Free Shelby's Awakening: Legacy Series: The Beasley's Book Three by Leila Lacey

tempered glass, stainless steel and iron, creating balanced compositions of color and textures; simultaneously a combination of modern and warm.
    The elevators in the lobby were the contrast between the marble and white Calacata steel plates and black patina which created an effect somewhat contradictory. This access leads to the reception hall which changes to elegant and warm tones through enlightenment.
    At the end of the reception hall is located the executive secretarial area, which is enclosed by glass doors etched with geometric shapes, decorated with a painting of Jose Villalobos and engravings by Piranessi. This part of the project comprises two executive offices, meeting rooms and a lounge, all with contemporary furnishings, wood trimmings and panels that are combined with plaster ceilings, velvet curtain complements giving the office a residential environment and a touch of elegance.
    Sarah had not arrived yet but Shelby knew that her mother was a woman that liked to make an entrance. Ivy was there standing across the room talking to Logan, Lance and Logan’s mother. Ivy, like Logan, was never really comfortable in Shelby’s wealthy environment, but she tried for her.
    She had given her an engraved wooden frame that had a picture of them together at the arboretum when Shelby was a year old. Shelby did not remember it, of course, but Ivy had said, “This was the last time I spent any time with you before your daddy thought it would be confusing for you to have me in your life.”
    Shelby was touched that her mother had kept this picture and was giving it to her. The engraving on the frame was , “To my one and only miracle.”  Shelby had wrapped her mother in a bear hug and whispered for the first time, “Thank you, Momma,” which had, of course, brought them both to tears.
    Shelby had been working non-stop since the vote and had not been able to spend much time with Logan. She knew that he was tired of waiting for her every night only to fall asleep alone. She had gotten so wrapped up in reading reports that she had completely forgotten about Gia’s first swimming lesson and she had promised the little girl she would be there.   She had apologized to Gia and Logan for days and although Logan said it was fine, she had been getting the silent treatment for a week.
    “Ok, what have you done to that sex y man you have to make him look like that?” Cassidy said to Shelby snapping her out of her thoughts.
    “What? Oh , what do you mean?” Shelby stammered looking away from her friend.
    “Ohhh , it must be bad. You do not stammer unless it is something really bad,” Cassidy said.
    “Spill ,” she finished.
    “I don’t know what you are talking about , Cassidy. Besides we are having a celebration. What way is he looking? He looks normal to me,” Shelby said to her friend looking everywhere but at Logan.
    “Don’t give me that shit. Shel , last week you could not keep your hands off each other and you were regaling me with all your ass eating adventures; which I am still traumatized by, by the way. This week you are having a small celebration in your brand new impeccably designed, if I do day so myself, office and you two are on opposite sides of the room the entire time. Do I look stupid to you?”
    “Well ...” Shelby started to say but Cassidy cut her off.
    “Don’t get smart!” she said pointing her finger as Shelby was smiling.
    Sigh . “He is angry because I have been so busy with learning the ropes that I have not spent very much time with him lately. I keep telling him it’s only going to be until I get the hang of things, but he feels ignored,” Shelby said, frustrated with the whole situation.
    “Shelby, you don’t think that you should let Grey do a little more of the work? You and Logan are so new. You really need to try and focus on that ,” Cassidy said to her friend.
    “Cassidy , why do I have to give up the business to have a relationship? Why can men do both?” Shelby