Billionaire Alpha's 99 Deadly Games novel Chapter 173

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Chapter 173

The grin on his face told me he was just teasing, but the potential was definitely there.

Liam was waiting in my office when I arrived at work. Several people had stopped me and said hello and tried to catch up. I realized just how out of touch I’d been and vowed to fix it. No more

hiding.

“Morning, sunshine. Nice of you to join us before lunch.” He was turning circles in my chair like we

did in Dad’s when we were kids.

I pulled out the files he was waiting on and dropped them on my desk, taking the chair across from him instead of fighting for my seat.

“Christine? You think Christine Canine would be a good assistant for me? After everything?”

“Yeah, I do.” Of course I knew what he was talking about. Christine had been a huge pain to Kelsey. She had challenged her and shouldn’t be alive today. Only thanks to Kelsey’s mercy and grace was she still breathing. “Give her a chance, Liam. The challenges, they changed her… some. Okay, she can still be a little annoying. She’s called every day checking to see if you’ve made a decision yet, even while I was away. I just ignored them, but every day her name flashes across my phone.”

“So I’m supposed to take her, just so she’ll stop bugging you?”

I snorted. That would be okay with me, actually, but I didn’t say that. “Of course not, just look over her credentials. Both of them. If neither is of interest, I’ll start my search back up. You should consider bringing them both in for a trial though, and really, don’t discount Christine just because of who she is and what she’s done.”

“Okay, thanks for the advice. I can see why you made VP. You’re actually good at this stuff.”

Liam left a short while later and I got busy with work, though the quiet and solitude wasn’t as comforting as it once had been and I found myself wandering the building, catching up with others, throughout the afternoon.

I didn’t even have time to go home to change before Kelsey and Lily descended.

“You ready?”

“Can’t I run home and take a shower and change first?”

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“No,” they said in unison.

“Fine, what’s the plan?”

“Kyle’s going out with the boys. I think they’re heading over to your new place, afterward hitting the Crate. They’ll be distracted and probably called away to handle some chaos or another tonight anyway. You know how crazy New Year’s Eve can get,” Kelsey informed.

“By ‘my new place“-I made little air quotes with my fingers-“I assume you mean Patrick’s?” They both nodded and I rolled my eyes, not bothering to correct it. “And you guys are okay with missing the festivities tonight? I mean, it is New Year’s. Parties everywhere, even in the streets. It’s kind of a big night to just curl up with some wine and girl talk.”

“I’m not much into those parties. I have stayed home every New Year’s since I got here. Not interested. Especially not interested when I can’t drink, and starting to feel like I waddle when I

walk.”

“I can party anytime. This is more important, and it’ll be fun!”

They wouldn’t even let me drive myself, insisting I leave my car at the office. It hit me again just how much I had let them down by my cowardice. The house smelled of delicious food when we opened the door. It made my mouth water.

Kelsey ran to the oven and, looking like Ms. Suzy Homemaker, she carefully removed a casserole. It looked picture perfect and smelled divine.

“Some sort of Mexican casserole. Don’t worry, Kyle made it, I just heated it through. Promise!”

We all laughed. Kelsey was a terrible cook, but Kyle was the best. I was suddenly starving and couldn’t wait to dig in. The wine came out and we settled down at the table. Before Lily could start, I took lead on the conversation.

“Kels, Liam said you had a doctor’s appointment this morning. How’d it go?”

She caught us up on all things baby. She looked so happy talking about it and rubbing her ever–growing stomach.

“Mostly I’m just grateful to eat again. Morning sickness was more like all day sickness and it was the

worst.”

We finished eating and made our way to the living room with the bottle of wine.