“Ames?” Reluctantly, I glance up at him through my blurry vision. “Amy, baby, what’s wrong?” He swipes my tears away with his thumbs.
“It’s nothing,” I lie.
“It’s not nothing. Tell me what’s got you so upset.”
“Am I… Am I just another hook up to you?” I ask in a choked voice.
He takes a step back as though I pushed him. “What? Why would you think that?” He runs a hand over his jaw. “Is this about Mel and Jen?” After a moment I nod.
“Ames, they’re in the past, and I have no plans to go back there.”
“Who were they to you?”
“They were just women I slept with a few times. They meant nothing.”
“Those women... I can’t give you what they can. I get that you’ve been with a lot of women in the past and that’s okay, but what happens when you want more? What happens when you get bored of me?”
“I will never get bored of you.Ever.”
“You can’t know that. How can I ever compete with them?” I try to scoot past him but he grips my arm, spinning me around to face him.
“Amy, it’s not a competition. Like I said, they’re in the past.”
“I just… I don’t think we should do this anymore.”
“What? Why?”
“Because it hurts too much. Can you honestly say I’m enough for you?”
“Yes, I can.” He steps closer, caging me between his hard body and the wall. “Amy, listen to me. You are everything to me. You hear?Everything.You make me feel things I haven’t felt in years, you make me want things... things I never allowed myself to want. But Iwantmore.You’remy future.”
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that I wanna try... being in a relationship. With you.”
My heart flutters. “Really?”
“You’re not just another hook up for me, Ames, and I’ve known for a while now that sex just isn’t enough for me anymore. Seeing the way Dwight and Quinn are with each other, the love they have… I need more. I needyou, and I’m not sure I can give you up.”
His confession has my heart soaring, laying everything from a few seconds ago in the past. “Ever since my dad died, I’ve felt so empty, and the only time I feel whole again is when I’m with you.” The words ‘I love you’is on the tip of my tongue. “Are you sure about this? I mean... why me?”
“Are you seriously asking me that?” He leans forward and takes my face in his hands. “Ames, you are the kindest person I know, your heart is so pure and full of love. Fuck, you steal my breath away whenever I’m near you. You’re fucking beautiful, insideandout... Do you need me to go on?”
Tears pool in my eyes. "I'm scared, Logan."
He frowns. "What are you afraid of, baby?"
"I don't know... Everything."
"Can I tell you a secret?" I nod. "I'm scared too.I'm scared of fucking everything up like I usually do, and I'm scared of how quickly you've gotten under my skin. You're in my fucking soul, baby."
"You're in mine too," I say, and he drops his forehead to mine, his fingers tangling in my hair. “So are we like… boyfriend and girlfriend then?”
A wide smile spreads across his face. “We’re whatever you wanna call us, babygirl.” He crashes his lips to mine, tasting me as he licks inside my mouth, backing me up against the wall, and holding me close.
I wind my fingers through his hair as he lifts me, guiding my legs around his waist and deepening the kiss and I moan into his mouth.
“I’m gonna try, baby. I promise. Just don’t give up on me,” he says against my lips. “You’remygirl, something that you’ve been all along, I just should have realised it sooner.” He kisses me again. “Let’s get you home, I want to show my girl how much she means to me.”
