But right now, his face was inches from hers, his gorgeous eyes searching hers with a knowing stare. “I asked if you’d made heads or tails of all this stuff yet.” He tilted his head toward the purposeful mess. “But it looks like you might have other things on your mind.”
“Oh it does, does it?” She tried not to smile.
And failed miserably.
“Uh, huh.” The tip of his nose brushed playfully against hers.
She was quick to remind him, “The last time this happened, I didn’t get a minute’s worth of work done the rest of the day.”
“Funny. I don’t remember you complaining.” He pulled her bottom lip between his teeth. A tiny nibble meant to taunt and torture.
Mission accomplished.
“Not complaining, simply stating a fact.” She ran the tip of her tongue along the seam of his lips.
Two can play at this game, Hayes.
“I’ve got a fact for you.” The rumble of his voice filled her system, collecting in a familiar aching at the apex of her thighs.
The kiss that followed only added to her insatiable need for this man. Only for Logan.
Only him.
She still couldn’t believe how easy the transition from friends to lovers had been. It was still early, of course. But even he’d agreed the weirdest part about the shift in their relationship was the fact that itdidn’tfeel weird.
From that first no-holds-barred kiss two nights ago—followed by one of the most powerful, all-consuming orgasms of her entire life—it had almost felt as if they’d been a couple all along.
Tessa would probably attribute the ease with which things had changed to the fact that they started out as friends. And after sharing his roof for the past couple of days, Natalie would be inclined to agree.
While the life-altering sex had been a definite perk, it wasn’t the basis of their new romance. At the root…at its verycore…theirs was relationship was built on the friendship they’d built in recent years.
One that had started out of a mutual respect for the man who would become her husband, but had deepened, blossomed, and grown into something so much more. In their shared grief and promises made to a man they’d both love and lost, she and Logan had found each other.
And now that they had, now that they’d foundthis, Natalie knew with every fiber of her being, there was no turning back. She wouldn’t, even if she wanted to. Which she absolutely, without question, didnotwant to do.
Why?
Because you love him.
Tessa was right all along. As fate would have it, Natalie hadfinallyopened her eyes to what her sister had been trying to get her see all along with those every-once-in-a-while conversations she’d start about the potential for Natalie and Logan as a couple…
She was completely, fully, overwhelmingly in love with Logan Hayes.
My very own miracle.
It truly was, she supposed. At least to her it was. After all, she’d already gotten to experience one fairytale love story. Happy ending or not, Natalie had been blessed to know love once before.
A deep, soulful, unconditional love that knew no bounds.
She’d had that once. With Hunter. A man who’d worshipped the ground she’d walked on while also challenging her for the better at every turn.
And now…
Now I’ve found it again.
It was the same, familiar sense of belonging and yet so very different.
The love she felt for Logan didn’t simply fill a void left by Hunter’s death. It had slowly started to fill every cracked and broken remnant of grief still cluttering her heart and impeding her future.