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been going on. Until that exact moment, she hadn’t realized just how stressed and scared she’d been for months, or how alone she’d felt in holding her secret tight to herself.
    Emma saw her tears and held out her arms. Liv moved in to them, weeping. Emma stroked her hair, soothing her as Liv had done for her so many times over the past several months.
    “It’s OK, Liv,” she said. “We’re all here for you, hon. You’re not alone, I promise. We’re with you.”
    After a few minutes, Liv pulled back. “Thanks, Emma. I’m OK.” She took a deep, shuddering breath. “I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you before…”
    “It’s OK. I’m just glad you told me now.” She gave Liv one final hug, then let her go. “So where’s Dallas? And Dean, actually?”
    Liv grinned, and her confidence and spark were both back in full force. “They’ve gone to Blue Star Security, and Chris and Jim are meeting them there. They want to have a word with Greg Wallace.”
    “Oh, boy,” Emma said, imagining the four of them sitting and glowering across an office reception area. “I think Greg’s about to have kind of a bad morning.”
    “I’d say so,” Liv said. “I’d say he’s about to have one hell of a bad morning.”
    **
    In her five years working as the receptionist at Blue Star Security, Cordelia Patton had seen many large men sitting in the waiting room. She’d also seen lots of angry people in those chairs. But on this particular Saturday morning, she was a bit taken aback to see four very huge, very gorgeous, very furious men standing over her, looking like they were seriously contemplating throwing the chairs right out the window.
    She got to her feet, nervous and hoping that whatever the problem was, it didn’t land on her. “Good morning. May I help you?”
    “You may,” the one with cold blue eyes and dark hair said. “We need to see Greg Wallace, please.”
    “Do you have an appointment?” Cordelia squeaked. She knew full well that they didn’t; she also knew full well that hardly mattered to them.
    “No,” said the man with shaggy blond hair and piercing green eyes. “But we’re going to see him anyway.”
    The other two men nodded.
    “Um.” Cordelia cleared her throat. “May I ask what this is regarding?”
    The first man studied her. “It’s regarding one of Blue Star’s clients who could have been hurt last night, because your boss couldn’t be bothered to fucking pick up his phone when she called for help.”
    Cordelia gasped. “Oh, my God. Who? Which client?”
    “Olivia Jameson,” the other blond man said, his gray eyes steely.
    She gasped again. “ Liv ? Is she – is she OK?”
    The men paused and looked at her now.
    “You know her?” the first man said with a Texan drawl. “You know Olivia?”
    “Oh, yes.” Cordelia blinked back sudden tears. “She’s great. For my birthday this year she gave me a luxury spa weekend. She said that I work too hard and she wanted me to have something relaxing and special. She even took care of my son for the whole weekend so I didn’t have to pay a babysitter… Liv’s amazing.”
    The man’s blue eyes warmed up. “Yeah, she is.”
    “It’s her stalker, isn’t it? Is she hurt?”
    “No, hon.” The man was gentle now. “She’s not hurt at all and she’s safe.”
    “Thank God.” Cordelia wiped her eyes. “And what? She called Greg and he didn’t answer?”
    Dallas, Dean, Chris and Jim nodded.
    She tightened her lips. “OK, sit down. I’ll get Greg out here. Give me two minutes.”
    They watched her go down the hallway and then they exchanged looks.
    “You get the feeling that she’s going to kick his ass before we even get to him?” Jim asked.
    “She may,” Dallas agreed. “She looked mighty irritated.”
    They heard shouting now, and they switched their attention to the voice, which was rapidly coming closer to them.
    “Jesus fuck, Cordelia!” the man was shouting. “How the fuck could you lose the whole contact