.. wrong to get any closer.Crack. Pop. Fissures spread out through the ice beneath his foot and up the stairs, spreading and reaching and growing unti... the first jagged break touched her slippered foot.Logan flinched and covered his eyes as the entire hall exploded in a glittering shower of shattered ice. The hall rang like a bell as countless frozen particles rained down around him. A thousand cold kisses landed on his arms and in his hair.When he dared to look up, it was into swirling eyes of. Ginger also sensed it and did her best cheer everyone up like she is so good at doing. After dropping Jerry and Rosemary at the airport and telling them to enjoy, we headed back to the house. Ginger was smiling, knowing the surprise I had in store for Pepper once we got back to the house.After we got inside, Pepper sat down at the table for another cup of coffee and asked what our plans were for the day. I asked Pepper what was wrong and why she was feeling down. She tried to blow it off as. I really appreciate that you want me so badly but you know yourself we'll be glad for waiting when the time comes." I knew you'd say that," he said dully.I felt a mixture of feelings: power, pity, pleasure, the works. It was cruelly unfair of me, of course, to withhold what I'd given away without a thought to others. But how sexy it was to see a man lust for me so totally. I couldn't imagine the kind of fantasies he must have been entertaining during those sleepless nights, but they had to be. " The Texas drawl was as thick as honey.The men went on with their praise while Logan just grinned. He wondered what they'd think if he told them about Emma and his proposal, but decided to wait for now. Ready for his meal, he filled a coffee mug and plate and sat down at the table. One by one the men wandered to the bunkhouse until Logan was alone.Earlier he had decided he needed to get the last of the spare bedroom cleaned out. When he was finished, and the table wiped off, he had some free.