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Not we shouldn’t or this isn’t a good idea, but a question, folded neatly inside the same drunken desire wildly pulsing through me.
I reach behind my back to unsnap my bra, letting it gradually slip from my arms to the floor. “Yes.”
My whole body trembles when his eyes fall to my bare chest. He swallows hard. “I don’t deserve you.”
Such conviction. It makes our surroundings tilt in one dizzied whirl, but not nearly as much as his finger gently gliding around the swell of one breast before arching its way back toward my nipple.
My head falls back when he slips the pad across it, and I stifle a groan. “Can you do that again? Not sure I liked it.”
He hikes an arrogant brow before raising his other hand, giving the opposite side the same treatment.
“Ah.” Pleasure spikes through his touch, heating my core unbearably. “Okay, yeah. I like that. I like it a lot.”
Soft breaths skitter below my throat, and I decide Logan’s cutest when he’s amused by me.
“I may be new to this, but I think you’re supposed to be naked, too,” I tease.
A flash of hesitation cracks his easy demeanor. The muscles along his jaw flicker as he shifts to stare at our feet.
The shift is so abrupt that my anxiety instantly spikes.
“Logan, talk to me.” I bring my face in front of his, desperate to fix whatever’s gnawing at him.
Avoiding my gaze, he grips the bottom hem of his shirt, hesitating for two full heartbeats before sliding it over his head. Sinewy muscles flex and bunch as he moves, and just as I suspected, his abdomen is artistically defined.
My fingers rise to hover over a series of circular sores pocking his chest. “W-what are these?”
“Burns,” he says, but doesn’t elaborate.
Dread pricks between my shoulder blades, followed by anger so swift, it coats my vision red. I’m not violent, not by a long shot, but for Logan, I could be. “Who did this to you?”
He has the audacity to crack a joke. “Easy, killer. I don’t need protecting.”
I scoop my dress off the floor, ready to set this town on fire to find the person responsible.
Glaring at the hand he wraps around my arm, I seethe. “Let me go.”
“You won’t find who you’re looking for out there.”
“Who. Did. This?”
“I did,” he utters, and my chest nearly caves.
The world ceases turning as those words hit my gut.
“Why?” I don’t mean to sound so horrified, but the thought of Logan harming himself makes me sick to my stomach.
“We don’t have to do this right now.” He tries to back away, but I reach for him. “This is supposed to be special for you, and I’m ruining it.”
“It is special.” His head hangs, but I cup his jaw and bring those haunted eyes back to mine. “If you wanted to stop right now, it wouldn’t matter. Being with you is special. Your friendship, your trust, your acceptance means more to me than this.” I gesture around the room, then to my naked body.
My heart thunders while I wait for him to make a move.
“I don’t know…” He feathers a hand through his long hair, releasing a sigh. “I guess it makes me feel better after Dad and I argue.”
“Hey, it’s okay.” I lace my fingers through his and squeeze. “What makes it better? How did you do this?”
“His cigarettes.”
