Page 56 of Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck 3)
âYou wore a red dress just to drive me insane, didnât you?â he asks.
Before I can answer, we hear Hadley through the door. âI put your bags in here, you horny fuckers. Youâre welcome.â
Logan laughs against my neck, and I run my fingers through his hair, getting high on heaven. Thatâs what he is to me.
âSometimes I think youâre an illusion, and that none of this is really happening. That I really died ten years ago after the accident,â I tell him softly as he starts tearing my underwear down.
âIâm real, Lana,â he murmurs against my neck as he finally peels off the last of my clothes.
; Just the feel of his body sliding against mine as he undressed me has gotten me ready for him.
âAnd Iâm yours,â he says before he kisses me, swallowing the words I try to return.
Mine.
Just like Iâm his.
For as long as heâll keep me.
âI love you,â I say as he slides inside me, shuddering as though the feel of me was exactly what he needed.
I know the feeling.
The words mean more to me than he knows, because theyâre words I thought Iâd never utter in that context. Thought Iâd never heal enough to feel that connection.
âI love you,â he says, opening his eyes to stare into mine, watching me as he rocks in and out.
Itâs everything I need and more.
Heâs everything I wish I could be.
A hero.
A hero loved by a monster.
Chapter 15
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
âWilliam Shakespeare
LOGAN
âOne place. Anywhere you could go. Where would it be?â Lana asks me.
âHmmm,â I say, humming against her skin. âGreece.â
âWhy Greece?â she asks, a tangled mess of naked limbs.
I wish I could just spend my days lying on a beach in Greece with her wrapped around me just like this. This job is starting to take too much and give back too little.
Then again, after this case, I may not have a career at all. But I wonât just bow down and let them cover up whatever went on here ten years ago.
âBecause my stepdad always said if he had a choice, heâd be drunk in Greece and in love. But he wasted all his sexy years on my mother.â
She laughs, and I grin down at her as she wipes a few tears from her eyes from the surprise outburst.