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Chapter Forty-Six
Samantha
We haven’t left the room in four days. His jet lag has gotten the best of him a couple of times. I watched a movie with his warm, exhausted body curled up on me. And then I watched one more. We’ve slept in each other’s arms during normal hours and some not-so-normal, and we keep waking up smiling.
There’s nobody expecting Logan anywhere, so we’re having a blast simply basking in this new version of us.
I snuck into the bathroom to call Lex and ask for her help with our studio.
“I’ll cover your classes for one whole week, and then you’ve gotta come up for air,” she said, laughing. “You realize we’re doing a double wedding, right?”
“We have to.”
“He’ll hate it.”
“He’ll pretend to.”
Her voice became serious. “How is it with you guys? Was it weird the first time?”
“Kind of. No, not really. It felt like it was meant to be.” Fixing a hand towel hanging askew on the rack, I smiled to myself. “Mom and Dad were so excited I was moving back in, but I only stayed for one night.”
Lexi muttered, “I bet Dad’s got his head in the sand over what you guys are doing.” She impersonated him, “Sam and Logan are just having a sleep over.” I quietly cracked up as she mimicked Mom next. “Oh, Jason, they’re going at it and you know it.”
We both used his mock-horror voice, “Sarah!”
A knock on the door came. “You on the phone?”
“Talking to Lexi. Be right out.” Putting toothpaste on the hotel’s travel-size toothbrush, I told my sister, “He’s up. I’ve gotta go.”
“I’m so happy for you, Sam.”
I paused at the gentle tone in her voice, extremely rare. “Thank you, Lexi. I’m really happy for me, too. What if he hadn’t flown home?”
“You still would’ve left Steven.”
“But I would have been with someone else who wasn’t Logan!”
“Would you have?” she asked.
* * *
He sweeps hair away from my eyes and kisses me, our legs entwined around new sheets we just let the hotel’s maid change while we took a bath. She didn’t seem fazed by our disinterest in leaving, or in the fact that we were just in the next room, goofing around…and more.
To be intimate with my best friend is a whole new level of fun. I thought I loved Steven, but it wasn’t real love. Nothing compares to this.
Logan’s been with me through all the phases of my life. He’s been my rock when Lexi was my river, the friend I clung to for stability when her wildness gave me none. I love her like crazy, but she can really challenge a person, whereas he always made my blood settle and simmer.
Now he heats it up.
Logan’s tracing my naked body as I gaze at him. “I love your hair this length,” I smile, running my fingers through the soft strands.
“Yeah? Me too.” He kisses me, lips lingering as he stretches. We lock eyes as he reveals from under his pillow a small, blue, velvet box.
I gasp as he unravels our bodies, and kneels on the floor by the bed, completely naked and gorgeous.
Bursting upright, my hands fly to my parted lips as he opens the box to show me the most beautiful diamond wedding ring with pale gold accents.
Cobalt-blue eyes shine with love on the confession, “I didn’t take a nap after I met you at your studio.”
