~*~*~
“Damn it.” Logan breathed out as he stood outside of Sam’s office. He’d heard something slam in her office, what, he didn’t know, but before he could get to her, she had taken off across the third floor. He couldn’t very well go chasing after her. The entire office would know exactly what was going on, and he wasn’t ready for that to happen.
Momentarily shocked, and more than a little concerned, Logan didn’t know where to go. A quick glance back at his office told him Deanna had been witness to what just happened.
Under normal circumstances, she probably wouldn’t have questioned it, but thanks to his big fucking mouth and Sam taking his words entirely out of context, she would be able to put two and two together.
“Don’t breathe a word of this to anyone.” He instructed, pointing his finger at her like a mad man. What the hell was wrong with him? “I’ll talk to Sam and I’ll catch up with you later. I need to go after her, so please reschedule all of my meetings for later in the week.”
Thankfully, Deanna didn’t ask, and Logan wouldn’t have told her anything anyway.
“Damn dude, is the building on fire?” Alex stood a few feet outside of the main doors as Logan came barreling through them. “What’s the hurry?”
“I don’t have time right now, Alex.” Logan grunted, continuing to the parking garage. He didn’t make it far before Alex stepped directly in his path.
“Whoa. Wait a minute. Could you possibly be going after Sam? I saw her running through here a few minutes ago like the cops were on her tail.”
Logan took a deep breath and looked directly at the other man. “This isn’t any of your business, Alex.”
“You’re right. It probably isn’t. Although, that has never stopped me before.”
Shit. Logan knew he wasn’t going to catch up with Sam, and if she didn’t go to her apartment, he had no idea where he could possibly find her.
“Man, you need to give her some space. She was pretty upset if the tears were any indication. I think you need to let her go.” Alex said as he took a step back.
There wasn’t anything Logan hated more than a man who stuck his nose in another man’s business.
“I need to talk to her, Alex. I need to explain.” Logan stopped glancing at the parking garage because he knew Sam was long gone by now.
“Explain what?”
“She overheard something, and from her side of the conversation, it would have sounded pretty bad. I need to go and clear up the misunderstanding.”
“What was the misunderstanding, Logan?”
Logan huffed out a breath, then proceeded to share the story of his weekend from hell. By the end, Alex was staring at him in wide eyed interest.
“I didn’t have dinner with her by choice. I was telling Deanna the same thing when Sam walked up.”
“Damn. That’s rough. So what do you think you’ll accomplish if you go running out of here after her? She needs some time, and my guess is the office doesn’t know about this little relationship you’ve got going on, so the smart thing to do would be to stay here and let her have her space.”
Logan stared incredulously at his friend. Although he couldn’t believe he was receiving relationship advice from the king of relationship avoidance, he knew Alex was right. He wasn’t quite sure how Xavier would feel when he found out Logan and Sam were, in fact, dating. He didn’t recall that it had ever been an issue, but he didn’t want the other man to hear about it because it had caused a disruption to his business.
“You’re right. But, don’t make a habit of becoming Dr. Phil – it isn’t a good look for you.” Logan said as he stormed back into the building.
~*~*~
Sam drove straight home. She didn’t know where else to go and at the moment, she felt as though she were on the verge of an emotional breakdown. The only place she wanted that to happen, if it had to happen at all, was in the privacy of her own home.
She grabbed her purse, and her cell phone, climbed out of the car, and managed to make it up the stairs through a haze of unshed tears.
It only took a second to turn her phone off. She needed to take away the overwhelming urge to monitor whether Logan would actually be calling her or not. More than likely he wouldn’t. After all, it appeared he was into rekindling old flames so he would have no use for her.
She admitted to herself that she didn’t know much about his history with Heather, only that, from what he told her, it ended badly. That didn’t stop people from continuing to care about that person. Maybe he had been pining away for her and Sam had been a convenient distraction. It would be just her luck.