Logan's POV

But Logan… She didn’t know Logan yet. Logan was someone new in her life. A man who didn’t have the burden of a heavy past between them. A man who, if given the chance, could steal her heart.

I felt a new urge inside me. Maybe this was it. Maybe I shouldn’t force Emma to take Joseph back. Instead, I should be Logan. Logan who could be closer to her, who could show her that I was a different man without the burden of the past. As Logan, I could start over, without the shadow of Joseph’s failure haunting my every move.

I closed my eyes for a...