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“A man who gets right to the point…I like that,” he replied, and she watched as he worked his way back into the frontrunner position.
“Well, I think that’s enough shop talk,” Janice said as they finished their meals. “Come dance Thomas.”
“Yes ma’am…”
“What do you say Liv? Spin around the floor for old times?”
“Promise you won’t dip me, and we’ve got a deal,” she agreed, and they made their way out feeling entirely natural about it.
Chapter 4
“Scott I’m working,” Olivia whispered into her phone as she stepped out into the hallway after shooting Will an apologetic look at the constant repeated calls coming into her phone.
“And I’m at home…where the hell are you?”
“I told you Friday we had to fly up to Vancouver. We’re trying to finish this deal and you’ve called twenty times.”
“I need you here now Olivia.”
“Why? Missed having me to smack around?” The words fell unexpectedly, and she cringed, biting her tongue to stop more from falling. Being away from him was magical. Being with Will where Scott couldn’t get to her was even better, let her dream. A little too much she realized; certain she’d pay for that comment when she was home.
“Watch your mouth. I’m on desk duty for the next few weeks while my arm heals and if you make it worse by being a little bitch…”
“What happened to your arm?” she asked, hoping I was truly hurt so he wouldn’t be able to hurt her with it.
“I took a bullet from some scumbag, so get your ass home and act like a damn wife now Olivia.”
“I have to go Scott,” she stated turning to look out the window as she dipped her head. Why couldn’t they have done a better job and hit him in the heart or head? Then she could at least be happy…well free, she didn’t think happy would ever be possible for her.
Spending the last five days here without him was truly the best of her life and now she had to go back and deal with him. Tears slipped down her cheeks, and she brushed them away hearing the doors to the conference room open.
“Liv everything okay?” she heard Will ask and she blinked as she cleared her throat.
“Yeah…everything’s okay,” she agreed turning around.
“What’s wrong?” he asked walking over to her as the rest of the group left the room. A couple stopped beside them and shook hands before leaving and she tried to fight the need to cry. Him closing the deal meant they were leaving, and she had to go back…to Scott. There was no way around it, no way to avoid it, and she hated it.
“Nothing…I take it Thomas finally said yes?”
“He did but that’s not important. You were crying Liv, why?”
“That was Scott…”
“I kind of figured that after the fourth call in a row, what’s wrong?”
She couldn’t tell him the truth because he’d try to help and end up dead. She wouldn’t do that to him, or Dan, but especially herself. She needed him around to do what he did for her every day—make her hope that someday things would change, and she would be free.
“He was shot. He’s okay it hit his arm but…”
“Ah sweetie I’m sorry,” he said brushing away the stray tear that came from the knowledge she wished he’d died brought. “We can get the first flight back. Don’t worry about the office we’ll be fine.”
“Thanks…I just need to get back.”
“Of course, you do; come on, let’s get our stuff,” he said putting his arm around her as he gently squeezed hers.
It was strange that him doing the same thing Scott had made her feel safe whereas Scott only made her feel terror and now she was headed back to that terror.
The words wanted to come out…but she couldn’t let them here. It had to happen soon or else she’d die. It was anyone’s guess if it’d be by his hands or her own though. She wasn’t planning on suicide, but she was killing herself keeping all of this in. She needed someone to talk to…someone who couldn’t tell anyone else.
