Chapter 140 If She Had Chosen Me

Kieran's POV The next morning at the office, I looked up from the documents and saw Liora, who had said over the phone last night that she would never fall in love with me. I kept my head down, flipping through the file in my hands as I watched her from the corner of my eye. The swelling on her face had gone down, leaving only faint bruising. The injured hand was wrapped in clean bandages. Thinking about what she had said last night sent a dull ache through my chest. She would never fall in love with me? I clenched my jaw, exasperated. With the options I had, I could have any woman I wanted, and she had the nerve to say she wouldn't choose me. "What is it?" I asked. Liora kept her gaze on the floor, like the office carpet had become the most fascinating thing in the world. I was right in front of her, but she wouldn't even look at me. If she hated seeing me so much, why was she standing in my office at all? Had she come here to tell me to stay away from her again? I had alre