They left Linda's office with Liam promising to see her at the same time the following week.
Eden wanted no part of this screaming match again. She couldn't sit through another round of accusations and blame.
Sure, she broke him more than she could have imagined when she left without a word. But, he wasn't the only one whose life changed after that night. She was still dealing with the emotional fallout of her pregnancy. His rage was a little misplaced in her opinion.
She skulked to the furthest corner from Liam in the elevator and pressed her back to the cool metal wall, wishing she could melt into it and disappear.
"Relax; I won't bite you!" He quickly put her out of her misery, barely glancing at her, his attention on the phone in his hand.
"I didn't think you were," Eden replied, raising her chin stubbornly. "I don't want to come back here again."
"You don't have to," Liam murmured, his mouth curved into a small smile. "Now that I'
In the twenty minutes it took Liam to follow Eden, he went through every emotion under the sun as he watched her fall apart on the sidewalk, and pick herself up again. His heart ached more than anything imaginable when she burst into tears and broke into gut-wrenching sobs, and it took all of his self-control and lots words of caution from his driver and security detail not to go after her and drag her back to the car. By the time he returned to Anderson Logistics, he was highly pissed and terrified out of his head. What if he pushed her too far, he thought frantically as he paced the length of his office. What if she doesn’t come back? God, he shouldn't have allowed his security team to convince him to return to the office without her. He shouldn't even have taken her to Linda. He thought lashing out at her would give him some relief, some satisfaction. But this—he did not sign up for this heartache. Feelings, especially of worry and sadness,
When Eden walked into the marketing meeting forty-five minutes late, she expected Liam to chew her up and spit her out. But he was surprisingly nice.As she took what felt like a very long walk to one of the few empty seats in the room, Eden wondered if maybe he has an undiagnosed split-personality disorder or something equally severe.The Liam in the front of the room, with his gentle tone and soothing words, was very different from the terrorist in Linda's office just an hour ago. It was almost as if something had shifted in him between the time she left him outside his therapist's office and now—"—Ms McBride?"Eden snapped her attention back to the front and gaped at the man still tormenting her thoughts. He was waiting for something from her, and she had no frigging clue what."Yes, Mr Anderson?" She pushed her glasses up her nose and gave him what she hoped is an earnest, focused look.She's only been at Anderson Logistics
The phone rang a few times before Lydia picked up, and seconds later, her face filled the screen. Dressed in a white bathrobe and her dark hair extensions piled high in a messy bun, she looked flawless as usual. Her face was still bare, though; they'd caught her in the middle of her routine. "St Eden! This had better be good. What the heck is going on? I haven't even put on my face yet!" And that's what earned her the 'Darling' award from the women in the room. The guys too went wild for her. "Hush now, and behave yourself. I'm at work," Eden groaned, hiding her face in her hands. "So what's up?" She asked. "What can I do you for—Oh, hi Liam!" Eden wished the floor would open and swallow her up then. She shook her head frantically at the screen, silently pleading with Lydia to behave herself and not say shit that can blow her cover wide open. Liam barely noticed the silent exchange, though. If he did, he did a great job
Liam was deep in thought for a large part of their trip to the airport. Once or twice, Matthew and Julian tried to draw him into their heated exchange. Something about a Chloe Lennard, the hottest new thing to hit the world of lingerie modelling. Julian wanted to hit up her management team for a meet and greet and stake his claim before the 1.9 million-plus hot-blooded males in Rock Union moved in on her. Matthew didn't think he stood a chance. And Liam didn't have an opinion. He was in the car with his cousins, racing to catch their UAE bound flight, but his mind was still stuck in the meeting room where he'd left Eden with Sarah and her troops. She'd seemed okay, less tearful when Gibby whisked him off before he could even check on her. But her sadness and hurt earlier had rattled him far more than he'd like to admit. "Dude, where the hell are you? I need you here. You have to pick a side," Julian tried to get his attention by nudgin
Liam didn't get Eden out his system like he told his cousins he would. How could he, when he saw her everywhere—in the elevators, in the staff lounges, in meetings and Matthew's office. He'd smile at her, try to make small talk but she'd return all his advances with a polite nod and nothing more. Now that she reported to Matthew, a decision Liam regretted immediately after making it, Eden didn't pay him any attention. In all the meetings he chaired, he may as well have been invisible in her eyes since she barely acknowledged his presence and hardly glanced at him. If there's something she didn't understand she made a point of asking his cousins or the other assistants to clarify. Liam knew silent treatment when he saw it; he'd been in his fair share of semi long-term relationships and had landed in the dog box one too many times. But in all his past fuckups, an expensive gift often fixed the problem, and the longest he's ever been in the dog box was t
When he returned to the 36th floor after his lunch date with his parents, Liam was still racking his brain, trying to come up with a solid plan to break down the walls Eden had built around herself over the past few weeks. He's not a praying man, could count the number of times he's prayed on both hands, the most recent being two years ago when his father was diagnosed with cancer. But when he stepped out of the elevator and saw Eden struggling with the printer in the general admin office, he couldn't help but say a small prayer of thanks. The good Lord above had seen his struggles, and for his suffering over the past four weeks had decided to reward him with the perfect opportunity. This was his moment to shine, to show Eden he can be useful to her and she shouldn't write him off just yet. His heart hammered at neck-breaking speed in his chest, threatening to send him to the emergency room as he approached the admin office. He's never
"Excuse me!" Eden held up her index finger, pulled out her iPhone and checked the caller ID. Liam didn't mean to peek, but the lawyer's name flashed on the screen in big, bold writing, taunting him. All his anger and annoyance at her was back, swallowing up his sincere apology. "I should return to my desk," Eden said, slipping her phone back in her blazer. "Why is he still around? Stop wasting his time and yours," he said, pissed out of his head at the realisation that Julian was right about the lawyer. He's very much a part of Eden's life, and he didn't like it at all. "I don't know what you mean." "You know damn well what I mean," he snarled, crossing his arms over his chest. "You don't like him. You don't belong with him, and you're just wasting both your time." "Who are you to decide I don't belong with him?" "I'm the man who knows how to please you, Princess. The lawyer can't." He said frankly. "And when you're rea
Liam was long gone, but Eden was still lost in her little world, replaying their encounter in the printing room, unable to believe her body's treachery and her heart's betrayal. After their confrontation in Linda's office and her breakdown on the sidewalk, she'd decided to get over him and put her silly fantasies behind her. She'd done well for herself in the past month, stayed away from him even when her heart and body had screamed at her to run to him. But now all the progress she'd made, all the steps she'd taken to put some distance between them had come to a screeching halt. And all it took was a malfunctioning printer and a passionate encounter in the supplies room. Eden was instantly wet again just thinking about Liam's little demonstration; only he can make simple instructions on fixing a printer sound dirty and seductive. She was still mystified by how horny she was at the sound of his voice and words alone, and she couldn't understan