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pounding he had given her the night before and would need some time to let the soreness fade.
“You came back,” Shelby said with a sleepy smile.
Logan returned her smile with an amused chuckle. “Of course I did, cara mia , but it was to offer you a meal not to climb back into bed with you. Not that I would mind going another round, but I think you have missed enough meals already.”
Shelby’s eyes widened. Now fully awake, she was suddenly acutely aware that she was not only completely naked but that her body felt…wickedly satiated. Color bloomed in her cheeks as hazy snippets of their night together flitted in and out of her memory. Hot, searing kisses, sweat soaked bodies straining against each other, the warmth of his hand gliding over her skin as she quivered in pure ecstasy beneath him.
“Oh,” she gasped, her eyes growing even bigger. “It…it wasn’t a dream, it really happened!”
Logan’s brows drew together. “Are you telling me you do not remember making love to me last night?”
“Well I…I think the medication might have had something to do with it. It just seems kind of surreal, but I…”
Logan stood up abruptly, thunder brewing in his eyes. “Surreal,” he bit out caustically. “You certainly seemed to have all your faculties about you when you were grinding your hips into me and attacking my mouth like a…a sex starved nymphomaniac!” Logan saw her flinch but was too angry to stop himself. “Or is it that you are so shocked by your own behavior you would rather pretend you do not remember anything rather than admit it was the most mind-blowing sex we have ever had?”
Shelby sat up, careful to keep the sheet tucked up under her arms. Still stinging from his cutting remarks, she was tempted to lash out and accuse him of taking advantage of her while she was under the influence of the medication and obviously not acting normal. Except that last night was the first time she had actually been able to shake off all her inhibitions and give freely of herself. That was the true Shelby. Looking up into his angry eyes, she understood why he reacted so harshly to her admission that she thought it was a dream at first. After all, how would she have felt if Logan told her he couldn’t remember whether it had been real or not?
“The medication did cloud my mind a little,” she said softly, “but I remember everything, Logan.” Her smile was teasing as she reached out and slipped her hand into his. “I don’t think I qualify as a nymphomaniac, but you’re right about it being the most mind-blowing sex we’ve ever had.”
The tension left his body, ebbing away as smoothly as waves rolling out to sea. Logan realized it wasn’t anger he’d felt when Shelby said she thought it was dream, but raw fear. Fear that what they shared last night hadn’t been shared at all; fear that the ground he thought he’d gained would be lost again; fear that Shelby was pretending she didn’t remember because she realized she didn’t love him after all.
Dio, he truly needed to get control of his emotions before it destroyed him. But even as he vowed to steel himself against her, Shelby’s smile faltered and his heart instantly melted.
Logan gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “Are you hungry?”
“Starving,” Shelby beamed up at him.
“Let me get your robe then. I have breakfast warming in the oven and have set the table on the balcony so we can enjoy the early morning sun.”
“ You made breakfast?”
“Do not sound so surprised, carissima , not all of my talents lie in the bedroom.”
Shelby let out a despondent sigh as her eyes followed Logan across the room. No, not all of his talents were confined to the bedroom; some of them strayed to a hotel room and a woman who wasn’t his wife. She gnawed at her lip, wondering if she could ever forgive him or even if she should. If only he would confess what
“You came back,” Shelby said with a sleepy smile.
Logan returned her smile with an amused chuckle. “Of course I did, cara mia , but it was to offer you a meal not to climb back into bed with you. Not that I would mind going another round, but I think you have missed enough meals already.”
Shelby’s eyes widened. Now fully awake, she was suddenly acutely aware that she was not only completely naked but that her body felt…wickedly satiated. Color bloomed in her cheeks as hazy snippets of their night together flitted in and out of her memory. Hot, searing kisses, sweat soaked bodies straining against each other, the warmth of his hand gliding over her skin as she quivered in pure ecstasy beneath him.
“Oh,” she gasped, her eyes growing even bigger. “It…it wasn’t a dream, it really happened!”
Logan’s brows drew together. “Are you telling me you do not remember making love to me last night?”
“Well I…I think the medication might have had something to do with it. It just seems kind of surreal, but I…”
Logan stood up abruptly, thunder brewing in his eyes. “Surreal,” he bit out caustically. “You certainly seemed to have all your faculties about you when you were grinding your hips into me and attacking my mouth like a…a sex starved nymphomaniac!” Logan saw her flinch but was too angry to stop himself. “Or is it that you are so shocked by your own behavior you would rather pretend you do not remember anything rather than admit it was the most mind-blowing sex we have ever had?”
Shelby sat up, careful to keep the sheet tucked up under her arms. Still stinging from his cutting remarks, she was tempted to lash out and accuse him of taking advantage of her while she was under the influence of the medication and obviously not acting normal. Except that last night was the first time she had actually been able to shake off all her inhibitions and give freely of herself. That was the true Shelby. Looking up into his angry eyes, she understood why he reacted so harshly to her admission that she thought it was a dream at first. After all, how would she have felt if Logan told her he couldn’t remember whether it had been real or not?
“The medication did cloud my mind a little,” she said softly, “but I remember everything, Logan.” Her smile was teasing as she reached out and slipped her hand into his. “I don’t think I qualify as a nymphomaniac, but you’re right about it being the most mind-blowing sex we’ve ever had.”
The tension left his body, ebbing away as smoothly as waves rolling out to sea. Logan realized it wasn’t anger he’d felt when Shelby said she thought it was dream, but raw fear. Fear that what they shared last night hadn’t been shared at all; fear that the ground he thought he’d gained would be lost again; fear that Shelby was pretending she didn’t remember because she realized she didn’t love him after all.
Dio, he truly needed to get control of his emotions before it destroyed him. But even as he vowed to steel himself against her, Shelby’s smile faltered and his heart instantly melted.
Logan gave her hand a gentle squeeze. “Are you hungry?”
“Starving,” Shelby beamed up at him.
“Let me get your robe then. I have breakfast warming in the oven and have set the table on the balcony so we can enjoy the early morning sun.”
“ You made breakfast?”
“Do not sound so surprised, carissima , not all of my talents lie in the bedroom.”
Shelby let out a despondent sigh as her eyes followed Logan across the room. No, not all of his talents were confined to the bedroom; some of them strayed to a hotel room and a woman who wasn’t his wife. She gnawed at her lip, wondering if she could ever forgive him or even if she should. If only he would confess what
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