for the rest of my life. Every time she falls apart in my arms and moans my name, it has me wanting to hear that sound until the day I die.
I don’t want anything else. I don’t wantanyoneelse. Just her.
What is she doing to me?I can hardly recognise myself.
I keep telling myself that I’m not good enough for her and that she deserves better, but what if it’s all bullshit?
Maybe this is who I really am? Maybe all the sex and the revolving door of easy women wasn’t me at all, maybe it was all an act, a way for me to keep myself detached. Maybe this is who I am. The man who thrives off of making her laugh and making her blush with my compliments and my dirty words.
Being around her feels like the most natural thing in the world, and quite frankly, I can’t imagine my life without Amy.
She’s invaded my mind, placed herself in the centre of my life, and now, at the risk of sounding like a Bryan Adams’ song, everything I do, I do it for her.
Chapter 19
Amy
“Where the hell have you been stranger?” Quinn asks, pulling me into a hug just moments after her eyes land on me as I enter the restaurant where she works.
“Sorry, I’ve been… busy,” I say, returning her hug. What with spending every spare moment with Logan for the past week, everything else had completely slipped my mind.
“I bet you have!” She takes my hand and drags us over to an empty table in the corner, it’s just after the lunchtime rush so it’s not too busy. She takes a seat opposite me and leans forward with her forearms resting on the table. “So you were saying, you’ve been busy. Busy as in… busy with a certain hot mechanic?” she quizzes, wiggling her eyebrows, prying for gossip.
“Maybe,” I mumble, my cheeks beginning to heat.
She gasps loudly. “Tell me everything!”
My cheeks heat and an involuntary smile works itself onto my mouth. “We um… we’ve… you know…”
“You’ve… what?” She knows exactly what I mean, she just wants me to say it out loud.
“We had sex,” I blurt out in a hushed voice.
Her mouth hangs open for a long minute just staring at me. “Oh. My. God!” She says each word carefully as her mouth stretches into the biggest smile I’ve ever seen. “How was it?”
“Amazing,” I beam. “It was everything I wanted and more.”
“So he’s good then?”
Good? Well isn’t that the understatement. Despite not having anything or anyone to compare Logan to, I know that he is beyond good at sex. “Sogood.”
She squeals, clapping her hands excitedly like a child on their birthday. “I’m so fucking happy for you!”
I tell her all about the past week I’ve spent with Logan and it’s a nice feeling getting to share it with my best friend. It’s the first time that I’ve taken a step back and realised that I’m happy. Despite everything that has happened in the past few months, I am truly happy, and it’s all because of Logan.
