Chapter 74

Logan’s POV: It had been a long time since I’d had sex. Real sex, not the kind you have just to forget a bad day or to silence your thoughts. I’d spent more nights than I could count in the city, wrapped in silk sheets with nameless women who offered their bodies like currency. I let them. I took what they gave. But when morning came, I left. Always. I never remembered their names or faces. They weren’t people to me. They were release. Nothing more. But last night… Last night wasn’t like that. Haley wasn’t like that. When I saw the challenge in her eyes—raw, burning, stubborn—I knew I’d never forget the way she looked at me right before I kissed her. I could still feel her breath hitching as I pressed her against the sheets, her legs tightening around me, her fingers digging into my back like she was holding onto something she didn’t want to lose. She was fire and softness, pride and vulnerability. And when her mouth enveloped me— I swear I lost every thought except her. It was the bes