- Promise that when you come back, we'll play together in the pool, mom?With a warm smile, Logan snuggled little Hope further into his arms, making the six-month-old baby gurgle in her sleep as she approached the door, where his wife and three other children were saying goodbye.- Of course you do, honey. – Missy smiled sweetly, answering little Gwyneth's question as she took her daughter in her arms, touching her fingertip to her incredibly dramatic pout, even for a 3-year-old girl – But you three have to promise me that you will behave while they're at the pool with Dad this afternoon. Remember he'll be alone with the four of you and there won't be anyone to take care of Hope if something happens.- All right, Mom. Gwyneth sighed, wrapping her little arms around Missy's neck even tighter.- Oh, don't be like that, my little love. Mom will be back in a heartbeat, I promise. – Blowing a kiss on the tip of Gwyneth's nose, Missy put her on the ground again, so she could wrap Jonathan a
- Funny to hear that from the two fools who agreed to dress up as sheep on Halloween just to make mom smile when she had the flu in bed. - Logan disguised his own laugh with a fake growl, putting both his hands on their heads to be able to ruffle them, which made the three laugh - And don't think I didn't notice that you were trying to dodge the subject, Jonathan Logan Knight . - he warned them softly, making their faces return to that insecure expression - Come on, boys. They know they can tell me what's wrong. Remember what Mom and I taught: it's better to speak the truth and ask for help...- Than lie and end up making everything worse later. - Jonathan completed with a resigned sigh, before staring at him with those green eyes that were exactly like his - Sorry, Dad. It's just... We wanted to ask you something.- But we don't want you to be upset. - Tristan completed, crestfallen.- Whatever it is, I guarantee I won't get mad, okay? - Logan assured them, starting to get worried ab
At the time, he had tried once more to convince himself that he was doing it to keep those crumbs of her presence as he around in order to be able to contain himself, satisfying the needs of the curse and at the same time not giving in to it completely... When, in fact, he was just a pathetic and desperate man, tasting his own poison, as he ached to see that the woman he had tried so hard to push away was actually pulling away, tearing himself to pieces inside at the thought that Missy surely thought of him as someone completely crazy, boorish, and terrifying, who she wanted to keep her distance from.One of the few times he hadn't come up with silly excuses to justify himself and his barely contained love was when he'd given in to the impulse to bribe the building's former owner just to get him to lie to Missy and make her think that the only free office was precisely the one that was a few meters from his, where he could see her, hear her voice and smell her whenever he wanted. The
Lost in his reverie and his memories, Logan only woke up when he realized that the boys were now looking at each other in a confused way, certainly not able to understand the kind of depth he had been talking about; clearing his throat, he smiled at his boys, putting aside his memories and returning to lighten that conversation.- But you don't have to worry about that for a long time. After all, the legacy never reached anyone under the age of 20.- All of that? – Jonathan's eyes widened, shocked – And if I've already met my soulmate before that?- So, as soon as the clock strikes midnight on the day of the 20th anniversary of the two of you, then you will know immediately. – good-naturedly, he tapped his son's nose with the tip of his finger, making him smile – Any more questions?- We'll think of more! Tristan promised excitedly.- Of course, as you always do. – Logan laughed, getting up with them in his arms, in order to put them on their feet too – Now, I think we better hurry. O
- All right, all right. I understand that you still have terrible taste in women. – she threw her reddish blonde hair back, giving him one more perverse smile, before taking her sunglasses off her head and lowering them to her eyes – But, if you ever regain your sight, know that you can always help me. Search for. – Turning in the opposite direction, she gave him a last casual wave – See you around, handsome.- Hag. – Gwyneth cursed her, sticking her tongue out as Suzan walked away, which normally would have made Logan laugh, if he wasn't so tense – Has that evil woman ever hurt mommy, daddy? – His daughter asked, showing a murderous fury that he never thought he would ever see in a little girl of just 3 years old.- Don't worry about it, sweetie. – With a sigh, Logan sat down again on the deckchair, in order to calm his two little girls – I promise that we will tell this story to you and your brothers someday. Now, let's just try to have fun in the pool, okay? - Rocking Hope in her l
- One day. he growled angrily, before leaving, seriously considering whether or not she should hunt Newton around the agency and rip his face in half.However, he hadn't, preferring to keep an eye out for whether or not he or Suzan had obeyed her threat. And, of course, they didn't, which culminated in Newton running off with Missy halfway through the experience, inventing an imaginary pain so that she could take him home so he could escape Logan's fury.That night, Logan had once again found himself petrified in his office, but this time he was as enraged as he had ever been in his life, instead of as desolate as he had been the day he found out that Missy was dating. And, for hours on end, he planned how he could make those two pay: firing them, taking them away from Missy, making sure they never got another job in that country, or just exposing to everyone at the agency what two goddamn traitors they were. ... Which of those options was the best? All of them together? And, more imp
However, in the end, the only one who came out of that situation with regret was him, naively believing that Suzan and Liam would simply break that news discreetly to Missy and then simply walk out of her life; naively not realizing that someone like Foster certainly wouldn't take orders like that and would take advantage of the situation to hurt Missy even more. In fact, it had even taken him a while to understand why she would risk her own job by doing that, when it was clear that he was trying to protect Missy: perhaps because he believed that he would not risk firing her for something that had nothing to do with with the agency; perhaps because he knew that Missy was too noble to accept his dismissing them without cause; or perhaps, as he realized later, she had been so offended by the realization that she would never have him, and that she would have to settle for Liam's mediocrity, that she had done all that just to feel that she had emerged victorious from this situation, throu
He was selfish. It was malicious. It was a plan full of ulterior motives. Damn, it was even a new lie, as he wasn't being completely truthful with Missy that her main motivation was just to help her get revenge. Yet he had impulsively proposed it to her, letting himself think only with his heart for the first time in his life.And, as if his heart thought the situation wasn't already complicated enough, he had given in to the impulse to confess his physical desire for her and kiss her for the first time right there, in the middle of her kitchen, even though he knew perfectly well that that it was far from the right time for them to share that kind of intimacy. Still, none of those conflicting emotions had been able to erase the emotion of that moment, when he finally knew the sweet taste of her lips and the softness of the curves of her delicious body, feeling a powerful wave of emotion and contentment run through him as he realized that she wanted him too. Damn it, with his mind as c