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.”

words made me blush, and I looked away feeling self-conscious. How had

Logan said, his voice soft and coaxing, his hand gesturing at the row of sleek, gleaming cars. “Pick one, and I’ll take you for a joyride. We can check out the scenery, and I promise it’ll be an experience you’ll never

howling inside me, urging me to take the plunge, to let loose and have some fun. But the rational part of me, the part that had always played it

it’s very generous of you, but I really

cars. If this was a trap, then I really was just a helpless little mouse. “Don’t overthink it. Just choose a

hidden agenda. All I saw was sincerity and a

barely above

and he clapped his hands together, “Fantastic! Now, which one do your

the row of cars, but 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 a thrill

I said, my voice full of wonder. “It

you had a soft spot for my first one. Everyone does,” he said, his voice filled with pride. “She’s

nervous. My father was always incredibly cautious when it came to driving, sometimes to a fault. He never drove too fast unless he really

to calm myself. “Ready?” Logan asked, his voice full of anticipation as

at him, my eyes wide, and nodded. “Ready,” I whispered, feeling a strange

roared to life, and Logan expertly guided the car out of the garage and onto the winding road. At first, I held my

way to excitement. He drove fast, but it was a controlled kind of fast. I could tell he knew what he was

the convertible top down, his eyes

As my blonde

and our eyes met, at shared understanding passing between us. He grinned, and I grinned back, feeling a connection that was

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