Lynn's POV
"NO"His tone was very urgent, "She is the one creating the chaos—why are *you* the one backing out?"
"Logan." I sit up on the edge of the bed. "If she leaves because you pushed her out, then everything she's done worked. She made me small enough that someone else had to remove her to make room for me." I look at him steadily. "I want to go back in when I'm ready. On my terms. I want to win because I earned it."
He holds my gaze. He's not entirely happy about this and he's not pretending to be.
"And if she does more damage while you're away," he says.
"Then I'll deal with it when I get back." I tilt my head. "I'm asking you to trust me on this."
A pause. A long one. The kind where I can see him actually weighing it, not performing consideration but doing it.
"Okay," he say
