is
it, love?’ he asked in a puzzled voice. Brian had a boisterous voice that
carried and she wondered desperately how much Logan had heard of his greeting
‘There’s no need to worry now. You’ll come to me and everything will be all
right. The firm can go hang.’
He meant,
of course, that she would be working for him but she could tell by the thunder
on Logan’s face that he had misunderstood.
‘Abigail
is overwhelmed,’ Logan assured him as he came up to them. His voice was as icy
as his eyes and Brian spun round almost open-mouthed. ‘However,’ Logan continued, ‘the firm will not go hang and my wife will not come to you. She has a
future that does not even contain a glimpse of you.’
You’re back together?’
Brian stared at him, too stunned to be afraid of the anger in those cold eyes.
‘Oh, yes,’ Logan assured him sarcastically. ‘I’m sure if you had given her half a chance she would
have told you. Next week we’re going to America—a second honeymoon.’ He paused
and looked from his greater height into Brian’s astonished face. ‘Don’t make
the mistake of trying to see her again.’
He took
Abigail’s arm in a tight grip and before she could react she was being moved
forcibly towards the jaguar.
‘Let me
got’ Even now, embarrassment kept her voice low, and Logan stopped, looking
down at her with wild anger on his face.
‘If I let
you go, my dear Abigail, I also let the firm go. It will drop from a great
height and be smashed. The bank will catch the worthwhile pieces and by the
time your father leaves hospital there will not even be the dust to sweep up.’
‘You
promised!’ Abigail stared up at him, her expression a mixture of anger and
fear. She’d had one day of relief from strain and now she was being propelled
back into it.
‘And I
keep my promises, as you know,’ Logan reminded her harshly. ‘We have a deal.
All by yourself you struck a bargain with me and I made it clear that should
anyone even begin to imagine that it was a sham then the deal would be off.
Moving in with Wingate would be a fairly strong way of proving that we are not
at all reconciled. From that moment on, you would be no use to me at all. I
would not feel obliged to keep my end of the bargain.’
‘You—you
got it all wrong,’ Abigail began urgently. ‘You misunderstood’
‘Did I?’ Logan asked violently. ‘You’ve already admitted that Wingate is your lover and now he
holds you tight and announces that you’ll go with him, everything will be all
right. Maybe we don’t need each other after all; maybe this bargain should be
called off right now.’
‘He
didn’t mean that! He meant to go and work for him. He offered me a job before
he went away.’ She was about to say that Brian had never even kissed her before
but she thought better of it. Pointing out a previous lie would hardly make Logan believe her now.
Logan looked down at her icily, his crystal eyes
searching her face. Fury was racing just below his expression and she could
see it clearly. She clenched her hands together, anxiety written all over her,
and Logan watched her intently. His eyes went from her face to her tightly
clenched fingers and then he took a deep, angry breath.
‘Very
well. We go on from here, but one false move, Abigail, and I call off the deal.
Any sign of Wingate and you’re on your own; so is the Madden Corporation.’
He began
to lead her away again, straight to his car, but Abigail pulled free and faced
him.
‘I have
my own car. I’m going back home tonight. When you want this thing to start
you’ll let me know. In the meantime, I have things to do. Rose is alone at the
house and I can’t go rushing off without making arrangements.’
‘And what
about Wingate?’ Logan snapped caustically. ‘Does he go with you when you drive
off?’
‘He does
not!’ she stormed, her patience at an end. ‘I don’t need a third man under my
feet. Between you and my father I have plenty of trouble and
it, love?’ he asked in a puzzled voice. Brian had a boisterous voice that
carried and she wondered desperately how much Logan had heard of his greeting
‘There’s no need to worry now. You’ll come to me and everything will be all
right. The firm can go hang.’
He meant,
of course, that she would be working for him but she could tell by the thunder
on Logan’s face that he had misunderstood.
‘Abigail
is overwhelmed,’ Logan assured him as he came up to them. His voice was as icy
as his eyes and Brian spun round almost open-mouthed. ‘However,’ Logan continued, ‘the firm will not go hang and my wife will not come to you. She has a
future that does not even contain a glimpse of you.’
You’re back together?’
Brian stared at him, too stunned to be afraid of the anger in those cold eyes.
‘Oh, yes,’ Logan assured him sarcastically. ‘I’m sure if you had given her half a chance she would
have told you. Next week we’re going to America—a second honeymoon.’ He paused
and looked from his greater height into Brian’s astonished face. ‘Don’t make
the mistake of trying to see her again.’
He took
Abigail’s arm in a tight grip and before she could react she was being moved
forcibly towards the jaguar.
‘Let me
got’ Even now, embarrassment kept her voice low, and Logan stopped, looking
down at her with wild anger on his face.
‘If I let
you go, my dear Abigail, I also let the firm go. It will drop from a great
height and be smashed. The bank will catch the worthwhile pieces and by the
time your father leaves hospital there will not even be the dust to sweep up.’
‘You
promised!’ Abigail stared up at him, her expression a mixture of anger and
fear. She’d had one day of relief from strain and now she was being propelled
back into it.
‘And I
keep my promises, as you know,’ Logan reminded her harshly. ‘We have a deal.
All by yourself you struck a bargain with me and I made it clear that should
anyone even begin to imagine that it was a sham then the deal would be off.
Moving in with Wingate would be a fairly strong way of proving that we are not
at all reconciled. From that moment on, you would be no use to me at all. I
would not feel obliged to keep my end of the bargain.’
‘You—you
got it all wrong,’ Abigail began urgently. ‘You misunderstood’
‘Did I?’ Logan asked violently. ‘You’ve already admitted that Wingate is your lover and now he
holds you tight and announces that you’ll go with him, everything will be all
right. Maybe we don’t need each other after all; maybe this bargain should be
called off right now.’
‘He
didn’t mean that! He meant to go and work for him. He offered me a job before
he went away.’ She was about to say that Brian had never even kissed her before
but she thought better of it. Pointing out a previous lie would hardly make Logan believe her now.
Logan looked down at her icily, his crystal eyes
searching her face. Fury was racing just below his expression and she could
see it clearly. She clenched her hands together, anxiety written all over her,
and Logan watched her intently. His eyes went from her face to her tightly
clenched fingers and then he took a deep, angry breath.
‘Very
well. We go on from here, but one false move, Abigail, and I call off the deal.
Any sign of Wingate and you’re on your own; so is the Madden Corporation.’
He began
to lead her away again, straight to his car, but Abigail pulled free and faced
him.
‘I have
my own car. I’m going back home tonight. When you want this thing to start
you’ll let me know. In the meantime, I have things to do. Rose is alone at the
house and I can’t go rushing off without making arrangements.’
‘And what
about Wingate?’ Logan snapped caustically. ‘Does he go with you when you drive
off?’
‘He does
not!’ she stormed, her patience at an end. ‘I don’t need a third man under my
feet. Between you and my father I have plenty of trouble and
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