She would have liked to have said no, but the truth of the matter was it was very comfortable, and the smell of his tangy aftershave was very potent to the senses. He smelt clean and masculine, and it felt very good to sit with him like this, made her feel small and protected. But then Logan’s height and breadth were such that any woman would feel this way when she was with him.
‘Are you still seeing Danielle?’ she probed.
Her interest in the other woman seemed to please him. ‘Meaning are you one of a number?’ he taunted.
‘Am I?’
‘No,’ he smiled. ‘I’m too old to cope with the intricacies of having two women in my life at the same time. I told Danielle on Saturday that I wouldn’t be seeing her again.’
Callie’s eyes twinkled mischievously at his description of being ‘too old’. ‘How old are you?’ she mocked.
‘Thirty five. Don’t tell me, you have a rule never to go out with a man over thirty,’ he groaned.
‘No,’ she laughed, ‘I don’t have a rule like that.’
‘I do,’ Logan told her ruefully.
Her mouth quirked teasingly. ‘Never to go out with a man over thirty?’
‘No, minx,’ he laughed softly. ‘Never to go out with a woman under twenty-five. And you are, aren’t you?’
‘Just a bit,’ she nodded.
He winced. ‘How much of a bit?’
‘Oh—about three years,’ she told him mischieviously.
‘Twenty-two!’ he groaned, closing his eyes.
Callie frowned, seeing that it really was important to him. ‘Does it bother you that much?’
He shrugged. ‘It won’t have to, will it?’
‘But does it?’
His arms tightened about her waist. ‘Not if it doesn’t bother you.’ It was almost a question.
‘It doesn’t,’ she answered without hesitation.
‘I was hoping you would say that.’ His lips moved caressingly across her throat. ‘What else would you like to know about me?’
‘I’m only curious—’
‘Of course. What else, Callie?’
She gave him a look of irrit
ation for his mockery ‘Do you have any family?’
‘Unfortunately, yes,’ he said dryly.
‘Logan!’
‘Sorry, little one,’ he chuckled. ‘I have a mother, but she wasn’t included in that “unfortunately”. My uncle, aunt, and cousin were the unfortunately. My mother is a darling, although her match making has become tiresome lately,’ he added with a frown.
‘Maybe she would like grandchildren,’ Callie blushed. There was something unsettling about discussing a man’s offspring with him on a first date!
‘I’m sure she would,’ Logan agreed. ‘But as it means I have to take a wife she’s going to be disappointed.’