“You all right, Lacey?” asked Logan, who had evidently seen my sudden shiver of excitement as he cut the engine.
“Um, yeah, definitely,” I answered with panicked haste, unbuckling myself; I heard Trinity cough behind me.
I hurriedly got out of the car, pivoting so as to shield my flushing face from Logan. But he came to stand right alongside me, and Trinity just had to playfully nudge me in the ribs after exiting the vehicle. She gave me a wink that unmistakably said “I know why your cheeks are so red.” I felt like I could have slapped her.
“How's, uh, your yard?” I sputtered, trying to cast the attention away from my steadily glowing complexion to something less mortifying. Like his mother's flourishing daffodils…except they looked like they were about to die.
“Did you seriously just
