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Everyone except Logan. In front of everyone, he kept me at arm’s length and acted like I was his little sister. When no one was looking, he would sneak into my room and hold me in his arms until the sun rose. He whispered his secrets into my soul and marked my skin with his lips. His light caresses and featherlike kisses were only for me to know about. I was his dirty little secret.
“You are a constant in my life. And I hate the fact that I’m going to be leaving you. The fact that I won’t see you almost every single day. I won’t see you sitting in the stands, cheering me on at every game.”
“The way I feel about you is the reason why I can’t let this be anything.”
Logan kisses me deeply, and there’s nothing rushed in the way his lips move against mine. He breathes me in like I’m the oxygen his body needs to survive and I give him every last breath.
Isla was the one person that I let close enough, that I could let my guard down with and tell her all of my secrets. The connection between us was never deniable, but it was something I knew neither of us could ever act on.
I couldn’t care less what anyone thinks and it leaves me speechless—her thinking I could possibly be embarrassed by being seen with her. I wanted to keep what we had hidden, not her. Never her.
Possessive. Protective. Fucking jealous as hell thinking about her there with her douchebag friend that she made.
I’ll be the one to decide who is good enough or not for her.
Last time I checked, you aren’t in charge of me, Logan. What I do, does not concern you.” Logan closes the space between us, his hands finding the tops of my shoulders as his eyes bounce back and forth between mine. “That’s where you’re wrong, babe.” His voice is low, soft and warm, just like his palms on me. “Everything you do will always concern me.”
“You don’t want to be friends?” A ghost of a smile plays on his lips as he shakes his head. “I never wanted to be your friend.”
I’ve missed her so badly that it fucking hurts in ways I could never put into words. She breaks my heart in two, just feeling her in such a close proximity.
Let him fucking find us. Let this all go up in flames. At least I’ll burn, knowing I had one last taste of her before it all went to hell.
“Because even though I don’t deserve you, that doesn’t mean there’s anyone who comes close to you. I refuse to settle for anything less than greatness, baby. And that’s exactly what you are.”
“Why do you sell yourself short?” she asks quietly, holding on to me as her legs grow tired. “You exude confidence, yet you don’t see yourself the way you make others see you. It’s like you only see yourself in a negative light and I disagree with everything you say about yourself, Logan. You're the best person I know.”
“Fuck,” he murmurs, his eyes soft on mine. “So sweet and so innocent…” He pauses, the corners of his lips curling upward. “And all mine.”
“I want you to be my first.” The corners of Logan’s lips lift. “And your last, Isla. I’m going to ruin you for anyone else. I’m going to leave my mark so deep in your fucking soul that you won’t ever want anyone but me.” “I never have.”
“So sweet and so fucking innocent,” he murmurs, his lips finding mine with the taste of me on his tongue. “I’m so gone for you, baby girl.”
“So fucking beautiful,” I murmur, my eyes traveling up her body to hers. Fully satiated and glazed over from the high she’s still riding. “And so fucking mine…”
“Why her, man? You could have chosen anyone, but instead you choose my fucking sister.” Logan’s throat bobs as he swallows hard. His lips parting slightly as he lets out a ragged breath. “It wasn’t a choice for me—it was never a choice.” He pauses, his eyes finding mine through the darkness. “It was written in the stars, August. It was completely inevitable.”
“Can you do something for me, baby?”
“Be mine?”
“I’ve always been yours, Logan Knight, ever since we were kids.”
“Come with me.”
“Come with you where?” “Wherever I go.” His voice is soft, but his eyes are pleading. “I don’t want to live life without you, Isla. I can’t stand the thought of being away from you. I know it’s a lot to ask, but I want you to come with me, to be by my side, wherever that may be.”
“You’re the only teammate that matters to me—that I want to spend the rest of my life with. Will you marry me, Isla Whitley?”
“You’re it for me, baby,” he smiles, rising to his feet as he wraps his hands around my waist. I link my arms around the back of his neck. “When I envision my future, you’re all I see. You’re all I want.” “I’ve always been yours, Logan.”
