Page 46 of Every Sunset
“Logan…” Maddox began, but Logan looked to him and just shook his head.
“I promised her, brother. She says no one is coming after her. Everyone’s safe.” Logan reassured him.
“I wouldn’t have stayed if I thought I could be bringing danger to your doorstep, Madd. Please believe that. No one will ever come after me or Max. I promise.”
“I just want to keep you both safe,” Maddox told me as he looked to me with pain filled eyes.
“I know that, but we’re safe. This was just the handiwork of some prick who thought he could drive his fancy car after getting wasted,” I assured him.
“Why don’t you help Anna into our car while I grab the stuff from hers, okay?” Logan suggested, looking to Maddox. I was relieved when Maddox nodded, then came closer to me. I reached out a hand for his help to stand, but he bypassed that and gathered me up from the ground, standing with me bridal style in his arms. I squeaked in surprise and reached for his shoulders to steady myself, not that I had any concerns he would let me fall. He’d never do that and I knew it.
I looked up into his eyes when he just stood still, and found him watching me with so much stress and worry in his face, his brow wrinkled and his eyes alight with concern.
“I’m all good, Madd,” I told him as I slowly moved my hand to his cheek – giving him chance to pull away if he wanted to – but he didn’t. Instead he pushed against my hold on his stubbled cheek and seemed to finally take a deeper breath.
“You’re not. You got hurt and I can’t stand to see you bleeding,” he told me softly. “It can’t happen again.”
“It probably will though. I’m a klutz,” I tried to joke, but Maddox looked anything but amused.
No more driving alone at night. From now on Logan or I will drive you to work and back. No more risks. I don’t want to lose you when I just found you, Anna. I can’t,” he told me so earnestly it made my heart pound even harder in my chest.
“You won’t,” I promised him as I lifted my other hand, framing both sides of his face now. I pulled him closely and laid a soft, poignant kiss on his lips, loving the way his stubble brushed against my skin as I did so.
When I tried to pull away he followed me with his lips and crashed them down over mine, kissing me more passionately, but he was gone again before I could even get into the kiss.
“This everything in your car, sweetheart?” Logan asked, startling me. I turned to look at him and nodded when I saw the groceries I picked up earlier under his arm, and Max’s spare gym bag in the other hand.
“Yeah. I…I think so,” I agreed shyly. Had he seen me kissing Maddox? Was he angry after I’d been with him just the night before? But they were the ones to suggest the ménage relationship with both of them. Surely that meant they were good with seeing me show affection to the other, right?
“Let’s go home. You’re too cold,” Maddox told me as he pulled me closer, then moved to the back seat of their car. I might have still been shivering on the outside, but inside I was burning hot for the both of them.
Logan had only just started the car when his phone started to ring over the loudspeaker.
“It’s Max,” Logan said just as the call picked up.
“Logan?”
“Hey kid. Everything good?”
“No…maybe. I….I don’t know. My mom. She was working at the diner and she said she’d be home a half hour ago, but she’s not here. I don’t know…”
“I’m here, Max. Breathe, honey. I’m okay,” I spoke up, hating the clear panic in every word he spoke.
“Thank fuck! I was worried. I thought you were coming straight home?” Max questioned, making me smile at how parental he sounded.
“Your mom got into a bit of a fender bender on the way home,” Logan said, and I turned a glare on him. Max didn’t need to know that. The last thing I wanted to do was scare my son any further than I already had.
“What? Mom?”
“I’m fine Max. Just a few cuts and bruises. I’m on my way home now,” I tried to reassure him.
“Don’t you need to go to the E.R. or something? You could have more serious injuries? Internal bleeding o-or a brain bleed? Did you hit your head?” he panicked all at once.
“Max…” I started, but was cut off by Maddox.
“She’s okay, Max. Just take a breath and calm down. Why don’t you head over to our place? I’m gonna take care of the cuts your mom has and check her for signs of a concussion, but I’m confident she’ll be just fine.”
“Yeah. Yeah, okay. I’ll meet you out front. What about the car?” he asked.
