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As Logan watched, Bront&euan stood then, straightening his suit and casting a dispassionate look over all of them "I’d like toto fear in regard to your job" He picked up a clipboard and ignored the na out the only one he was truly interested in "I’ll start with Bront&euot to her feet reluctantly, her jaw set firestured toward the kitchen

She sto behind her, and he resisted the urge to sestured at thechair that had been set up in the center of the floor "Please, have a seat"

She glanced at the door and thensure that no one could hear their conversation "You can drop the charade, Logan We both knohy you’re here"

"Oh?" He raised an eyebrow at her, keeping his expression cool

"You’re doing this to get back atcould have been further froan kept his expression neutral "Perhaps you are not aware thatco them profitable?"

For a ht this one? Because it was failing?"

"No," he said, keeping his voice light and playful "I purchased this one because I kneas the only way I could speak to you again"

"So I was right This is about ave him a sharp look "It seemed like a bit too much of a coincidence that you showed up here"

"You gotif she’d back down or hold her ground

Brontë put her hands on her hips and stared up at hiet you, didn’t I?" Her tone was half flirt, half challenge "The problem is, you seem to think I want more of you"

"I think you do," he said in a low, seductive tone She hadn’t back dohen he’d moved closer They were so close now he could reach out and touch her, but he wouldn’t until she indicated she wanted him "I think the real problem here is that you’re ave a sh "How can I be mad at you? I don’t even knoho you are Re "If you’re not mad at me, then why avoidThat high-pitched, nervous giggle told him volumes "Because I went to that island to hook up with so I’ off the island"

"You’re lying"

"You should knohat it’s like You’re a liar"

"Am I?"

"You didn’t tell ain "You let ht you were the er Except you weren’t You were the owner And you never bothered to share that with hed behind my back"

"Is that what you think of me?" His voice was husky now "That I lied to you because I was laughing at you? Truly?"

"I don’t knohat to think of you," she said in a soft voice that trembled just a little "I don’t know you, remember? You made that very clear"

"I hadmy identity a secret fro at you"

She cast hian to realize just howdeal to her? He’d been protecting himself, but it sees

And he needed to fix that

Logan stepped closer to her and brushed his fingers over her cheek She slapped his hand away, but he supposed he deserved that

"You knoho I am now, don’t you?" he asked

"The entire world seems to knoho you are," she said bitterly "Stupid me was the only one that didn’t clue in to it"

"You’re not stupid," he told her "Don’t speak of yourself like that I doubt you’d be familiar with my face unless you read the Wall Street Journal or followed the business section in the papers And I’m not even sure then Just because you have a lot of ed "It does change how they react to you, though"

The tension in her shoulders eased just a little "Oh?"

"Most women I ht I was going to be stuck in an elevator for God kno long I didn’t want it to be with sons when she looked at me"

She crossed her arms over her chest once more "You should have had more faith in ently, throwing her words back in her face "We spent days together, and I feel like we still don’t know enough about each other The tih I want more time with you, Brontë I want to learn about you, and you to learn abouther lip as she thought She shook her head "How do I know that’s not a line you tell all the girls?"

He flipped out his phone and offered it to her "Call my assistant She’ll tell you how many women I’ve dated in the last year And then ask her how ain The answer is none"

She wavered "Hoould she know about your dating life?"

"She scheduleshis mouth "She knows my personal business because it’s her job to"

Brontë stared down at the phone for a minute, then back up at him "Why me? You can have anyone you want Why waste your time with a waitress froular guy," he told her This time, when he leaned in to stroke her cheek, she didn’t pull away "Because you ht up when you find a perfect quote for the situation, and I love to see that Because you’re smart and funny and down-to-earth, and that’s a rare coht I was no one, and you still took your top off to swim naked withto have an island fling, thank you very much"