Chapter 26 – Inside Your Heart (Part 1)

- I love you.

For a few seconds, Missy could have sworn that phrase echoed around the two of them. Or maybe it was just the work of her horrified mind, as she continued to stare at Logan's completely shocked face above her, as petrified as she herself was after having made the stupidest, most unnecessary confession of her entire life.

However, those first moments of shock were nothing compared to the moment when she finally realized what she had done, causing all the air to immediately rush out of her lungs and her stomach to clench with dread. Taken by the instinct to run away after being carried away by the moment and saying something so thoughtless, Missy threw herself out of his embrace, getting out of his arms relatively easily, due to the shock he was still immersed in. . Rolling naked on the duvet, Missy managed to shakily get to her knees and was ready to gather her clothes and run, when a big warm hand cupped her ankle, making her turn to him again, panicked.

"Missy…" he murm