Infatuation (Club Destiny 4)

Instead of turning around and walking back out to her car, McKenna had morphed into the girl in the scary movies who proceeds into the unknown, despite knowing better. The only difference between her and that naive young girl was that McKenna pulled her handgun from her purse before she entered the office. Maybe not the smartest move ever, but she knew how to use it, so she at least wasn’t walking into the unknown ill prepared.

What she saw before her stole her breath.

The entire office had been ransacked. Completely. Everything in there was trashed. Everything. All of the desks, phones, chairs, computers, filing cabinets... everything had been overturned, and some of them had even been thrown through walls. Through. The. Wall.

After a quick assessment, McKenna debated on what to do. The only thing she knew to do was to call Whisper. After briefly informing her assistant of what happened, she instructed her to call all of the employees and tell them not to come in. From there, she locked the main door, practically ran to her car and began driving until she was pulling into the parking lot of XTX.

Once Logan came down to talk to her, she managed to explain to him what was going on. He interrupted her briefly to make a phone call, and she heard him telling Alex McDermott the details before instructing him to have someone sent over to Sensations, Inc.

She didn’t know what good that was going to do now. The damage was done. The only good thing was that he had decided to take out his rage on her office equipment, rather than her employees. He being Stephen Crawford. There was no doubt in McKenna’s mind that he was the bastard responsible.

When the door opened, McKenna looked up from watching her fingers fidget nervously, fully expecting to see Logan standing there, but to her surprise, he wasn’t the man staring back at her. Suddenly, as though he jump started her heart, she was overcome by an uncomfortable pounding in her chest.

“Where’s Logan?” How she managed to produce words, she didn’t know.

“He’s talking to Sam,” Tag explained as he shut the door behind him. “They’ll be here in a minute.”

McKenna nodded her head. She would wait for them then. She had absolutely nothing to say to Tag. Not one thing.

So maybe she had a million things to say to Tag.

But she wouldn’t.

“Why are you here?” Or maybe she would.

Her brain was fuzzy, her palms were suddenly damp, and her heart was still pounding. All from the mere sight of Tag Murphy in all of his sexy glory.

Not that she had forgotten how incredibly attractive he was, or how intense his presence could be. No, she’d thought about him each and every day for the last two weeks, secretly hoping he would call. He never did.

“Why didn’t you call me?” Tag questioned her as he sat down in the chair beside her.

He was way too close. Close enough for her to inhale the spicy scent of his cologne, mixed with the heady scent that was unique to Tag.

Instinctively, her eyebrows darted down into a frown, her head cocked just slightly, and she stared back at him. Why hadn’t she called him? Was there something wrong with this man?

“Today, McKenna. Why didn’t you call me today?” Tag clarified.

She knew exactly what he meant, but she played along, masking her emotions but never taking her eyes off of his. “I didn’t feel as though this were any of your business,” she told him honestly.

And that was the truth.

For the last two weeks, McKenna had been wracked with a multitude of emotions ranging from heart wrenching pain to blood boiling anger. None of which she particular cared for. And yet here he was, sitting beside her as though nothing had transpired between them. Acting as though her first reaction should have been to call the one man who had deliberately, and hurtfully, pushed her away.

The door opened, and Logan and Sam walked into the room, saving her from having to answer Tag’s questions. That didn’t stop him from continuing to pin her with his unhappy gaze.

“McKenna,” Sam approached quickly, “I’m so sorry this happened.”

The despair in Sam’s brilliant green eyes had a lump forming in McKenna’s throat. This is the exact reason why she shouldn’t have come here. In no way would she ever blame Sam for anything that happened. Sam wasn’t going to be that easy on herself though.

“It’s not your fault,” McKenna stated around the knot that threatened to choke her.

“But it is –” she began, but gratefully Logan stopped her by interrupting.

“Cole is on his way over to your office. I gave him the key you gave me,” he explained as he pulled a chair out for Sam to sit in. “Alex and Luke will be here in a few minutes.”