“Thirty-two.”
“Thirty-two,” Lucky repeated the correction. “So she’s a young, single, gorgeous woman with a huge-ass heart who hasn’t had a single date in two years. And given that it’s Nat, you know if she isn’t dating, she’s not having sex, which means she’s gone two years without any. How is that anythingbutsad?”
Ah, hell.
Jesus, he really was a selfish bastard. Here he’d spent this whole time relieved that Nat had remained single and dateless. Because the very idea of having to sit back and watch her move on with another man who wasn’t him was too fucking painful to bear.
But in all that time, Logan hadn’t given much thought to what that meant forher.And now that he was…now that Lucky’s comment had opened his eyes to everything the incredible woman had been missing out on by keeping to herself…
She deserves so much more out of life than this.
“If you can start with the people at her work, I’ll keep looking into things on my end. I get more names, I’ll send them your way.”
The sudden change in topic must have taken his former teammate off guard, because it took Lucky a second to react. “Uh…yeah. Sure. I’ll see what comes up and let you know.”
“Thanks, brother.”
“No thanks needed.” A slight exhale. “How’s she handling everything?”
“As best as can be expected. We just ate a bite, and she’s in bed now.”
“You staying at her place for the night?”
“I brought her to mine.”
Lucky cleared his throat. “Natalie’s spending the night with you?”
“In my spare bedroom, asshole.”
“Hey, no judgement on my end. Two years, remember?”
Logan knew the other man was only joking, but that didn’t keep his gut from growing tight.
“Nat I haven’t…we’re not—”
“Relax, Hayes. I was just kidding. Although, you were Hunt’s best friend. If ever there was a guy who could fill his boots, it would be you.”
The fuck?
“What…what would make you even go there?”
He wasn’t pissed. More like curious to see where Lucky was going with this.
“Nothin’, man. Really. I guess I just figured with you living there and always hanging out with her, it was inevitable.”
“What was inevitable?”
Because surely Lucky wasn’t saying what Logan thought he was.
“You and Nat.”
Logan physically recoiled, his booted foot taking a stumbling step backward on his tree-covered deck. “Jason, Natalie and are just friends. That’s all we’ve ever been.”
Unfortunately.
“I know. The other guys know that, too. Although we do have a pool going on when it finally does happen, so if you could let me know if you’re thinking things are headed that way, I’d love a heads-up so I can amend my guess.”
There were so many what-the-fucks going on inside Logan’s head, he didn’t know which way was up.