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But, first things first

He went straight to Deanna’s desk and noticed the s Bridg, what’s up?”

“Oh Mr McCoy, I didn’t realize you were here yet” She started and stood quickly fro ok with the contract?”

“Things are fine It was quite aan knew Deanna liked to keep tabs on how things went in regards to his business dealings, so he figured he could share the inforht it would I was supposed toco part was that I ended up having dinner with Heather”

Deanna was just about to co behind hian pounding loudly in his chest

“Good o?”

The look on her face told hio well, or, which he was inclined to believe, she had overhead his co dinner with Heather

“Saan’s attention, but he couldn’t tear his eyes frolanced over at Deanna, then back at Logan For a second she actually looked lost, confused even Then, right before his very eyes, Saht he had seen, and she turned her attention to his ado return so after her

Before he could cover his own an had known Deanna a long ti Thankfully, she had the decency to keep what she had seen to herself and turned the conversation back to his trip

“So, you said dinner with Heather You an couldn’t see Sah tailed it across the third floor to her office From where he stood, he could see that the door was shut, and she was likely inside planning his death Shit

“Yes Heather Knight It was all ais fine with the At Last contract We have nothing to worry about”

“Well, that’s a relief” Deanna responded, but she didn’t offer him the pleasant smile she often shared with the world Instead, she turned back to her co to hide out in his own office long enough for Deanna to forget about what had just happened, Logan was startled when Deanna called out fro on that I should know about?” She briefly glanced at Saive hioing on I need to go check ent co his office door behind hi blankly at the screen Had she heard Logan correctly? Did he say he had dinner in California with Heather, his ex-girlfriend? Apparently she’d been right to question the spur of the moment trip, halfway across the country On the weekend

Shit

How could she be so stupid?

She ree that he headed out to California on a Friday night to take care of an issue with a contract that was already signed and finalized Maybe that wasn’t the reason after all Maybe he really went to see Heather

She glanced down to see that her hands were shaking Not only were her hands shaking, but her heart was beating frantically It was happening all over again She had allowed herself to care about sout one e deep inside She couldn’t believe how stupid she had been She had fallen for Logan McCoy, her boss, and now, here she was, sitting in her office, in near tears This was not what she should have been doing There was tooon with the current project that she should have been focusing solely on Instead, she had coa?

Quickly, she logged on to her co on for the rest of the day Her calendar was actually clear for the next few hours and the only pressing an’s staff this afternoon Well, he would just have to fucking wait She needed to get so her purse from the bottom drawer of her desk, Sa desperately to hold as left of herself together For aout to her, but she didn’t turn to look back She just needed to get away for a few hours, get her head on straight and things would be fine