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.”

looked away feeling self-conscious. How had he noticed something so small about

sleek, gleaming cars. “Pick one, and

the plunge, to let loose and have some fun. But the rational part of me, the part that had always

generous

interrupted, his voice gentle but firm. He grabbed my shoulders and guided me away from the door and back. toward the cars. If this was a trap, then I

of deception or hidden agenda. All I saw was

finally said, my voice barely above a whisper.

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

car, the red one with the cream-colored leather interior. There was something about it that called to me, and I pointed at

voice full

does,” he said, his voice filled with pride. “She’s also my fastest.” He opened the door for me, and I

I slid into the seat and felt the scent of polished leather 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

of the seat, trying to calm myself. “Ready?” Logan asked, his voice full of anticipation as he settled into

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

expertly guided the car out of the garage and onto the winding road. At first, I held

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

wind as he put the convertible top down, his eyes on the road, his hands steady on

wind whipped through my hair, loosening it from its tight ponytail. As my blonde hair whipped around me, I couldn’t help but laugh, the sound

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

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