Pistol Whipped - Ashley Bostock Page 0,6
if their situations were reversed. He didn’t think there was anything wrong with taking what was being offered to him, especially when Lucy knew the rules. No strings attached. Would Gabbie do the same thing? Would she take it, like he was, and not be ashamed?
Gabbie cleared her throat. “I would.”
Was she reading his mind? She would let him give her anything she wanted? Craved? Desired? Needed? “You would what?”
Her cheeks deepened another shade of pink. “You’re going to make me say it? I would let a man give me whatever he wanted with no strings attached. So long as there was one-hundred percent effective birth control in the mix.”
Logan couldn’t help but appreciate her throaty response. The way her chest rose and fell as she answered him. For one split second, she had desire in her eyes—not for him and he knew that. But for what she was thinking and that got him to thinking and maybe he should just tell her—no! What was he thinking? He could never admit to fantasizing about having sex with Gabriella. That would undoubtedly ruin their friendship and she was far too important to him to make her feel uncomfortable by admitting feelings he wasn’t even sure about himself.
Correction.
He was certain he wanted to see what color of lingerie she was wearing underneath her pale blue shirt and slacks. But what he wasn’t certain about was if these thoughts were real. Where had they come from, anyway? Was this something that was going to go away in a week, proving pointless to question and worry about?
“What are you thinking, Logan?” Her voice was low, curious.
Chapter Four
She fidgeted with a pair of stockings that sat on the countertop. She was nervous.
“I was thinking how humans, in some way or another, are all willing to sacrifice their morals in order to get something they want.”
“Really?” She asked sarcastically. “What morals are you sacrificing in order to get what you want from Lucy?”
Logan laughed. “I might be an exception. I don’t have morals where women are concerned. I will take whatever they want to give me, without guilt or shame. But you, you’re different. You have never been one to turn the other way in any relationship just to have sex. Why the sudden change in attitude?”
She blew out a deep breath and he waited while she pondered his question. “Okay, you’ve got me. Back to Cody first. I haven’t admitted this out loud to anyone so please don’t laugh at me—”
“I would never, Cinderella. You know that.”
“Hear me out. Yes, I would love to have a relationship that was more than a maybe-we-can-see-each-other-this-week sort of thing. Yes, I wish I could let go and have sex at this point. Yes, Logan, I wonder if he is the right man to get the job done because I’m sorry, shouldn’t I be more excited about trying to have sex than I am? I have tried being as flirtatious as I know how to be, and nothing grabs his attention and nothing about it even makes me comfortable. So yes, you know I haven’t been with very many men in my life—like two—but honestly, I am ready for a man to just take me to bed and fuck—”
Her shop door swung open, interrupting her tirade. A cool breeze blew across his skin, which was a damn good thing because the way she was going on, he wanted to give her what she needed.
And he knew how she was going to finish her sentence and he wanted to hear the words come out of her mouth, but there was no way she was going to finish now. Only two men? He searched his brain for the knowledge of knowing that about her. Hmmm, he had no idea she had only slept with two men in her entire life. He turned in irritation to the woman who had come into the store. She was middle-aged, maybe early forties and she was hobbling on a broken leg with a walking cast covering her entire left leg. Gabriella straightened up and made her way to the woman.
There went that conversation.
Logan opened up his briefcase. Best to get to work. He sat in his usual seat and began working away while Gabbie helped her customer. He had a few documents he had to go over—one pertaining to an uncontested divorce and another dealing with an ex-employee who was suing a bank he represented for discrimination. Being a general practice attorney gave Logan a