Begin Again novel Chapter 109

To Eden's relief, they arrived on the 22nd floor, where she assumed the staff canteen was located before Laura could make any more crazy suggestions.

"This way," Isaac took her hand as he led her through the cafeteria to a corner table on the balcony.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he held the chair out for her.

"I'm great, thank you," Eden nodded quickly, her eyes roaming back inside the canteen, at the thousands of hungry lawyers stuffing their faces. But she barely noticed them; her mind was still stuck on her surprise encounter with Laura.

"I hope you don't mind, but we don't have a huge variety when it comes to food here," Isaac explained as he passed the laminated menu card to her. "The fanciest thing on we have is salmon. Are you okay with that?"

Eden was okay with anything, really. After her awkward encounter with Laura, she didn't think she could stomach food.

"Salmon is perfect; I love it." She smiled and placed the menu back on the table.

"Great," Isaac said, squinting at her, the sun hitting all the different shades of green in his hazel eyes. "I'll run in quick and grab us some food before these morons finish everything."

Eden nodded and watched him vanish back inside the canteen, determined to put Laura out of her mind.

Isaac was back moments later with their food and bottled water.

Once or twice, when Eden looked up from her plate, she caught him staring at her with googly eyes.

She liked him. He was a decent man. But she didn't want to waste her time and his by stringing him along.

"Isaac, you're a great guy, but—" She began as she set her fork down and uncapped her water bottle.

"I know," he said, taking her hand in his.

"You do?"

"Yeah. There's another guy. Aiden's dad," he said with regret in his eyes. "Liam Anderson."

"How did you know?" She asked, bewildered yet again in the space of a few minutes.

"I figured it out when I saw Aiden's photos on your Instagram," Isaac explained. "He looks like him."

"But you didn't know about Liam and me."