The Billionaire's Kiss(45)

"Tell me about her," Logan said.

"What?" Luke asked. "I'm sure you guys already have a file on her, probably provided by the school. You've got your plan to make sure this isn't too inconvenient for my father. You don't have to pretend to care about Erin."

Logan leaned in and lowered his voice. Callie had to step right up to the door and lean in to hear what he said next.

"The woman in the other room is a friend. I haven't known her very long, but I'm trying to help her. I'm still deciding whether or not I want to help you too. So tell me, what are you willing to do for Erin?"

"Anything. Everything. I get it. I'm nineteen. I'm barely old enough to vote, but I've never met anyone like her before. I know I shouldn't, but I just feel more alive around her. I don't expect you to understand what I mean."

Logan looked back toward the door. "I know exactly how you feel. Do you love her?"

"Yeah. More than anything,” Luke said.

"Can you keep a secret, just you and me?" Logan asked.

"What choice do I have?"

"You want my advice, marry her. As soon as possible, and spend the rest of your life thanking God you found her so young,” Logan said.

Callie’s eyes widened as she listened to him. Shit. He did not just say that. Logan better have some kind of endgame, or he could cost her this case and her job.

"My father would never allow that."

"Who cares what your father wants?" Logan asked.

"Everyone cares what my father wants. Why do you think they're firing Erin? Why do you think you and your friend are here? He gets whatever he wants. And he wants the two of us as far apart as possible. He'll lord my trust fund over me until I turn twenty five, and by then who knows where we'll be."

"I know how you feel." Logan pulled a business card out of his wallet and handed it to Luke. "I'll pay for the ring."

"How can a driver afford to pay for someone else's engagement ring? And why would you do that anyway?"

Logan laughed. "I drove up here in a vintage convertible that cost more than four years at this school. I've got it covered. As for why: I've spent my whole life in my father's shadow. Nothing I ever did was ever good enough, so I acted out. I made bad decisions, and I hurt people I loved. Hell, I was even kicked out of this very school when I was your age. I would give anything to go back and tell myself that I was going about it all wrong. I was too afraid to do what I wanted with my life because it was beneath the family name. If you want to marry your teacher, go propose to her. I have a feeling she's going to say yes. Besides, I think it will mean the world to her. Remember, this isn't just about you."

"If it's so important, why haven't you married your girlfriend?" Luke asked.

Callie leaned in closer to listen to Logan's response. The floor creaked underfoot, and she froze in place, wondering whether or not she had been caught. She held her breath for what felt like an eternity and waited to hear what Logan had to say.

"She's not my girlfriend," he said. "I haven't had a girlfriend in years. I've dated plenty of women. I've gotten into my fair share of trouble, and I've had a lot of fun, but I had never found someone who I thought could be anything more than that. That woman you're asking about? I've known her for a few weeks, and already it feels like a lifetime. I'd like to find out more, and I can't do that if she's running around up here trying to deal with your issues. I'm not asking you to help us because your dad wants us to. I'm not asking you to help us because I can help you. I'm asking you to help my friend."

"I don't know," Luke replied. "Does she know how you feel?"

"I think so,” Logan said. “What I do know is that you have an opportunity. You can get everything you want or nothing you want. You just have to have the balls to go out and take a risk."

"I could say the same thing about you."

Logan laughed. “Well, you've got balls, kid. I like that, and you really do remind me of myself at your age. How about this? You do right by your woman, and I'll do right by mine. What do you say?" Logan let the question hang in the air as he waited for Luke to think it through.

"She's off campus, staying with a friend. How the hell am I going to make this right?"

Logan slapped him on the back. "There we go. Let's go make a trip out to visit her, just the three of us. We'll get this whole thing behind you. I went through some tough times when I wasn't much older than you, and I wish I could go back and reassure myself that everything would work out. You need to be with her, not here hiding out."#p#分页标题#e#