Chapter 282 Joyride

Ella

“Wait! What about that ride?” I slowly turned around, my eyes wide, my heart hammering in my chest. My eyes were met with Logan’s smirking face, his expression dancing with mischief.

“Well?” Logan asked, pushing himself off of the hood of one of the cars and coming over to meet me by the door. “Just one joyride? I’m itching for a good drive. Being stuck in the basement all day really made me crave seeing the sunset. I swallowed. “I really shouldn’t,” I said, glancing at my watch. “I’ve got work…”

“Work, shmork,” Logan interrupted with a grin.

“Pick a car. Any car.” “But… I’ve never been on a really fast ride,” I stammered, my mind a whirl of confusion and excitement. “I mean, growing up in such a dense city, we barely drove at all except to go to our mountain estate in the summers.”

Logan’s eyebrows shot up, and he let out a chuckle, his eyes twinkling with amusement and making them stand out against his dirt- stained skin. “So that must be why you always want to walk everywhere.”

and I looked away feeling self-conscious. How had

the row of sleek, gleaming cars. “Pick one, and I’ll take you for a joyride. We can check out the

to take the plunge, to let loose and have some fun. But the rational part of me, the part that had always played it safe, was holding

generous of

from the door and back. toward the cars. If this

any sign of deception or hidden agenda. All

said, my voice barely

face lit up, and he clapped his hands together, “Fantastic! Now, which one do your want

my eyes were drawn once more to Logan’s first car, the red one with the cream-colored leather interior. There was something about it that called to me, and I pointed at it, feeling

one,” I said, my voice full of wonder. “It

my first one. Everyone does,” he said, his voice filled with pride. “She’s

take over my senses, I couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous. My father was always incredibly cautious when it came to driving, sometimes to a fault. He never drove

of the seat, trying to calm myself. “Ready?” Logan asked, his voice

and nodded. “Ready,” I whispered, feeling a strange mixture of fear and

winding road. At first, I held my breath, my body tense as

navigated the twists and turns, I found myself relaxing, the fear giving way to excitement. He drove fast, but it was

Logan shouted over the wind as he put the convertible top

back, feeling free and wild as the wind whipped through my hair, loosening it from its tight ponytail. As my blonde hair whipped around me, I

between us. He grinned, and I grinned back, feeling a connection that was new and yet

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