Begin Again novel Chapter 113

Liam had just opened his laptop again, about to tackle his emails, when Eden flew into his office and touched down like a mini-tornado on a path of destruction, bewildered and almost in tears.

"You fired Lucy?" She asked, her voice trembling with anger; it could have been from her tears too. Liam wasn't so sure.

As much as he was pissed off at her lack of protocol and waltzing into his space uninvited, he was stunned into silence as he took her in. Her eyes were even more mesmerising when they were not hidden behind her glasses. He guessed she was wearing contacts again.

He hadn't seen her in three days because he'd stayed away from her like he'd promised himself, avoided seeking her out even when his heart screamed at him to go to her.

He was always good at cutting people off. Never needed to think too much about avoiding someone. But with Eden, he'd learned a humbling lesson: avoiding someone took strength, willpower and sheer grit. But avoiding someone you're insanely attracted to, whose body you craved with every fibre of your soul, took a hundred times more.

And now that she's here, in front of him, within reach, he didn't think he'd have the strength to hold out any longer. He wanted her as much he needed the very air to breathe.

"Say something!" She snapped, slamming her palms on his desk. "Don't just stare at me. Tell me why you fired Lucy!"

"I don't answer to you, Ms McBride!" He growled as he pushed away from his seat and approached her.

She stood her ground, glaring back at him, her eyes flashing furiously. "You can't do that. You can't fire her. She needs this job."

"She should have thought about that before she touched you!" Liam roared at her, unable to believe she's furious with him. She should be thanking him. He did this for her.

"HR has already dealt with this. I'm okay!" Eden yelled, and it didn't take long at all for their talk to spiral into a screaming match.

"I'm not okay! She hurt you! I'll never be okay with that."

"I am not your concern Mr Anderson!"

"You most certainly are, Ms McBride. You are my assistant!"

"No," Eden shook her head." I'm Matthew's assistant. You gave me away, remember?"

Of course, he remembered. It was one of the stupidest, impulsive decisions he had ever made, along with this one, it seemed.

"I reassigned you!" He yelled at her.

"Same difference!" Eden bunched up her hands into fists at her sides, her upper lip trembling. "You have no idea how you've just messed things up for me again!"