Free Broken Melody (Rock With You #2) Rock Star Romance by Adriana Hunter Page A

yesterday? About me being made
partner, I mean? Anything negative?”
    “No.
He had nothing to say yesterday, other than to deny everything and proclaim he
was being framed. But nothing regarding any hindrance to you being made
partner. He’s actually been quite supportive of your promotion. Why do you
ask?”
    Melody
shook her head. “It’s nothing…it’s just…some of the things he’d said recently,
his threats to derail my nomination for partner if I didn’t…acquiesce to him.
Honestly, I’m not sure what the truth is anymore.”
    She
received a sympathetic smile from Joe. “Don’t worry. Right now, you’re exactly
what this firm needs. Young, hard working, dedicated. And with a winning track
record in court.”
    Despite
her anxiety, she smiled. “Thank you, Joe. I’ll give you a decision on Monday.”
She blew out a breath, sitting back in her chair. “This has been one crazy
week. I’ve never had so many ups and downs crammed into so few days. I’m not
sure how much more I can handle.”
     
    * * *
     
    Melody
spent most of the day working through Logan’s interview answers, deciding the
best strategy to handle the counter claim from Ashton and then getting caught
up on the rest of her case load.
    By
early evening, for the first time in what seemed like ages, she sat back and
gave a contented sigh. Her desk was still full of papers and files, but the
chaos was down to a minimum and she actually felt like she’d done a good day’s
work.
    “Victoria!
Come take a look.”
    Victoria
peeked around the door frame, a questioning look on her face. Melody spread her
arms wide.
    “Look.
You can actually see some of the actual desk.” She pointed to a corner of the
mahogany desk visible between two stacks of case files.
    “And
it’s thanks to you, Victoria. I couldn’t have dug out of this without you.
Thank you.”
    She
got a shy smile in return. “It’s my job…and, well, my pleasure. I enjoy working
with you, Melody. I know we got off to a rough start, with Melissa and
everything else that’s happened.”
    “I
didn’t give you a very fair start. You did land in the middle of a mess, in
more ways than one.” Melody glanced at her watch.
    “Go
home. It’s late and it’s Friday. You’ve done more than enough today. Monday, we
have several filings due. Lori will be back and I want you to go over those
with her, have her help you.”
    “Okay.
Thanks.” Victoria lingered in the doorway a moment longer. “Can I ask you
something?”
    Melody
leaned back in her chair. “Sure. What is it?”
    “What’s
he like? Logan MacKenzie, I mean. He’s just…well, I know I’m probably going to
meet quite a few famous people here. I knew that when I took the job. But he’s…I’ve
been a fan for such a long time. And he’s just so sexy. I know that’s really
unprofessional of me to say but… you know, I’m just a huge fan.”
    There
was a part of Melody that wanted to share with someone exactly what Logan meant
to her, but now was not the time and Victoria was certainly not the person. She
shrugged, hoping the flush she felt creeping up her cheeks wasn’t noticeable.
    “I’ve
only met him a few times, here at the office. He’s nice. Very professional.
Very private about his personal life, from the little conversations we’ve had
that weren’t about the case.”
    Victoria’s
face fell in disappointment. “Oh. You two seemed somehow closer. Like you knew
each other. And you came in with him today. I just thought…it looked like you
were friends.”
    Melody’s
inner warning bells were sounding. She’d have to make sure instances like this
morning didn’t happen again. If that were how closely others paid attention,
she’d have to make sure she paid even closer attention to when she might be
seen with Logan.
    “He
happened to be in the lobby when I came up. Coincidence, I guess.”
    “But
he wasn’t on your calendar…”
    “We
talked about it yesterday…after the…incident in Mr.