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82|I Don't Want Your Shiny Things
Still raw from her encounter with Lucy earlier and reeling from the warning she didn't see coming, Eden dreaded going back to the battleground, to the place where all the drama began, but she'd already missed out on three hours of work.
Matthew's reports and minutes weren't going to type themselves. Gibby's training and handover session, too, wouldn't attend itself.
With a loud sigh, she pushed her office door and stepped inside.
Instead of being blown away by all the elegance surrounding her like she was earlier, Eden was suddenly filled with a rage so fierce if she didn't find something to distract herself, and if she didn't look for something to do, she was so convinced it would swallow her up.
She glared at Liam's blazer on her desk, hating him a little.
She knew it's irrational. But she needed someone to blame for her anger and hurt, and Liam was the perfect scapegoat.
He should have left her broom closet the way it was, and he sh
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