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“For the first time in our acąuaintance, Vm findirtg you kind of cute.”

She blinked. ‘“Cute'?”

“Really cute,” hc murmured.

“You’re up to something, Logan.”

He cluckcd his tongue. “So suspicious.”

She shrugged. “A woman learns it young.”

He realized that he had her trapped between his body and the kitchen counter. Holding her gazę, he reached out a finger and drew it along the curve of her jaw.

Her eyes narrowed and she held herself still. He could swear that stillness cost her. There was a tremor there, rigidly controlled, beneath her flawless golden skin. A quivering reaction to his presence, his touch. His heart pumped hard in his chest, but he ignored it. This was about what he did to Elena. His gazę dropped to the pulse beat in her throat. It was fluttering fast, he thought.

Very fast.