Seducing the Billionaire : A Frenemies to Lovers Romance (The Carlson Dynasty Book 3) by Cate Lane

Author:Cate Lane [Lane, Cate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-07-20T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter fifteen

Allie

Tension coils around my heart on the walk back to the apartment and with each step, the bands squeeze tighter.

My secret has turned into a monster that’s awakened from a fourteen-year slumber and is devouring me from the inside out. Sharing the truth with Logan is the only way to take control of it. It’s time for me to explain to him what I suspect is behind these threatening texts.

Logan’s attentiveness tonight feels precious, and I hug it to myself. He helps me remove my jacket and I lean slightly into him. I crave his touch even if it’s only a brush of his fingers against my arm. He hangs our coats up on the hooks in the hallway and I drift toward the living room.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had such a lovely dinner date and I don’t want it to end. At least not the way it’s bound to once he knows I’ve lied about who I am. I’m screwed either way, whether I continue the way I have or I tell the truth.

The truth is the right thing to do. Even if I’m sure it will break these fragile, gossamer thin, tendrils of affection weaving between us and forming a stronger fabric of friendship, or maybe something else.

I feel him standing behind me. “You seem very quiet. Are there more messages?” I’ve just checked my cell again, like I’ve been doing obsessively all day and throughout dinner. Logan has noticed but this is the first time he’s asked.

“No.” I turn to face him. “Sorry, I just can’t stop thinking about the threats.”

He steps closer and I reach my arms around his waist like I did last night when we stood in this same spot. His arms wrap around me, and I immediately feel safe and warm.

I lift my head reluctantly from his chest but don’t look up at him. Instead, I focus my gaze on the V of skin showing between the lapels of the collar of his dark linen shirt.

“Logan. I need to tell you something.”

“Okay.” His response is somber and filled with caution.

My arms drop from his waist, his doing the same. I feel the loss instantly, but I need to do this sitting down. I walk over to the sofa. Only his eyes follow me.

I look back at him. “Will you sit with me?” I gesture to the cushion beside me.

He nods and takes a seat. I fold my hands on my lap, pretending a calm I’m far from feeling.

I wait for him to settle beside me, close but not touching, and only then do I begin.

“I think I know what these text messages are about.”

He leans forward, his elbows braced on his knees, his hands clasped in between them. “Go on.”

I draw a deep breath in, then say in a clear emotionless voice, “I’ve been living a lie.”

It’s a simple sentence aimed at shattering the walls that have held my secret. Logan’s focus is unwavering. And now that the dam has been cracked, words tumble out.

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