T h i r t y - s e v e n

"You're not my boss." I pushed myself off him with enough force to escape him but also almost fell on my face. "You can't just be ordering me around. Making sudden appearances expecting off me to do your bidding, I'm not a child anymore, Liam." I'm furious. He can't order me around. He can virtually understand what's going on. He can't possibly put himself in my shoes.

"Say that again." He was still sitting on the chair, looking at me with a straight face. No emotions. That was far scarier on him than any at all.

"What?" I ask, my voice suddenly faltering.

"Say my name again." Oh, that. Yes, this was the first time in years that I had actually said his name out loud. Ever. To his face. To anyone, even to myself. I flinched and started walking backward when he suddenly stood up. It didn't matter that the sun was out and shining through the windows, that I had no door, or that my tiny kitchen table took any space. He was bigger than anything else. His presence