Begin Again novel Chapter 119

Liam called Eden as he made his way upstairs and was mighty relieved when Clara picked up.

"Where is she?" He demanded.

"She's right here, sir; I was about to call a cab for her."

"No need, I'll take her home," he said. "Meet me outside; I'll bring the car around."

Five minutes later, he pulled up in his Lamborghini, parking as close to the entrance as possible where Clara was doing her best to prop up a blind drunk Eden.

Liam stormed out of the car and approached them, scowling at his assistant before picking Eden up and placing her in the front seat. He dumped her bag and shoes in the back and returned to the sidewalk to wait with Clara.

"Jeff's almost here," she said, a wide, drunken smile flickering on her lips as she held on to the street lamp. "I'll be okay, so you can go ahead and take Ms McBride home, sir."

"And leave you on your own? As wasted as you are?" Liam asked, crossing his arms.

Trying to talk sense into her when she's so drunk was useless. She wasn't likely to remember their conversation tomorrow. But Liam couldn't let this night end without voicing his bitter disappointment.

"Ms Winston, I expected so much better from you! You told me this was a planning session for Gibby's farewell party. If I knew you were all planning to get shitfaced, I wouldn't have authorised this bullshit!"

"I'm sorry, Mr Anderson," Clara, barely able to keep her eyes open now, bowed her head in shame, burping on her chest. "We just had a little too much fun, that's all."

"You call getting blind drunk fun?" Liam lost his shit even when he'd told himself he wouldn't, his eyes constantly shooting between his assistant and Eden slumped in the passenger seat.

"Well, the thing is, Eden was upset after your fight, and she started drinking and well, the rest of us had to console her, so we helped her drink!" She mumbled, belching a whole distillery in his face.

"Jesus, Clara," he groaned, waving off the stench of her alcohol breath away from him with his hand. "You are all going to get written warnings on Monday. You were on a company outing, yet you all forgot you have a certain image to uphold! This is unacceptable!"