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With Logan back in the office, things snapped into place again. Everything had run smoothly without him, partly because his team was solid, but mostly because he’d built a firm that ran like a perfectly oiled engine, steady and sturdy enough to keep moving without its operator. Still, with the king back on his throne, the whole realm felt calmer. Logan had the kind of energy that could command the weather itself.
The Calyx Pharma project kept moving. Cole was a huge help, walking me through new protocols and setting up procedures. Logan had hired me as his assistant, but I was essentially serving as a junior executive with no prior experience. With the workload and Logan gone, I was barely holding it together, burning the candle at both ends until Cole stepped in.
Once I could fi
