Chapter 19

I nodded, then reached up and touched my lips gently to his. He responded, wrapping his arms around me as he pulled me across his lap, never breaking the kiss. A moment later, he pulled back and gave me one last sweet kiss, letting his breathing slow. “Alyssa, I know we’ve just met, but it feels as if I’ve known you all my life.”

I nodded, looking up into his bedroom eyes. “I know. I feel the same way.”

He ran his finger gently over my cheek and then down my neck as he looked at me through his lashes. I wondered if that was how he looked at a woman when he made love to her.

I snuggled into his chest, but he slid down so that he was lying on the couch. I started to get up to let him get comfortable, but he stopped me, saying in a low voice, “Don’t leave. Come here.”

“Logan, we just met…”

“Do you trust me?”

I smiled. “Despite my better judgment, yes, of