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Ryan’s
bruised jaw. “Do you need medical attention?”
    “No.
I’m fine. Really. There’s nothing here you need to worry about.”
    “I
need to know what happened here. Marshall, you stay here. You two…” He motioned
to Logan and Melody. “Come with me. To my office.”
     
    * * *
     
    Logan
and Melody had finally emerged from Joe’s office, Joe assuring both he’d be
following up with them and start a formal investigation, if that’s what Melody
wanted. As they left, Lori emerged from a nearby conference room carrying her
purse and coat. She followed them to the elevator, riding down to the lobby
with them.
    “I
have no desire to be anywhere near that man. I’ve been sitting up here, writing
out a statement. Joe’s told me to take tomorrow off and then I’ll be
temporarily reassigned until some decision is made about Ryan.”
    “Did
Joe say anything else?” Melody tried to stay as far away from Logan as she
could, trying to maintain the façade of attorney and client. But she longed to
be next to him, to feel his arm around her. Even though Lori had heard
everything Ryan had said, Melody hoped Lori would just chalk it up to Ryan’s
anger at being caught, that it was just him spewing vitriolic words at Melody.
She and Logan had known they’d be taking the risk of exposing their affair to
Lori, trusting she’d be so caught up in whatever happened it wouldn’t really
register to her what she was seeing.
    “Just
that he thinks it would be best if Ryan were on leave. He certainly can’t come
to work. Not now.” Lori snorted in disgust.
    “He’ll
be on paid leave. It won’t make any difference to him, at this point. Other
than the damage to his ego. And believe me, that man has an ego bigger than the
Empire State Building but as fragile as spun sugar. When his ego or his pride
is damaged, look out.”
    Melody
frowned at the woman. “What do you mean?”
    “I
mean, I think he’s wounded…you’ve wounded him where it hurts. And you’ve
damaged his reputation.”
    The
elevator deposited them in the lobby. Lori turned, her hand on Melody’s arm.
    “I’d
be careful if I were you. He’s like a wounded lion now. Unstable and
dangerous.”
    The
cab ride to Logan’s hotel was brief. They were in his room before Melody
finally was able to let herself let go of her tightly controlled emotions. And
when she did, the tears started. Logan held her, pulling her down on the couch
beside him.
    “Shhh…it’s
over. It’s done. You’re fine…” His words grew less distinct, English slowly
replaced with soft Gaelic, the words gradually forming the rhythm of music. It
wasn’t long before Melody recognized the melody of the song from the gig in
Scotland. The song about home.
    She
raised her head, her tears trailing away to sniffles. “Thank you, Logan. For
everything. For thinking of this…for being there when I needed you.”
    An
involuntary shiver ran through her body. “I can still feel his hands on me,
touching me. I knew I had to let him, but still…it was worse pretending I liked
it, that I wanted him…and for you to see that…”
    “Melody.
Enough. I know why you did this; hell, I was in on the idea. Let it rest.
You’ll make yourself ill.”
    He
sat back, pulling her onto his lap. “I just hope he’s not ruined you for all
men. He hasn’t now, has he?”
    The
teasing light in his eyes and his gentle smile made her relax. She shook her
head, smiling down at him, arms around his neck.
    “No,
not at all.”
    Logan
slid his hands beneath her suit jacket, fingers brushing against the silk. It
was so different from Ryan’s touch and Melody pressed against Logan. He was
watching his hands as they moved over the material, over her breasts beneath,
his eyes half-closed and dreamy, as her nipples grew hard, pushing against the
silk.
    “You’re
not hungry, are you? For dinner I mean?” His eyes met hers. She shook her head,
and the seductive smile she received in return set off a small