Page 40 of Resisting Fate
Missy jumped.
Ben put a hand on her shoulder and gave her a squeeze. “Night, Logan.”
Logan stopped outside her office. “Hey, fair warning, the meeting table has a wobbly side, so you guys better stick with the desk.”
“We were on our way out,” Ben said, giving Logan a good glare. “Go home.”
Logan grinned.
Missy felt herself flush. Did Logan know she and Ben had hooked up before? She was not about to ask Ben about it.
The three of them headed out the door, Logan stopping to lock the door behind him.
“Long day, huh?” Logan asked, catching up with her on the steps. “I can already tell you’ll be a real help around here.”
“Thanks,” Missy said. “I appreciate the work.”
They reached the bottom of the stairs.
“You want to get a drink to celebrate your first day?” Logan asked her.
“We can all go,” Ben said, sounding surly about the whole idea.
Just then Sabrina came out of her office. “Hi, all! How’d the first day go?” Sabrina was back to her girl-next-door look—straight dirty-blond hair pulled back in a barrette at the nape of her neck with very understated makeup around her brown eyes and round cheeks. Missy had been uncomfortable with Sabrina when they first met because Sabrina had just been so sweet and on the quiet side, but as she got to know her, she discovered she had a subtle snarky sense of humor and a loyalty to her friends that Missy really appreciated.
“Hey,” Ben and Logan mumbled to Sabrina.
“Great,” Missy told Sabrina. “I’ll tell you all about it back home.” She turned to the men. “Sabrina lives down the hall from me. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
She walked out the door with Sabrina, leaving the men behind, and headed toward the back parking lot. Sabrina squeezed her arm and said in a low tone, “Major testosterone flare-up. Were they fighting over you?”
“I think they’re giving each other a hard time through me. You know the way guys rib each other.”
Sabrina shook her head. “Ben’s more your type, right? All rough edges.”
Except that was just the outside. Missy knew a different side of him, caring and compassionate. Crap. She didnotwant to be falling for him. She didn’t want to be falling for anyone.
She forced herself to focus on Sabrina. “I don’t know,” she said in a teasing voice. “Logan’s pretty hot with that beard.”
“You think?” Sabrina chirped. “Huh.” Like she’d never noticed.
“Yeah, huh.”
They cracked up.
“I’ll see you at home,” Sabrina said, heading for her new car, a sleek white Lexus. Business was good for Sabrina as word spread that she was a true “relationship healer.” There’d even been an article in the local paper about her. “Stop by my place. I’ve got a lasagna ready to pop in the oven.” Sabrina was a true domestic goddess.
“Sounds great, thanks.”
She slipped into her old Subaru just as Ben and Logan walked out to the parking lot—both of them puffed out, swaggering and badass, neither of them speaking. She imagined they’d just gone another testosterone-fueled round of sparring, probably one of them shoved the other too. Men.
