That Last Secret: A Brothers Best Friend Romance (Firsts In The City Book 4)

by Jenn McMahon

Because I can’t fucking breathe. The person lying in that bed without a pulse is the man I’m deeply and madly in love with. He’s the man who knows me better than anyone else. He’s the man who holds all of my secrets.

“Because the last two people I want to be tied up by are my brothers,” Emiline answers.

“Is it safe?” she asks. “No,” I shake my head. “But you’re safe with me.”

“Your friend isn’t wrong,” I whisper into the shell of her ear, and I feel her body become stiff under my arms. “I can’t have you, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want you.”

“You think it’s easy for me to suddenly want to touch you in ways you’ve probably never been touched before? You think it’s easy for me to keep my distance and force myself to hate you?”

“So you will remember when I tell you that you make it impossibly hard not to flirt with you, Em. It’s damn near impossible to hide it from everyone around me too. If you’re in the room, I want my eyes on you. If you’re close to me, I want to touch you. And if you’re near me, I fight every fucking urge in my body not to do something I’d regret.”

“Because it wouldn’t be fair to her…” Logan pauses, collecting his thoughts. “It wouldn’t be fair because my eyes would only be on you. You make it impossible not to look at you.”

“I want to kiss you, Emiline.” “Why?” “Because it’s all I can think about doing every time I look at you.”

“You are enough, Em. You’re more than enough. You’re Emiline Ford, and there’s no one out there like you.”

I hear you, Emiline. Wait for me, please. I’m begging you. I’m trying to come back to you, I promise. The light is so bright, and I hear everything you’re saying, but I can’t move. I can’t open my eyes. I need you. Please, don’t fucking leave me.