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said
reassuringly, reaching out her hand and squeezing his knee gently.
    In an instant, he swerved
the car up to the curb, slamming on the brakes and stopping the engine. He
grabbed her arm and twisted round in the seat to look at her, his intense blue eyes
were wild and angry as they stared intently into hers.
    “Do not call me
silly,” he hissed, the barely concealed fury in his voice sent a chill down her
spine. “I am not silly. I'm concerned about you, because I love
you and I want you to be safe. Do you understand?”
    “I…” She swallowed, taken
aback by his aggression. She was momentarily rendered speechless.
    “ Do you understand ?”
he repeated, his voice louder.
    She’d never seen him this
angry before. It frightened her.
    “Yes,” she answered, her
breath catching in her throat, as if she’d just been punched in the stomach.
    “Good,” he bit out.
    He turned the key in the
ignition, signaled to pull out and took off again, driving them back home at a
normal speed. He acted as if the entire incident had never happened.
    Charlotte was a little
shaken by the experience. This time, it was her turn to keep silent or give
monosyllabic answers as he asked her various questions about her day at work.
    Finally getting sick of
it, Logan snapped again, raising his voice slightly as they stopped at a
traffic light. “Are you going to be moody all night?”
    That’s rich, coming
from you , she
thought to herself, but said nothing.
    “I get upset when you’re
moody,” he continued. “Why don’t you cheer up, eh? Give me a kiss.”
    “You’re driving,” she
answered. “It’s dangerous.”
    He gave a quiet chuckle
and said, “Well, at least that got an answer from you, hmm?"
    His face grew somber as
he said, "Charlotte, listen, uh…”
    He hesitated and ran his
fingers through his hair before reaching out his hand and grasping for hers,
holding it tightly.
    “I’m sorry about before.
It’s just…I’m very protective of you, you know? You mean so much to me.”
    His apology thawed her a
little. She couldn’t really stay mad at him when he was being so nice. He was
actually opening up a bit about his feelings and apologizing. Those things
didn't happen all of the time. Logan obviously cared about her very much. That
showed in almost everything he did. She also knew he was protective of her.
    Maybe he'd had a bad day
or something. She decided to forgive him for losing his temper. He snapped out
of it quickly, although he was quite scary for those brief moments. He'd done what
she wanted, after all. He said why he'd gotten so upset. What she'd wanted was
for them to talk things through between them. Charlotte wanted them to apologize
to each other and work together to improve their relationship.
    “Yeah, I know,” she
mumbled. “It’s only a couple of drinks with some friends. I promise it's nothing
to be worried about.”
    “Yeah, that’s what the
last one said,” Logan said quietly and in a somber tone.
    “The last one? The last what ?”
Charlotte asked, intrigued by his statement.
    “My last wife,” Logan
admitted.
    “You’ve been married!”
She was totally shocked by his admission.
    She looked across at him with
her eyes and mouth open wide as saucers. She was in complete shock at that
information. It was the first time she’d ever heard about this. It reminded her,
once again, there's so much she didn’t know about him.
    “Yeah. Twice. They both
cheated on me,” Logan sounded and appeared upset.
    “Oh,” Charlotte didn’t
quite know how to respond. She fell silent for a moment and looked down at her
lap, then back up again.
    “I’m…um…I’m sorry.”
    “Don’t be. I’m with you now. I know you’d never ever do anything like that to me. I know I can trust
you one hundred percent, but it’s not that,” he explained. “It’s not that I
don’t trust you. It’s just…I don’t trust the people around you.
    "Lynda, my last
wife. She was so loyal, so caring, just