Begin Again novel Chapter 154

"Eden!" Laura was a picture of joy and politeness as she dazzled her with her megawatt smile.

Eden could see right through her fake friendliness, though. But she smiled back anyway as she tried to side-step her.

Laura quickly blocked her path. "Can we talk?"

Eden didn't think they had anything to talk about, considering they didn't know each other very well. Before she could refuse, though, Liam's ex took her hand and pushed her to a dimly lit corner a few meters from the restrooms.

"What's this about?" Eden demanded as soon as they were out of earshot and prying eyes.

"I get to ask the questions, and you just listen," the other woman snapped, her saccharine smile vanishing as quickly as it had appeared, leaving a frostiness that chilled Eden to the bone. "Now, how long are you planning to keep this up?"

"What?" She asked, baffled by the question.

"Your innocent act," Laura murmured. "We both know you are hardly the saint that you pretend to be."

"I don't have time for this," Eden snapped and tried to shove her aside. But Laura was stronger and way taller than her, even more so in her nude 4-inch Louboutins.

"I know why you came back," she said. "It won't work."

"Can you please get to the point? I'm not a mind reader—"

"Your son!" Laura spat and sent her world spinning out of control, effectively upending the blissful calm life Eden had managed to build for herself since her return to Rock Castle.

For a stunning, breathless moment, she thought she was going to faint, and she had never been more terrified of anything in her life than making a fool of herself in front of Liam's ex. She blindly reached out, trying to steady herself, but the only thing she could find was Laura's white-sleeved arm. The other woman quickly ducked out of the way, though, and Eden swayed on her feet before slumping on the wall with a muffled thud.

"If you thought you'd trap Liam with that bastard child of yours, I have news for you, honey. He hates kids, and he'll never accept that little boy." Laura sneered, her crimson mouth twisted viciously. "So do us all a favour and return to whatever hole you crawled from. I want my life back now!"