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Grayson’s desk and stretched back, extending his legs. Grayson appreciated that Roman could relax so well in his presence. A few of his employees were so stiff, he had trouble conversing normally with them. A couple fell to stuttering despite how hard he worked to appear nonthreatening. Tonya had once told him he appeared cold, and the revelation shocked him. He made a practice to go out of his way to be accommodating, offering bonuses where he could, being generous with vacation time. He knew the stress they all tended to work under when producing software for demanding clients.
    While he had been in business for over fifteen years now, no one seemed to get him. Sure, he enjoyed a good relationship with those closest to him like Roman and Roman’s great aunt. Then again, the ones that should have been closer than his friends were his parents, yet they were not. He and his mom and dad hadn’t spent much time together because it always fell into a big argument. Grayson might be successful, but he didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps to run a construction company. Nor had he asked for advice regarding his software venture. The slight might have been unspoken, but it remained nonetheless. His father knew nothing of computers and programming. Arrogance and a know-it-all attitude when he was younger made sure the wedge between the three of them dug in.
    Even with all his success, something was still missing from Grayson’s life, and he knew what that element was—a family. He craved what Roman had, but that was nothing new.
    “Tonya’s back in town,” Grayson announced without preamble.
    Roman started and sat up straight, his eyes widening. “You’re kidding?”
    Grayson shook his head. “No, I picked her up myself.”
    “You mean when you flew out to Los Angeles? You said that was business.”
    “It was—in a sense.” Grayson folded his arms over his chest and planted his feet. He hesitated to admit Aunt Linn had asked him and not Roman to hire a private investigator to find Tonya, and she had asked him to keep it quiet while he did so. At first, he didn’t want to agree. The circumstances surrounding Tonya’s disappearance had left them all topsy-turvy for awhile, and he felt enough time had passed to get back to an even keel. Roman had wasted no time replacing her, which had led to many fights between them. In the end, Grayson had to admit he made a good decision in Abby for the single reason of having Lukas. “I wasn’t sure if she would accept. I also didn’t know if you still had feelings for her.”
    While he spoke, Grayson had focused on the paperwork covering his desk. At the last few words, he raised his gaze to study Roman’s face. He noted the red in the man’s cheeks and the eyebrows that had crashed low on his forehead.
    “Why the hell should I feel anything for that cheating bitch?”
    Grayson grunted. “That much vehemence says different.”
    “I love Abby.” Roman seemed to make a concentrated effort to sound believable, and then all the anger left his countenance. “We’re good, right?”
    Grayson smiled and sat down. “Yeah, you’re good. I know you two will work through the problems.”
    “I just need Abby to make it a priority and take time off. Sometimes she makes me feel like a single dad.” Roman chuckled. “Listen to me. Might as well be an old woman the way I’m talking.”
    “You said it, not me,” Grayson teased.
    “So Tonya, huh? She look good.”
    Hell, yes! “More mature, I guess, kept her figure.” Grayson did his best to make it sound like he’d noticed only in passing, but the truth was he’d not been able to stop looking. Her hips were rounder, and if possible, her breasts were bigger. She’d grown into an incredibly beautiful woman, more so than she had been the last time he saw her. He didn’t know what he had expected, or for that matter dreaded . He’d thought she would have found some other schmuck to marry and have a couple of kids. Aunt