Page 104 of Wilde Abandon

“Melody,” Dean called out as he stepped out of his office.“I’ve got something for you.”

She waited for him to come to her and held out her hand to receive the card he held out to her.“That gets you into the building and onto every floor of Fox Solutions.There is no door it doesn’t open for you.”

“Why do I need access to every door?”

“Because if Fox is in the secure server room and you want to get to him, you can.”

“Oh.Okay.Awesome.”

“In other words,” Dean went on, “if you come, find out he’s somewhere else, and don’t have the ability to see him, he’ll have my head.”

She glanced up at Fox, knowing he was the one who insisted on this.“Aw, that’s super sweet.”

Dean rolled his eyes.“You two are really starting to get on my nerves.”

“There was a really pretty blonde down on the twenty-first floor, who asked if you were back, too.”

Dean went still, then said, “We don’t date employees.”

Melody nudged his arm with her elbow.“When I move here, I’m going to be your wingwoman.I’ll find you the perfect someone.”

“Promise,” he said, walking away.

Fox gazed down at her.“You saidwhen, notifyou move here.”

“Definitely when.Now show me your inner sanctum.”

Instead of doing that, he kissed her right there in front of everyone in the cubicles.

Chapter twenty-five

Fox’sofficewasmassiveand boasted two desks.One dead center where he could hold a meeting.The desk was clean and organized with a single screen, a high-tech phone system with multiple lines and an intercom, a white marble pen holder, and a beautiful wood file holder, stacked with color coded folders.Very minimal and organized.

The desk on the left was a tech geek’s paradise.A comfortable place he could spend hours coding.Three monitors, a light-up keyboard, a mouse and keypad that looked like it did a hell of a lot more than point and click, and of course a bunch of toys.The cars and trinkets Melody had given him when they were kids, plus a bunch of other stuff from games she didn’t really know, but the characters looked fun or ruthless depending on which game they came from, were scattered across the front of the desk.

Maybe she should ask Fox to teach her how to play, so they could do something he liked together.

On the opposite side of the office was a large seating area with a black leather sofa, four additional leather chairs that looked decently comfortable, and a coffee table, all atop a rug that was black and white and looked like a starry night.She loved it.

The second his assistant, Dara, got back to her desk, the phone calls started rolling in.One after another.Then people started lining up outside the office.They filled the small seating area out there, others standing around chatting with each other.And while the doors remained open, no one got past his assistant.

But the longer Melody lingered, watching Fox do his thing, the more she realized she was distracting him.He kept looking at her like he hoped she wasn’t bored.Then he’d end one call or meeting and ask if she wanted something to drink or eat.Could he get her anything?

She assured him she was fine.She loved seeing him in action.Talking about one project then another, two very different things the clients wanted, but he could define the parameters, come up with potential solutions and problems, and assure the client they had everything covered.

She didn’t understand all the technical jargon or why something couldn’t be done the way the client wanted, but it sure did come through that Fox was brilliant at what he did.

The person in front of him was working on a project and had gotten stuck.Something wasn’t working.He handed over his laptop to Fox after he’d had two other people look over the code.

As Fox studied it, Jeremy kept sneaking glances at her, seemingly intrigued by her presence in the office and what she meant to Fox.

He’d introduced her to everyone who came in.She tried to stay out of the way by hanging out on the sofa, where Fox could look up and see her but she wasn’t intruding on his business.

After two hours, she’d had enough and wanted to get out into the city and explore.Fox didn’t need her here.He wanted her here.And for her to find her place, she needed to get comfortable with her surroundings and check out what the city had to offer.

She rose and went to Fox, coming up at his side, taking a quick peek at the screen and all those lines of code that meant nothing to her, but apparently made some system run.

Fox turned from the code to look at her.“What’s up?”

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