“Woo you?” Callie asked.
“Yes. Sweep me off my feet.” He was smiling again.
Callie didn’t know what to say. “I mostly meant I wanted to know how we could get back to your house.”
Logan looked around. “Oh, when you meant situation, I thought you were asking how I can grow to trust you again. The answer to your question is easier. We’re not far away. I recognized the dock down the shore. If I’m not mistaken this house is empty at the moment anyway. The owners put it on the market at the beginning of the summer. Not many people are looking to rent a ten thousand square foot mansion these days. See, if you look into the distance where the house is, you won’t see any lights. Don’t worry. I’ll get you home unnoticed.” He stood up and pulled his clothes back on. He tossed her her jeans, they were soaked up to the thigh. “I’ll have you back in no time.”#p#分页标题#e#
They rowed in silence. Callie looked out into the fog wondering how she had allowed herself to lose control over her feelings again. She had been angry with Logan for running off without telling her what he was doing, and then she was angry with herself for being so hard on him. Then of course, she lost herself in her attraction to him, her need for his touch. She wondered if he had been serious about wanting her to woo him. Did he really expect her to bring him out on a date?
“What was all that about wooing?” Callie asked as Logan rowed the boat the final few meters to the dock. “Haven’t you been the one wooing me?”
Callie grabbed onto the dock as Logan started to tie up the boat. “Yeah,” he said, “and I was doing a good job of it. Then you broke my heart.”
“That’s a little dramatic isn’t it? Do you really expect me to court you?”
“What’s wrong with that? I’m secure in my masculinity Do you really think I can’t handle being the object of affection for a while? I think it sounds like fun. Go ahead, make me fall for you.”
“You’re serious?” Callie asked.
Logan raised an eyebrow. “When am I not serious?” He stepped up onto the dock and held a hand out to Callie. She gazed into his eyes as she pulled herself out of the boat.
“I don’t know, 90% of the time.”
“Oh,” he said, “right. Well, I’m serious this time.” He shook his finger at her and said, “I expect big things from you, Ms. Haven.”
Now that they were back at the mansion, Logan was acting like nothing had really changed. He was joking with her and holding his hand against her side, and everything just felt right. Callie knew it wasn’t. “What did you have in mind?” she asked.
“Dinner, maybe, dancing. Get enough liquor in me, and who knows, you might just get lucky.”
“Is that right?” Callie asked. She couldn’t help but smile.
“Could be right, could be the perfect amount of wrong. You could always try to get me to cry again and see where that gets you.”
“Are you planning on living up to that reputation of yours?”
“If I tried, would you let me?” Logan said.
“I don’t know,” she said. “I might have to lure you into my bedroom and tie you up.”
“Then my reputation does precede me.” Logan kept his eyes locked on hers and gave Callie a wink. She couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head. As Logan looked at her, his expression grew serious again. “Look, I have a hard time trusting people,” he said. “If it weren’t for your little speech up in New Hampshire about this meaning something, I’d probably be halfway across the Atlantic looking for some way to escape my feelings for you. I just want you to know that I want this to work. I think we really have something, and I think we could have even more.”
“I do too.”
“Good, then you’ll think of something wonderful for our date tomorrow.”
“Something you’d like or something I’d like?” Callie asked.
“If this is going to work, it should be something we both enjoy. I want to know the real you. You don’t have to hide anything from me. I need you to know that. And, if you can’t think of anything to do, you could always bribe me.”
“What do you get the man who has everything?” Callie said.
Logan looked up and down Callie’s body. “I don’t have everything yet.”
“I have a hard time believing that. You have a yacht, a mansion, a thriving business, and I can’t think of a single thing in this world you couldn’t afford.”
“What if it’s something that can’t be bought?”