Who Knew My Assigned Mechanic Husband Was a Big Shot? novel Chapter 78

Sloane turned her head, her expression turning dead serious as she lightly tapped Lydia's forehead. "What kind of garbage is floating around in that brain of yours?"

"It was just a hypothetical!"

"There are no hypotheticals. He's my cousin. What, do you want us to be the stars of a family scandal?"

*

Returning from the suburbs to Valentine Towers, Sloane stepped off the elevator and froze.

Logan was standing right there.

Their eyes locked.

Logan's gaze carried a heavy, profound exhaustion.

His face was deeply tanned, rough stubble shadowing his jaw, making it clear he had been exposed to the elements for a long time.

Several alarms immediately blared in Sloane's head:

If he was defusing bombs, why did he look like he'd been trekking through a desert?

Bombs were typically urban threats, planted inside buildings to maximize casualties. If a bomb was sitting out in the middle of a barren wasteland, they would just let it detonate.

He was lying.

As the realization hit her, she instinctively took a half-step back when he walked toward her.

Logan's sharp instincts immediately picked up on her defensive body language.

He assumed she was furious with him.

Because he had vanished without a word during the hotel gala.

The elevator doors pinged open again, and they stepped inside together.

Logan spoke first. "I'm sorry. I went off the grid again."

Sloane kept her tone even. "It's fine."

She genuinely meant it.

Living with him these past few weeks, she knew he wasn't a bad guy.

But at the end of the day, their relationship was just a contractual arrangement.

Prying into his life would only complicate things.

Logan watched her. "I'll take you to meet my family another time."

"We'll see."

Logan studied her profile.

She had reverted to the distant, cool woman he had met on day one—like a solitary daisy blooming against a harsh wind, completely self-reliant.

It meant she had closed off her heart again. The walls were back up.

But this mission had been critical.

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