“Well don’t be shy, darling.” The woman flashed Lacy a welcoming smile and patted the sheets beside her. “There’s enough of him to go around—climb on in.”
Logan’s heart stopped beating as Lacy took a step back, shaking from head to toe.
“...excuse me?”
Before the woman could answer, Logan jumped in. Desperate to save whatever was left of his crumbling relationship. Knowing already, there was nothing left to save.
“Who the hell are you?” he demanded. “What are you doing here?”
The woman raised her eyebrows with a sarcastic smile. “We played ‘strangers’ last time, Dylan. Do you really want to do it again?”
There was a quiet gasp beside him, as Lacy backed up into the hall. A look of sheer devastation flashed across her face, before sharpening just as quickly into white-hot rage. Her eyes locked onto Logan’s, and whatever had been between them suddenly died.
“I’ll leave you to it.”
“No, Lacy—”
He rushed out after her, catching her by the arm, but she wrenched herself free with a violent curse. “Don’t touch
me!” Her eyes flashed dangerously. “Don’t ever touch me again!”
Logan flinched back like he’d burned, staring at her in horror.
“Lacy, it’s not...please just let me explain.”
Her eyes cooled as all those defensive walls came right back up.
“You remember what I said about my ex-boyfriend? That it was kind of impossible for him to deny it when there was a naked woman in the bed?”
Logan’s mouth opened helplessly, but he could think of not a single word to say. She was right. How could he possibly explain this? How could he possibly make it right without telling her the truth? And if he did that...would there be anything left to come back to?
“Please,” he whispered, “just stay. Just give me—”
“Baby—you ready for bed?”
His eyes snapped shut in a painful grimace as the woman’s voice echoed in the hall between them. When he opened them back up...Lacy was already gone.
An ice-cold chill ran over his body. Like someone had poured freezing water down his spine. All the light left his eyes, as he turned robotically back to the bedroom—where the naked woman who’d just ruined his life was still waiting with a smile.
“Come on in, baby.” She patted the sheets beside her with a seductive smile. “You know I can’t heat up this big bed all by myself.”
To be continued...