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sweep of her long, dark lashes. "Since the idea is mine, I'd like to retain the rights to the show's name and format, and my persona." She fluffed her hair with laughing exhilaration. "We're gonna make an awesome team."
    For a moment, Gardner was struck dumb. "Uh, um… the contract." He had so much trouble pulling his gaze from Melody's Rapunzel-like tresses, he nearly walked into the wall.
    Three Mile Island had nothing on Melody Seabright.
    When the door shut behind Slush-Man, Logan stood.
    Melody gave him a smile that turned part of him to pulp, the rest to rock. "I got the job!" she screamed and threw herself into his arms.
    Oh, this was nice. This was fine. Logan stroked her back and skimmed a possessive hand along her hip.
    She leaned back in his arms, her smile still dazzling. "Well? Say something."
    "I'm… in shock?"
    Melody lost her smile and stepped from his arms. "Especially since you tried to screw me."
    Logan wanted her back and despised himself for it. "If I had tried, I'd have succeeded."
    "Why Mr. Kilgarven, I do believe you're hiding a streak of wild behind those predictable pinstripes of yours."
    If you only knew . "While the soul of a hustler beats beneath your turn-of-the-century prim." Shane's mother was exactly the same—a sexy shell of coy charm over an empty, hard-as-nails core. Melody was more of a threat, however.
    Because she had the mesmerizing ability to appear so disarming, one tended to forget her missing heart. "Don't look now," Logan said. "But you just took a job under false pretenses."
    "Bull. I conceived the show myself, every detail, and I earned the job with pure showmanship. Hot damn, I'm good."
    "What happens when you can't cook?"
    "I'll be such a magical cook, I'll have you begging to taste what I make."
    Logan scoffed. "Save the smoke and mirrors for your audience." But she was right. In front of the cameras, showmanship would get her further than cooking skills any day. Except that, when her first meal went down the disposal, and Gardner remembered exactly who recommended her for this interview, Logan's job, and his son's secure future, could end up in the sewer as well.
    When Gardner came back with the contract, he named a salary and benefits package that made Melody squeak with joy. And well she should, Logan thought.
    The package was damned near as good as his own.
    Maybe she was a sorceress, after all. Melting an Ice Man was no easy task.
    "Just one more thing," Melody said, after she read the contract, and before she signed.
    Here comes the deal-breaker, Logan thought. She got away with the rights, but now she was getting greedy and she'd blow the bankroll.

    "I'll need Station Day care for my little guy." Her smile went soft. "His name is Shane, and he's four. I checked out your day care center yesterday, teacher credentials and all, so I know it's a top-notch facility."
    Logan's jaw went slack, as did Gardner's.
    "And will your… little guy be coming and going with you?" Gardner asked tightly.
    "Or with Mr. Seabright?"
    "There is no Mr. Seabright," Melody said. "Except my father."
    Gardner's tension vanished. "Fine, fine. Let me show you your office."
    Humble pie tasted a lot like crow, thought Logan, reeling, blindsided by Melody the quick-change artist, sexiest witch in Salem, as he followed her and Gardner down the hall.
    "This is the office," Gardner said. "Even without windows, I don't think it's too bad. What do you think?" Gardner asked Melody, while Logan remained dazed and astonished over the fact that she had arranged day care for Shane.
    "Awesome," Melody said.
    Logan focused on the office—butterscotch camel-back sofa, honeyed oak tables… "Wait, this is my office."
    Gardner grinned. "Until the one next door is refurbished, you'll share."
    FOUR and a half hours later, Logan watched Melody limp into "their" office.
    "What happened?" he asked, rising from behind his desk.
    "I just took a hundred-mile tour of the station in spikes." She moaned and dropped into