Tamed (Torn #5)(27)

He leaned down and kissed me. “What can I say? I like to f*ck you. Your *—it calls to me.”

“And here I thought you kept me around for my charming personality.”

He nuzzled my neck. “That, too. But mainly because you ride my dick better than anyone else I’ve messed around with.”

His head dipped lower, his lips closing around one of my nipples. I sighed in contentment.

Simple. Easy. Clean. No pesky feelings to ruin this moment. I could handle that.



A few days later, Logan knocked on my door. I was surprised to see him, but I was glad that he was finally ready to talk to me.

“Hey. Can I come in?” he asked.

“Sure,” I said as I let him in.

As soon as I closed the door, he spoke, “I talked to Chloe last night.”

I tensed. “And?”

“She said you haven’t talked to her since everything happened.”

“Nope, I haven’t.”

He ran his hand across his face in irritation. “I told you, I didn’t want you in the middle of this, Amber. You weren’t supposed to shun her.”

“I heard what you said, but it wasn’t your choice to make. I’m allowed to be angry with her if I want.”

“I had a really long talk with her, and we cleared the air. I want you to do the same,” Logan said, completely ignoring what I’d just said.

“You can’t be serious! You’re friends again after what she did?”

“I can’t stand not to have her in my life. I’d rather have her as a friend than not at all.”

I shook my head. “You might find it easy to forgive, but I don’t.”

“This isn’t about you!” he shouted. “I want things to go back to the way they were. That’s impossible if you continue to hold a grudge against her!”

“What do you expect me to do? Run up to her room and tell her everything is forgiven?” I shouted right back at him.

“That’s exactly what I expect you to do. If not for her, then for me. She loves him. Nothing you or I do will change that. It’s time to get our lives back to the way they were. If that means she ends up with him, then that’s what will happen. Stop acting like a child, and let it go.”

“It’s not that simple,” I said.

“It is that simple.” He walked to the door. “Fix this shit, Amber. I don’t care if you have to lie about how you feel. Just fix it—for me.”

Then, he was gone.



I found myself knocking on Chloe’s door two days later. It had taken me that long to accept what Logan had said. I hadn’t wanted to forgive her so easily, but I wasn’t doing him any favors by staying away. It would only make things worse for him. And I did miss Chloe. She was my best friend. She had been for years.

Logan was right. I needed to grow up and move on.

When Chloe opened her door, I started crying at the sight of her. I hated how much I’d missed her.

Pushing away any ill feelings toward her, I threw myself into her arms and hugged her tightly. “I…I missed you so damn much, Chloe! This has been killing me inside.”

She hugged me back and laughed, but it was hollow. “I missed you, too, Amber, but I got what I deserved. What I did was wrong, and I needed to pay for it.”

“I’m sorry I was such a bitch to you. I was so mad at you for what you did and for not telling me. I had to find out from Adam after the fact. I thought you trusted me more than that!” I said, unable to hide my anger.

“I did trust you. I just couldn’t put you in the middle of all this. Logan is your friend, too, and if I had told you, it would have torn you guys apart. I didn’t want to do that to you.” She said as she walked to her bed and sat down.

I nodded as I wiped under my eyes to get rid of any smudged mascara. “I guess I understand why, but it doesn’t make me feel any better about the whole thing.”

Chloe stood up and looked out her window at the campus below. “I know it’s a crappy excuse, but it’s all I’ve got. I was so confused, and I made some really bad choices, but I paid for it in the end. I nearly lost Logan, and I did lose Drake.”

I hadn’t expected her to be so…broken. She knew that she’d f*cked up, and she knew that there was no way to repair the damage she’d caused. I couldn’t help but feel a tiny bit sorry for her when I’d heard the way she said Drake’s name. It was killing her to be away from him.

“Have you talked to Drake since all this happened? I’ve been to some of the band’s shows. He seems as depressed as you are.”

She turned back toward me. Her shoulders were slumped in defeat. “No, I haven’t. I thought it was best to cut ties with both of them. We all need time to heal from this. I want him, but I don’t even know how he feels about me now. Besides, I don’t think it would be fair to Logan if I caused this and then skipped merrily off into the sunset to live my happily ever after.”

I snorted. If she only knew what Logan had said to me - He wanted her to be with Drake if it would make things go back to normal.

“Yeah, you’ve been living your happily ever after all right. Do you really think Logan wants you to go on like this? He wants you to be happy, Chloe. That’s all he’s ever wanted.”