“They were.Traitors to their family.”
“I’m so damn sorry, Blythe.I know we’re not a replacement but you have a family here if you want it.”She stared at him, cocking her head.“I mean to say, I, we could be your family.”
“I don’t understand,” she whispered, afraid to speak what was running through her mind.Logan scooted closer to her on the bench, taking her hand in his own, wrapping the other arm around her shoulder.
“I mean, I’d very much like us to get to know one another.Date.Go to dinner together.Become closer.”
“Me?B-but I’m so different,” she said in disbelief.
“You are not so different,” he smiled.“Besides, I have to marry the woman that tried to shoot me.I want to keep an eye on you.”
“M-marry me?” she stammered.
“Don’t panic,” he said holding up his hands.“Listen, you already know that we’re very different here at Belle Fleur.I know what my feelings are for you.I know that you and I were meant to find one another.We can build on that.I have to find General Fitzwilliam, make him pay for what he’s done.But in between that, can’t we get to know one another better?”
“I can’t believe you mean that,” she said staring at him.“You’re so perfect.So, so, so you!I’m just me.”
“And you are more than I deserve.Let me walk you back to your cottage and you can sleep on it.”She nodded and he took her hand, walking as slowly as he could to her cottage at the back of the property.By the time they arrived, the sun was gone and the black of night was upon them.
As she stepped up on the porch, he stayed two steps down, looking at her eye-to-eye.
“Goodnight, Blythe,” he smiled.
“I-I don’t have to sleep on it.”He stared at her and held his breath.“I’d very much like to date you, get to know you.”
“I’m very happy to hear that,” he smiled.
“Shouldn’t that begin with a kiss,” she grinned.
Logan slowly took the two steps to the porch, standing over her like a lion observing its prey.He cupped the back of her neck, lowering his head to hers.His warm breath hit her face and she moaned with desire.Softly he touched her lips with his own, tasting, plying, massaging them with his kiss.
For Logan it was the most heavenly moment of his life.
For Blythe it was life-altering.She would never be able to look at another man and wonder what it would be like.This just set the standard for which there would be no other.
Logan pulled back, the pad of his thumb brushing her lips as her eyes fluttered open.
“That was perfect,” she whispered.
“I couldn’t agree more.I’ll come and get you for breakfast in the morning,” he said.“My cottage is just five down from yours.If you need me, just come and get me or yell.No one will find you here.No one.”
“You did.And I’m very glad of that.”
CHAPTER TEN
Logan slept much better than he had the previous.At least until his phone began buzzing like crazy.He rolled over and looked at the clock.
0410
“Fuck,” he muttered in his sleepiness.He stared at his phone and saw the message from Ham and the others.They were all to meet at 0430 in the auditorium.
Quickly he rinsed off in the shower, pulled on some running shorts, a t-shirt, and his running shoes.He might as well get in a quick run after the meeting.
Logan was surprised to see that it was nearly the entire team in the room.Ham, Tanner, Hiro, and AJ were at the front whispering with Cowboy, Gator, Jak, and his own father, Rush.
“Take a seat everyone,” said Ham.“Logan?Your teammates, Menzies and Forrester were both released to their families for burial yesterday.Storman, whom you knew as Star, was in a military stockade but was found dead around at 0300 this morning.”
“Shit,” muttered Logan.
