Married to the loveless CEO-Chapter 96: Someone else

He smiled after she didn’t say anything for a long while, "You don’t have to respond. I didn’t tell you this for you to respond immediately. Sentencia you don’t have to feel awkward after this and...I’ll wait for your answer no matter how long it takes. So don’t rush,"

She didn’t know what to do or say next, she just nodded at him.

***

"Logan!" Jenny beamed as she hugs Logan, he hugged her back.

"Did you just return?" he asked.

"Yeah and I decided to come all the way to your place from the airport. How have you been Logan?" Jenny asked.

"I’ve been fine, what about you?" he responded.

"I’m fine. Let’s spend the whole afternoon together Logan?!" she suggested.

"Uhm, I have something to attend to," he replied.

"Huh? What?" she inquired.

"Nothing for you to rack your brain about. I gotta go," he responded and didn’t wait for her to reply as he walks out.

She was surprised, Logan was never like this to her, to think she came all the way from the airport just to see him and he just left because he had something to do. She just shrugged it off, maybe it was something really very important.

Meanwhile, it wasn’t really anything that important. But it is to Logan, he wouldn’t miss a day to spend with Sentencia for just anything else in the world.

He had ask her if he could take her out today and she had agreed since she was free today.

"You have always wanted to see Ananias, right? Well today is the day," he told her, when he got to her house. Ananias was his horse which he owns, he had told her a lot of stories about it and has even showed her pics of it and even pics of it with him.

"Wow, really?" Sentencia beamed, she has been anticipating to see the horse for a long time now.

"Yes, now go put on your horse riding outfit let’s go," he replied.

"You would really let me ride it?" she asked.

"Definitely," he smiled at her.

"Okay. But I don’t think I have the right boots," she responded.

"It’s okay, wear any. There are riding boots at the ranch," he highlighted.

"Okay." she replied. She went upstairs to change to the right outfit for horse riding and soon they were in his car on their way to the place.

Cia’s mind drifted off as she stared blankly through the window. She just couldn’t take Fi’s confession out of her mind. It’s been a couple of days now, she decided to go out with Logan today to clear her head. Get some fresh air and clear her head.

"Are you okay, Sentencia?" Logan asked, she had seem lost in thoughts for some while there.

"Hmm? Hmm hmm," she nodded at him, "I’m alright," she gave him a thumbs up.

"Okay."

They arrived at the ranch, it was large and pleasant to the eyes.

"Wow, it’s adorable," Cia commented when the horse was brought to them by the horse keeper, she had already changed her boots by then.

Logan smiled at her as he caresses the horse, he loved the way lights went to her eyes when she is genuinely happy.

"Can I caress it as well?" she inquired.

"Of course," Logan responded, he held her hand and brought it to touch the horse’s neck. With her hand in his, they started caressing it.

It made an approving neighing sound.

"I think he likes you," Logan smiled at her, letting go of her hand to let her caress it by herself.

"Don’t even dare, Ananias. She is mine," Logan warned which made Cia laughed.

He watches as she caressed the horse so gently and lovingly. He suddenly wished he was the horse or if she could also caress him like that.

He shook his head to the thought, was he seriously jealous of his own horse, right now?

"Okay. Let’s hop on," Logan suggested, he held her hand again and helped her get on the horse.

He joined her too, his hands crossed her waist as he held the reins. Her scent wraft across his nose as he drew closer to her. She felt his hard chiseled chest at her back as they started riding the horse at a slow pace.

Sentencia continued to caress the horse as they rode around the place.

"Would you like to hold the reins?" he offered and she nodded. He put it in her hands and his hands held her waist completely. She bit her lower lip to it, on a second thought she doesn’t want to, if he’s going to hold her like that.

"C’mon relax yourself, Cia. You’re so stiff right now," he commented.

’It’s because you are holding me like that,’ she thought then took a deep breath, trying to focus her attention on the horse.

"You must really like horses too," he stated. He was seeing the way she was skillfully and gently handling the horse.

He also saw the way she beamed when he had told her he would be taking her to see his horse and the way her eyes lights up whenever they talked about his horse.

"Yes, I really love horses. I never knew how much I missed riding horses until this moment. It’s been so long since I last rode a horse," she replied.

"That’s nice to hear. But it’s also making me jealous," he responded.

"What?" she laughed.

"Would you ride me?" he asked.

"W-What?" Sentencia replied, her ear turned bright red at his question.

"I mean, me on my hands and knees and you on my back," he whispered to her ear.

"W-What? Oh...Uhm, what are we twelve?" she asked and his laughter echoed.

"No. But seriously my doctor, what were you thinking?" he questioned.

"Huh?"

"What did you think I was referring to?" he grinned at her.

She elbowed him gently at his abdomen, "Move away a little. I was thinking...t-the same thing,"

"Really?" he asked.

"Yes." she nodded.

He laughed.

At first, he just wanted to use her to get back at Fi. But he doesn’t understand what he was feeling anymore, he never expected himself to feel these things for her. He wondered when he started developing these kind of feelings for her.

Now, he wanted to make her his. Not just to get back at Fi, but for her to be his for real and his alone.

***

The following day, Anita Manchester came to see Logan, along with her daughter Jenny. Anita thought about it deeply and she thinks there was no need to waste time.

Her daughter has always liked Logan and Logan has been a friend since childhood, the two were the perfect match for each other. Anita thinks the two should get closer already, she was so excited as she could already hear the wedding bells.

"Have your seats please," Logan offered and so, they all sat at the living room.

"Would you like to have anything?" he asked further.

"No thank you very much, Logan. You are such a gentleman, but we’re good," Anita was the one to respond.

"So what brought you both here?" Logan inquired.

"My daughter informed me that she came to see you yesterday-"

"Yes she did," Logan interrupted. "Is there a problem?"

"No not really. She said you told her you had something to take care of and left quickly. Logan, I want you to spend more time with my daughter. Not as a friend anymore but more like an engaged couple.

"You are aware and you do know by now that my daughter likes you very much, more than a friend and I myself would be very delighted to have you as my son in law," Anita elaborated.

"I’m very much aware Ms. Manchester and I do like your daughter very much also, but as a friend. The thing is...I like someone else and I’m very much interested in her," Logan responded.

"What? Who?" both mother and daughter chorused almost at the same time.

Anita was a good ally Logan doesn’t want to lose but he is not going to marry Jenny because of that.

"You both don’t need to know her yet, soon maybe, because you both are like family to me. I’m sincerely sorry," he replied.

On their way home, Anita and Jenny contemplated on what to do. They were both seated at the back of the car as their driver drove.

"Who must this woman be? I love Logan so much mom, I can’t lose him, not to anyone. I’ve been waiting for him all my life," Jenny cried.

"It’s all your fault," Anita blamed.

"Mom!" Jenny whined, she was that typical spoilt brat.

"If you hadn’t left the country, you would have won his heart by now. But you left and now another woman has," no wonder Logan wasn’t too shaken that he lost the multi billion deal, because he was so preoccupied with a certain woman.

They need to find out who this woman is.

Effective, immediately!

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