Chapter 44: Holly’s Confession
When Logan came down for breakfast the next morning, Serena and the twins were already in the living room. Oliver was painting with fingerpaints. Serena had covered the rug with newspapers so he wouldn’t get paint on anything. Olivia was on the couch with her mother and Serena was reading to her. She looked up and smiled at Logan when he came down. He narrowed his eyes at her, still unsure what he felt about her date the night before.
Holly was in the kitchen making him breakfast. It was an unusual treat, so he smiled when she handed him his coffee. “What’s the occasion?” he asked sitting down at the table. Holly bit her lip coyly. “I can’t just dote on my mate?” she asked. Logan chuckled. “Why were you out so late last night?” he asked. Holly shrugged, putting pancakes on a plate for him. She set them in front of Logan and then got himself some too. She sat across from him. “I was with a friend,” she said. “We had a lot to talk about.” “A friend?” Logan asked, raising an eyebrow at her. There was the suspicious jealousy he’d been missing last night! Holly shook her head and laughed, flipping her hair over her shoulder.
“Natalia,” she said. Logan nodded, biting into a pancake. “It was just a girl’s night.” “Is everything alright?” Logan asked, realizing that he’d have to show some interest in ‘girl’s night’ now that Holly had confirmed it wasn’t anything for him to worry about. Holly sighed, looking down at her pancakes. * think so,” she said. “You think?” Logan asked. “Is there anything Natalia needs?” Holly shook her head. “It isn’t Natalia,” she said. “I mean, she was there for me last night. I was the one who needed someone to talk to.” Holly was being so kind and pleasant. Logan set his fork down, a new suspicion flooding through him. She was usually only so nice and pleasant when she thought he was going to be mad at her. “The pancakes?” he asked. “Are they to put me in a good mood?” Holly sighed, wrapping her arms around her waist. “Logan, please, this is serious,” she said. That made Logan even more suspicious. Holly was rarely ever serious about anything. “So, are you going to tell me what is going on?” Logan asked, his voice rising in volume. “I don’t think I’m ready yet,” Holly said. “Not ready?” he asked through gritted teeth. “Holly, what affects you affects me too!”
room, sitting down with Oliver on the floor. “What are you painting, Buddy?” he asked. “A flower,” Oliver said. “Want to paint with me?” Logan nodded, grabbing a blank page and sticking his pointer finger into the blue paint. “You really want to know what is going on!?” Holly snapped, her tone full of anger as she appeared in the living room. Logan looked up at her. She had her hands on her hips, her eyes glowing cruelly as she took in Serena and the twins in the living room. “I don’t think now is the right time,” Logan said. “As you pointed out earlier.” “You’re such a jerk, Logan!”
reading. Everyone stared at Holly and
to see them go, because he knew Holly would just get more worked up. “Tactful,” Logan said. “You really don’t know how to behave around kids. There is no way you are pregnant.” “Oh, I’m sorry,” Holly said. “I must just be imagining all the things that are happening in my body.” She crossed her arms. “I don’t think I should be here for this conversation,” Serena said. “Do you
this conversation now,” Logan said. Serena rolled her eyes at him. He didn’t know what
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