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I couldn’t believe what I’d heard. Shock and excitement ran through me in equal measure. My father had made it perfectly clear that Marta would not be joining me during my stay on the island.
“Marta? Marta’s coming here?”
He nodded.
“That’s amazing! When?”
“Not quite sure exactly. She said that she has to put some affairs in order around the house, be there to take care of some business for your father. I’d say in five days or so.”
I couldn’t hold back my excitement any longer. I let out a squeal, jumping from my seat and throwing my arms around Logan.
I hugged him hard enough to feel his solid body and the outlines of his muscles. The sensation of his body against mine brought to mind our lovemaking, how good he’d felt on top of me, inside of me.
Logan didn’t hug me back. Instead, he placed his hands on my shoulders and gently, but firmly, pushed me away. Rather than put total distance between us, he kept me close, looking deeply into my eyes with those icy blues of his.
His expression was grim and grave, not a trace of warmth or humor.
“I’m only going to say this once—if there’s something going on here, if this Marta woman is coming to facilitate a rescue or some other sort of backhanded bullshit, there will be consequences. And the outcome for you will be dire.”
It was a threat, and a serious one. His tone was low and deep, and there was no question whether or not he meant his words.
I should’ve been scared. Hell, Iwasscared. But I felt something else, too. Logan was close enough that I could feel theheat from his body. His big hands gripped my shoulders, holding me still.
I was turned on. My pussy clenched, and I was wet from the moment I’d hugged him. I wanted to respond, but I knew speaking even a single word would betray my desire. My eyes flicked down to his lips, part of me wishing that Logan would lean forward and kiss me hard and deep.
Instead, I nodded. He nodded back, taking his hands off my shoulders. Logan cast me one more hard look before turning and leaving, shutting the door behind him.
The second I was alone once again, I let out a deep breath that I didn’t even realize I’d been holding in.
Logan was sexy as hell, but he was dangerous as they came. I couldn’t forget that.
As strange as it might’ve seemed, that combination was what made the man absolutely irresistible.
And I wanted more.
I spent the rest of the evening getting to know my new laptop. It was a total thrill. Dad never let me have anything modern in the way of technology other than a basic cell phone with just about every feature disabled other than a GPS tracker so he could keep tabs on me at all times. I could only use it to call emergency services. Having a brand new MacBook at my fingertips opened up a whole new world for me.
I spent hours in Word typing up my handwritten pages and transferring them into something more legible, not to mention easier to edit. After nearly two years of sneaking around scribbling my words onto scrap sheets of paper after Dad hadgone to bed, being able to sit at a desk and just type was something else, something wonderful.
After I’d done enough work for one day, I clicked over to the internet to see what I could find. Just like Logan had said, most of the internet was blocked for security reasons. I was able to check some news and a few other pages, but for the most part, the internet was on lockdown. I decided to reward myself with a little streaming, bringing my new MacBook over to the bed and curling up in the blankets with a little moreEmily in Paris, watching until my eyelids grew heavy.
When it was time to go to sleep, I closed the laptop and plugged it in on the desk. I was already excited for the morning when I could wake up and get started once again on my novel. Maybe I’d even take a little walk along the beach for inspiration.
After changing into my sleeping clothes, I opened the window, allowing the sounds and smells of the sea to flow into the room. There was something about the ocean, the sea air and white noise of the water that put me to sleep as quickly and soundly as any pill.
Once under the covers, I closed my eyes, a smile on my face as I drifted off within minutes.
“How are you already having trouble with this thing?”
Logan, as usual, seemed annoyed. He stood next to my desk, one hand in his pocket, the other on his chin, his eyes on the laptop. Some warning error was on the screen, one that I couldn’t make heads or tails of.
Was it broken for good? I had no idea. What Ididknow was that the fancy-as-eff laptop that Logan had just bought for mewas no longer working less than a day after I’d powered it up for the first time.
He let out a grumble of mild annoyance.
“Took a bit of doing to get this here, you know. Apple doesn’t ship to the Virgin Islands. I had to pay a private courier to bring it here.”
“I’m just as upset about this as you are,” I shot back. “But you don’t need to guilt me about it. Not to mention that I’m pretty sure it wasn’t my fault.”
