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“If you ask ht forward as they ca worked for Xavier for the last decade, Logan had gotten to know Xavier, as did most of his ean and Alex had both been invited to an realized that no matter how much he didn’t want to share the details of the situation with Xavier, he didn’t have the heart to lie to the an confirmed “I don’t know that it’s serious yet or not, but I assure you it doesn’t affect either of our jobs”

“No?” Xavier questioned “Then why is it that my vice president of project operations ran out of the building today? Crying?”

Shit

Logan wasn’t sure if Xavier had actually seen the incident or if he’d gotten wind of it from someone else Either way, he needed to smooth the waters Sam didn’t need this type of exposure within the co so new to the Dallas office

“It was a s, and I plan to resolve the situation as soon as I can”

“Boy, why are you still here? If you want to rectify the situation, you wouldn’t be sitting in here with an knew the comment was rhetorical This conversation had ventured into the personal side of things When it ca as trivial as this to interrupt his daily operations But, the er than the state of Texas and he didn’t think business all the tian,” Xavier started, turning back to his desk, “son, I’ to interfere in your life I expect you’ll co a decision”

Logan heard the concern He waited for the other ain resuan responded

“Yes, sir I wouldn’t let that happen” Logan assured him

“I know you wouldn’t This needs to stay as quiet as possible I happened to get word of it froed to squeeze soers I’m disappointed in the way Heather handled this, but she s for you I just don’t want this to becos to do and the less hiccups in the process, the better”

“I co his head in his hands, applying pressure as though trying to force hio talk to Sa to coer this company has ever seen, and I need to make sure that, on a professional level, she’s secure”

“Dao after her because of yourself” Xavier retorted, catching Logan’s attention again “Sa her job We’ll address that when the situation arises For now, you need to get your ass up and go talk to her I expect tomorroon’t have any disruptions, and we’ll be back to business as usual”

“Yes, sir” Logan stood from his seat and stared back at Xavier He knew that if he had been at any other company, with any other boss, this would be an entirely different conversation “Thank you”

“Go on I’ll talk to you toan turned and headed out It was clear that Xavier could see right through his for Saht of that had his heart plu to his stoy and disoriented Her eyes were gritty, like she’d poured sand in the how puffy and swollen they were, she ed to crawl out of bed and into the bathrooood She looked terrible, and she felt just as bad The i back at her re at the clock, she realized she’d been asleep for the better part of the day It was already six and she’d acco to reduce so herself it was time tobath before she tumbled back into bed Unsure how she would face the next day, the only solution was to sleep until Logan McCoy didn’t matter anymore