Total pages in book: 83
Estimated words: 82534 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 413(@200wpm)___ 330(@250wpm)___ 275(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 82534 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 413(@200wpm)___ 330(@250wpm)___ 275(@300wpm)
She ran her fingers through her hair and started to pace the living room.
“I need a shower,” she said.
“While you’re here, be careful.”
“What do you mean?”
“Luke doesn’t drop by here uninvited, but I don’t know what Logan has planned for you. I don’t even know why he’s brought you here, but be careful.”
“Aw, thank you, you care?”
He laughed. “Nah, I don’t care about you. I care about Logan, and I happen to believe Luke is a lying scumbag, and I don’t trust him.” Hunter stood.
“You believe me?”
He opened his mouth and closed it again. “Let’s say I believe Luke and his parents at the time may have had the power you talk about to make certain things happen. It doesn’t mean I believe you.”
Hope fell from her. There was no point in expecting him to help her. He didn’t believe her. No one did.
“I need to shower.” Without looking back at him, she went straight toward the en-suite bathroom. Removing her clothes, she climbed beneath the spray, turning it on, tilting her head back, and gasping as the cold jet hit her in the face.
She needed the shock of the cold to wash over her. To try to gain some control because she was so close to losing her mind and herself.
“It’ll be okay.”
She didn’t want to talk to herself, but it seemed she was the only one in her life who believed her.
“I’m fine.”
Turning her back to the shower, she tilted her head back so it got all of her hair, running her hands through the strands. When it was nice and wet, she reached for the soap. Lathering up her entire body, she started on her face before working down.
In the back of her mind was the cruel memory of Luke’s taunt, of how he held her down, kept her in place as he violated her in the worst way.
She let out a shriek when someone touched her.
Opening her eyes, she saw Logan had joined her in the shower.
“What the hell?” she said.
“You don’t have to be afraid. I arrived home a couple of minutes ago.”
“Where’s Hunter?”
Her heart raced, and she hated that with just a few memories she could be reduced to a quivering mess. This wasn’t how her life was supposed to turn out.
She wanted no memory of that monster near her. Luke wouldn’t win.
Logan took the bar of soap. “He’s gone. Said he needed to go and do some thinking.”
“Oh.”
“Now, this is a pleasant surprise. You, naked in my shower. I had no idea you knew me so well.”
“I was dirty. I needed to wash.”
He chuckled. “Your dirty talk needs some work. Here, let me.” He took her arm and turned her gently so her back was pressed to his front.
The hard ridge of his cock butted against the base of her back. She kept her eyes open, and Logan’s lips brushed across her ear going to her neck.
“I’ve thought about you all day.”
“I’ve been right here.”
“Oh, I know it, and I love it.” He bit down, and she let out a moan.
His soaped hands coming up to cup her breasts. He pinched the nipples.
“I had no idea I would enjoy having a woman’s company so much, but then you’re not just any woman, are you, baby? No, you’re my woman.”
Was she his woman or just someone he’d brought along to hurt for past sins she had no idea were hers?
She didn’t know what the sheriff had done until recently.
Logan and Hunter truly believed she was lying, even though she had no reason to hurt him. The sheriff had covered his tracks, and there was no way for her to stop Logan from believing the lies that had been spun. She’d been too young, too stupid to ask questions. She wouldn’t make the same mistake again. Logan hadn’t done anything wrong, and she didn’t make lying a habit. Luke needed to pay.
His fingers slid down her body, going between her thighs.
Logan spun her back around so she was facing him, and he lifted one thigh up and over his hip, resting his cock at the juncture of her thighs.
“You’ve been thinking of me while you’ve been away?”
“Yes.”
“Where have you been?” she asked.
“Busy, working. I can’t just up and leave so easily without problems being dealt with. People needing to be taught a lesson.”
“What kind of work do you do?”
“A lot of everything.”
Before she could ask any more questions, he took her lips in a possessive kiss, and she moaned his name, whimpering as he slid his tongue into her mouth. She cupped his cheek, kissing him back with the same passion, feeling the tightness in her body evaporate to make way for the pleasure of his mouth, his tongue, his everything.
“Do you have any idea what it is you do to me, every single fucking day?”