-ARIA- I was stalling. Megan had given me until the new year, so I shoved the whole mess into the farthest corner of my mind and focused on enjoying Logan while I still could. I hadn’t told him HR dragged me into a meeting. Technically, it was confidential — camera and all — and I kept telling myself I’d bring it up eventually. Just… not yet. Because telling him meant revealing the real Aria Dirschl. Which meant admitting I came back to LA with an agenda. Which meant risking the look on his face when he realized I hadn’t been honest from the start. He’d think everything between us was built on a lie. What struck me most was how Megan only questioned me about the relationship. Not Logan. Not the CEO. Of course, Logan would’ve told her to back off without blinking. A little uneven,

